Electronic thesis
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Does a Bear Need Many Glasses, 2016
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Identifier: vm_2016summer_cui_wei.pdf
Overview
"Does a Bear Need Many Glasses? is an eight-minute fiction short film. It tells the story about a man who always wears a bear costume, which does not have a smile on the face. He goes to a craft store to buy some drinking glasses and falls in love with the woman who runs the store. When he gets back home he cuts his bear face to make a smile. The next day, he catches a thief who is stealing from the store and fights the thief. But he is defeated and the woman thinks he is attacking the man....
Dates:
2016
Dogs on the porch, 2017
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Identifier: cw_2017spring_estridge_rachel.pdf
Overview
"A collection of stories that follow characters who are broken in some way. They rage in their narrative space, having been abandoned by all including their author. Violent, lonely, and with a smidge of sentiment, these characters come together to say, 'Hey. Listen. Let me tell you what happened.' They do so in their own unique voice whether they are willing or not." -- Abstract.
Dates:
2017
Doldrums, 2020
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Identifier: cw_2020spring_filpi_piero_joseph.pdf
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"The moment our family doctor told me she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, I squeezed my copy of Dante Aleghieri's "Paradiso" so hard it is still unreadable to this day. My mother had simply gone in for a routine check up, and out she came with cancer for the second time. Days before, I received a phone call from my best friend saying his cancer had spread to his lymph nodes, and all I could think about was the chaos that life throws us into when we least expect it. These poems are...
Dates:
2020
Dolores, 2024
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Identifier: vm_2024spring_perez_carmen.pdf
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"In a thematic retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," a man is forced to bring his elderly mother home from her nursing home after she is evicted on grounds of non-payment. She has severe dementia that gets worse the longer he attempts to care for her, and eventually he begins to wonder if she would simply be better off dead. "Dolores" explores themes of grief and guilt before a loved one's passing, the role of men as caregivers, and a broken healthcare system that abandons...
Dates:
2024
Don't Say Yes, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024spring_barquin_bailey.pdf
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"Phoenix is forced to put her dream of being a writer on pause to move back to her hometown and take care of her elderly father as he succumbs to his dementia diagnosis. While she excels at caring for her father, she struggles to care for herself as grapples with her depression. Life feels like a cycle of existential dread until she gets a package from her former best friend, whom she hasn't spoken to in four years, inviting her to be a bridesmaid at her wedding. Told in alternating...
Dates:
2024
Don't Speak, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021summer_scott_rachelle.pdf
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"The main character of Don't Speak is Kelsey Townsend, a sixteen-year-old girl who's struggling to deal with change. Midway through high school, her parents decide to move to another town, and Kelsey has to leave behind her best friend, as well her church, which she's very active in and attached to. After her parent's multiple attempts to get Kelsey to join their new church, she finally volunteers and meets a few teens from her new school. The most important one being Ben Michaelson. He was...
Dates:
2021
Dorothy, 2022
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Identifier: sw_2022spring_legrow_molly.pdf
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"This masters' thesis contains both written artist statements as well as a full-length feature screenplay titled Dorothy. Through this project, I was able to explore familial dynamics and reunions in the face of extreme grief. This thesis project studies grief through its power to unite as well as completely tear apart. In my screenplay, the two main characters, Sadie and Rose, are estranged sisters who suddenly lose their mother, Dottie. They are forced to work through their deep seated...
Dates:
2022
D.O.S.E., 2020
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Identifier: sw_2020spring_jean-francois_castel.pdf
Overview
"This hour pilot sews together fantasy and drama to explore the concept of true happiness and how to obtain it. Avery Goodwin reunites with her estranged magical family to solve a brewing mystery that exploits the desires of humans for personal gain. Fairy Godmothers are at the center of this series because I view them as the most selfless creatures in fiction. Their whole role is to cater to the needs of mortals. The main theme that echoes in all of my work is the pursuit of happiness and...
Dates:
2020
Double Negative, 2020
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Identifier: sw_2020spring_thompson_gregory.pdf
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"Double Negative is an LGBTQ psychological thriller about a voyueristic and truecrime obsessed photography student who takes on the identity of her recent lover after witnessing the one night stand's accidental death. The film follows our protagonist as she frames another woman for the crime, only to find her intended victim is a more formiddible match than she intially anticipated. Intertwining elements of black comedy, surrealism, and the potential for an unreliable narrator, Double...
Dates:
2020
Drama as a Social and Emotional Learning Tool: Using Drama in Role Techniques with High School Students, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_mcgowan_kelly.pdf
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"In my practice as a drama teacher, one thing that I value deeply is the way students treat the people around them. Day to day, students are tasked with practicing their reading, writing, math, etc. Why can't we create opportunities for them to practice being a good person? That's where drama comes into the picture. Drama is a practice that inherently requires its participants to empathize with others. Whether it be acting a role, watching a performance, or analyzing a script, drama requires...
Dates:
2023
Dream, 2024
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Identifier: vm_2024spring_rodriguez_valeria.pdf
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"A middle-aged landscaper reflects on his decision to abandon his athletic ambitions and reevaluates his pursuit of the American Dream." -- Abstract
Dates:
2024
Dream Factory, 2022
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Identifier: vm_2022fall_nigam_aarushi.pdf
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"Dream Factory is a feature-length, hybrid documentary following the "below-the-line" crew of a big-budget Bollywood film. A meditation on the intensely physicial, yet invisible, labor behind India's most popular art form, it is also a personal essay on the magic and contradictions that are the Indian film industry. Borrowing Bollywood's grammar to tell the stories of its most invisible workers, the film delves into the power of storytelling, and raises questions about the price that must be...
Dates:
2022
Drown, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024spring_gaffney_tom.pdf
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"One year after Eddie King vanished in the cursed reservoir at Upper Merion State, Romana Jackson and her friends attend a bonfire at the same park. When one of Romana's close friends also goes missing in the reservoir, she befriends the only witness to Eddie's disappearance, Norie Atwood. Together they work with Detective Hopkinson of Upper Merion Missing Persons to uncover the truth and history of the reservoir. With a construction project looming that could expand the reservoir and...
Dates:
2024
Dukkha, 2016
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Identifier: cw_2016fall_porcello_nicole.pdf
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"This collection of short stories attempts to explore the experiences of several characters of varying genders and age groups in their unique struggle to understand themselves and their places in the world. These stories deal with the complicated relationships of parents and children, the internal battles fought with mental illness, and the complex emotions of love and loss." --Abstract.
Dates:
2016
Dulce Muerte—A Novel, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021fall_guerrerolanguzzies_meralda.pdf
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"Dulce Muerte is a horror novel with supernatural elements set along the United States-Mexico border. It follows a young woman named Canela, who aspires to study forensic science, so she can help solve the rising number of femicides that plague her community. Her best friend's disappearance emboldens her to face her fears and make Death her best friend. This is a story about survival in the face of systemic gender inequality." -- Abstract
Dates:
2021
Dumpster Fires & Other Calamities, 2019
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Identifier: cw_2019spring_vlasak_brian.pdf
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"Written using the working title "Dumpster Fire of Memories," this work examines the origins and consequences of self-defeating cyclical behavior through an epidemiological lens. "Dumpster Fires & Other Calamities" is split into several sections, each of which is concerned with a different determinant of health – childhood development, social environment, income and social status, and personal health practices and coping skills. These determinants are explored through an series of...
Dates:
2019
Dunamis Deities: The New Jamaica Plain Porchfest, 2021
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Identifier: md_2021summer_genova_drew.pdf
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"This thesis is a collection of research, data, and information about the Jamaica Plain Porch Festival (Porchfest) and the rebirth of its new owners; Dunamis Boston. Dunamis is an organization that provides support to artists of color in the Boston area. Our time with Dunamis has developed a cartographic prototype in which we analyzed the culture of Jamaica Plain, and how it can be further connected to Porchfest. Since Dunamis' adoption, our mapping system is a product of the needs and wants...
Dates:
2021
Dunamis Deities: The New Jamaica Plain Porchfest, 2021
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Identifier: md_2021summer_montes_ramon.pdf
Overview
"This thesis was completed in collaboration with Andrew Genova and Graham Rutherford, both of whom provided excellent support and diligence throughout the process. We worked alongside our partner organization, Dunamis Boston, an arts organization seeking to empower emerging artists of the BIPOC community. Our team's prototypes were centered around helping to support the BIPOC community of the Jamaica Plain area by highlighting the BIPOC artists, businesses, and restaurants festival goers...
Dates:
2021
Dunamis Deities: The New Jamaica Plain Porchfest, 2021
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Identifier: md_2021summer_rutherford_graham.pdf
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"This paper will examine how we developed three prototypes for Dunamis to work in tandem to revamp the Jamaica Plain Porchfest and address BIPOC community needs. Each prototype is examined in depth as to how they present new design opportunities not only technologically but socially as well. Our rationale and processes are shown to exemplify how we got from beginning to end to create designs that will live beyond our involvement with our community partner, Dunamis. This thesis paper was...
Dates:
2021
Dungeons, Dragons, and Curriculum Design: Using TTPGs in an Educational Setting, 2021
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Identifier: te_2021spring_reilly_christine.pdf
Overview
"This paper is a master's project for a Master's in Fine Arts in Theatre Education. This project seeks to use tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) as an alternative mode of instruction for teachers. The author sought to provide an understanding and justification for the use of TTRPGs in the classroom as a viable means for curriculum design as well as a guide for educators to pursue designing their own game-aided curriculums. Also provided is a concrete example of a game-based curriculum...
Dates:
2021