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Dorothy, 2022

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Identifier: sw_2022spring_legrow_molly.pdf
Overview "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
Overview "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
Overview "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 Factory, 2022

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Identifier: vm_2022fall_nigam_aarushi.pdf
Overview "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

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
Overview "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
Overview "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
Overview "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

Duppy and the Dybbuk, 2019

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Identifier: sw_2019spring_brown_aaron.pdf
Overview "Duppy and the Dybbuk is a romantic comedy about a young mixed race couple whose love is tested by the supernatural opposition of the ghosts of the lovers' grandmothers. The story deals with themes of assimilation, xenophobia, and the fraught nature of cultural inheritance in modern day America. As the grandmother ghosts attempt to break up the young couple, the lovers must figure out what is going on and grow into better versions of themselves, learning not to entirely discard the past in...
Dates: 2019

Earthitudes, 2018

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Identifier: cw_2018spring_escobar_jordan.pdf
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"Earthitudes is a portmanteau of two words - 'earth' and 'magnitudes.' These poems have been generated from physical contact with the earth--specific geographies, locations, and the people who inhabit them. From these contact points, three poetic narratives are being woven together: a timely romance, a family drama, and the working-class backdrop that colors it all." --Abstract.

Dates: 2018

Eating Oceans, 2019

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Identifier: cw_2019fall_pham_san.pdf
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"This is a novel about what it means to be a daughter, and how relationships can morph and change with trauma. This novel is told from two points of view: the first is of a mother who is born during the Vietnam War and how she escapes from the country and immigrates to the United States as a refugee. The second is of her daughter, a second generation Asian American who must come to terms with her identity and her mother’s past when her mother passes away." -- Abstract

Dates: 2019

Echoes, 2021

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Identifier: vma_2021spring_hua_yiqian.pdf
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"Echoes is a short narrative film that follows an old man - John who has to downsize from his old house and finds a box of junky things belonging to his old lover - Richard." -- Abstract

Dates: 2021

Education as the practice of freedom : building relationships between campus and community, 2016

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Identifier: te_2016fall_heath_leann.pdf
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"My project explores how a college course has the potential to help to build relationships between a campus and the community in which it is located. Using an autoethnographic style of writing influenced by bell hooks, I explore the intersections of theatre, education, and community development...I discuss how...students as a diverse group of people can affect change by making their voices stronger using Theatre of the Oppressed." --Abstract.

Dates: 2016

Effects of Intonation Training in Transfeminine Voice Therapy, 2019

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Identifier: cd_2019spring_tanner_sarah.pdf
Overview "A societal assumption exists that feminine voices employ more intonation than masculine voices. This belief has led to intonation treatment being incorporated as a commonly used technique in transfeminine voice therapy programs. We explored the role of intonation by investigating the effects of a transfeminine voice program that focused solely on intonation. Two transwomen participated in ten weeks of individual voice treatment consisting exclusively of intonation exercises. Dependent...
Dates: 2019

El Desaparecido, 2018

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Identifier: vm_2018spring_martinez_margarita.pdf
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"Set in 1950s Puerto Rico, a 16-year-old boy's physical altercation inadvertently leads to the disappearance of his employer and mentor. A ten-minute fictional narrative film, El Desaparecido incorporates music, dance, and documentary elements to pay tribute to actual events and to explore the cultural ramifications of Puerto Rico's relationship with the United States." --Abstract.

Dates: 2018

Encrypted, 2023

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Identifier: pf_2023summer_helmen_emily.pdf
Overview "This thesis explores themes of monstrosity, humanity, trust, and friendship through the life of Jynx. When Jynx kills one bad king only to unknowingly allow a pure tyrant to take his place, she fights to fix her mistake and restore the throne to its rightful ruler. But the only way to save the world is to embrace what the world hates most: her shadow monster half. Intended for New Adult readers and set in the high fantasy genre, this thesis is full of kings, monsters, good, evil, and one...
Dates: 2023