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Found in 885 Collections and/or Records:

Middle Man, 2016

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Identifier: cw_2016spring_albillar_remy.pdf
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"This collection of linked memoir essays explores themes of race, masculinity and identity. By focusing on moments of compromised agency and subsequent emotional crises, the larger conversation taking between place between each narrative sheds light on the experience of a "middle man" tasked with navigating the dualities and contradictions that seem to define him." -- Abstract

Dates: 2016

Middlewives and IRL, 2020

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Identifier: sw_2020spring_burness_taylor.pdf
Overview "MIDDLEWIVES is a one hour dramedy pilot about a young woman who escapes her polygamist cult and finds new family with a group of Vegas strippers. It uses themes of motherhood and freedom to explore ideas of chosen family and the necessity of discomfort for growth. IRL is a half hour comedy pilot set in 1999 about three teenage technopagans who team up with a deceased 80s heartthrob to help the spirits they've unleashed pass on. It explores the intersection of the past and future in numerous...
Dates: 2020

Midnight Dreamer, 2023

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Identifier: pf_2023summer_fernandes_meghan.pdf
Overview "Midnight Dreamer is a Young Adult Fantasy novel with series potential. It centers around a female protagonist named Aurelia, who is coming of age. Aurelia fights to right the wrongs in the Kingdom of Eleverie, through means of deception as a thief. The power-hungry King violently executes anyone with magical abilities, which puts Aurelia and her sister at risk. In order to protect her sister from the inside, Aurelia must become a Royal Guard initiate. Meanwhile, Will Andrews, a dangerously...
Dates: 2023

Midsummer, 2019

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Identifier: sw_2019spring_gillogly_allison.pdf
Overview "Midsummer is a romantic comedy film with a diverse ensemble of characters that explores the nature of love in its many forms – romantic, affectionate, familial, playful, obsessive, enduring, self-less, and self-love. Modernizing Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by transforming the play's four lovers into love-struck teenagers, the fairies into rock and pop stars, and the rude mechanicals into hapless nerds, the film aims to be part of the rich cinematic tradition of Shakespearean...
Dates: 2019

Midway, 2018

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Identifier: wf_2018spring_mcaskill_matt.pdf
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"A man inherits his father's Midway arcade and discovers he's also inherited a massive gambling debt to the mafia which leads him to seek less than legal means to pay it off." --page 7.

Dates: 2018

Milk and honey, 2016

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Identifier: vm_2016summer_you_xing.pdf
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"Milk & Honey is a fictional narrative short film. Focusing on a seven-year-old boy, it explores the fragmentation and separation of a family in a modern society. The film is a realist and poetic approach to personal memories, with the intention of presenting a sympathetic picture of a three-generation family in separation." --Abstract.

Dates: 2016

Minor Progression, 2020

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Identifier: sw_2020spring_mcgroarty_kate.pdf
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"This drama feature works within the established tropes found in classical arts education narratives to investigate a lower-income woman's journey through the classical music world, misogyny as an obstacle to education, female ambition, the impacts of trauma and the tension between abuse and the pursuit of excellence." -- Abstract

Dates: 2020

Minor suffocations, 2017

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Identifier: cw_2017spring_mcnally_andrew.pdf
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"A short story collection about people who might describe themselves as stuck. These are characters and stories who exemplify the times where we feel like life is moving faster and better for those around us, while we are forced to make drastic changes so we do not fall behind. My aim with this collection is to give voice to a certain emotion that we all feel at times, but one that we can struggle with identifying." --Abstract.

Dates: 2017

Misfortune Factory, 2021

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Identifier: cw_2021spring_dubois_audrey.pdf
Overview "'Misfortune Factory' emphasizes the mutation inherent to evolution. Dubois borrows elements of formal tradition from the past millennium of English poetry and recombines them in unexpected shapes. Through this patchwork verse, Dubois shines a spotlight on universal patterns: first zeroing in on the microscopic, then zooming out to the cosmic. These 40 original poems paint invisible connections between algae, animalia, Applebee's, and outer space with a defamiliarized and ironic eye. The...
Dates: 2021

Miss February, 2023

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Identifier: cw_2023spring_timco_kirsten.pdf
Overview "'Miss February' consists of several chapters from a potential memoir with the same title. The memoir follows a young girl's journey through the tribulations of grief and early-onset mental health issues. The project is divided into three central parts, "Past," "Present," and "Future," and this thesis contains a majority of the content for both the "Past" and "Future" sections. In "Past," we see the protagonist grow up around their similarly affected mother and in the wake of many...
Dates: 2023

Missing in Midtown, 2021

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Identifier: cw_2021spring_mambo_gabriel.pdf
Overview "'Missing in Midtown' is a collection of stories exploring the heart of every man and woman. The arguments, battles, estrangements, thefts, and moments of brutality within the narratives reflect the burden of humanity. In the collection's shared setting, a select few represent the wounded whole. Everyone has lost a part of themselves in Middleton, a worn-out city of rust. Conflicts sit unresolved, pain is hidden from the naked eye, hearts are broken with no chance of mending and separations...
Dates: 2021

Modern Mafia and New Game+, 2023

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Identifier: sf_2023spring_kruskal_adina.pdf
Overview "MODERN MAFIA is a half-hour single-camera television comedy pilot which follows an innocent programmer who must prove his loyalty to a very un-conventional Mafia in order for them to spare his life after witnessing a hit. NEW GAME+ is an hour-long television drama pilot which follows a die-hard gamer sucked inside his favorite video game who must use in-depth knowledge of the game's world and mechanics, as well as alliances with with non-player characters, to seek the game's creator and...
Dates: 2023

Money Talks: A Curriculum for Financial Wellbeing and Economic Advocacy Through Applied Theatre, 2023

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Identifier: te_2023spring_smolinsky_carol.pdf
Overview "This MFA thesis project is a pilot qualitative research study on the impact of Applied Theatre techniques on self-confidence in learning and discussing personal finance topics. The project includes a suggested curriculum for personal finance and devised theatre for teenagers and young adults. Data was collected during three workshops and subsequent participant interviews with Emerson College undergraduate students and high school students in the EmersonTHEATRE program. While no definitive...
Dates: 2023

Monster of a Man, 2019

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Identifier: cw_2019spring_derosa_paige.pdf
Overview "This thesis is a memoir about my encounter with domestic violence. I was a teenager when I started dating a man who slowly ruined my life with manipulation, aggression, and both, physical and mental abuse. I chose to make this my thesis because I want people to understand that going through such trauma does not mean life itself is over. My abuser made me feel worthless, and there were often times when I considered taking my own life because of him. However, after seeking help, both from my...
Dates: 2019

Monsters Never Came, 2023

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Identifier: vm_2023summer_shen_jiandong.pdf
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"Monsters Never Came is a 15-minute short film mockumentary sci-fi. In a slow and peaceful pace, the camera becomes an objective spectator to observe the life of the protagonist, Wang Yi. By capturing the process of the disappearance of Wang Yi's superpower and his attempts to keep the last bit of his powers, the short film reflects the various kind of gains and losses in the process of a person's growing up." -- Abstract

Dates: 2023

Moon princess, Kaguya : a multicultural theatre collaboration by Makiko Shibuya., 2015

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Identifier: te_2015spring_shibuya_makiko.pdf
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"This project is about the collaborative work of adapting an ancient Japanese folk tale, "The Moon Princess, Kaguya" into a theatrical production." --Abstract.

Dates: 2015

Moonshot, 2023

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Identifier: vm_2023spring_iyer_richa.pdf
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"Moonshot is a short narrative fiction film that operates in the world of a child's logic, with the primary driving force being a seemingly insignificant object going missing. The film studies the process of a child discovering their autonomy and decision-making, and the ways in which that can conflict with the rules of the world around them. It was made with the intent to demonstrate that even small stories can be significant, and deserve to be told." -- Abstract

Dates: 2023

More Harm Than That, 2021

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Identifier: cw_2021spring_macdonald_eliza.pdf
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"More Harm Than That' is an exploration of the lives of women. Women who have made desperate choices and unraveling mistakes. Women who are not perfect, but wiser through their own experiences. Women who beat their fists upon their breasts to show up just a little bit louder in their lives, to leave their mark. But at what cost? Because to be a woman in this world is a beautifully ensnaring trick. May we continue our work until we all break free." -- Abstract

Dates: 2021

More Than a Soldier's Wife, 2018

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Identifier: cw_2018fall_vitone_chelsea.pdf
Overview "This is a story of identity. While the primary narrative arc follows my relationship with my husband, which will chronicle sixteen years of being married into the military, it will also explore the other aspects of what makes me who I am. As an agnostic, politically-liberal feminist, I do not fit the traditional mold of "military wife" and "mother," which complicates how I fulfill those roles. I share stories of how my expectations of maternal bliss were toppled by the reality of...
Dates: 2018

More Than Just Song and Dance: Radically Reimagining the Musical Theatre Classroom, 2022

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Identifier: te_2022spring_nadal_zoe.pdf
Overview "This MFA research study explores the essential pedagogical and methodological components of a critically engaged musical theatre class. The racist roots of musical theatre, coupled with ongoing issues of representation in the industry, present a multitude of challenges for K-12 educators seeking to teach this art form in a more inclusive and relevant way. Critical pedagogy, antiracist educational frameworks and critically oriented approaches to drama education offer educators support in...
Dates: 2022