Electronic thesis
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Found in 1006 Collections and/or Records:
Philadelphia Forever, 2021
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Identifier: wr_2021fall_fleischer_evan.pdf
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"Set in an alternate present, 'Philadelphia Forever' sees four characters explore the implicit question as to how one 'makes' and 'unmakes' a place. An amoral real estate agent, a melancholy mobster, an insightful teenager, and a happy cook test the figurative waters of a city filled with serendipity with the help of a robotic basketball player and a sentient cloud. Some embrace the serendipity. Some attempt to erase it. All of them live in Philadelphia." -- Abstract
Dates:
2021
Phoenix Wok & other stories, 2015
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Identifier: cw_2015spring_veloso_jonina-lee.pdf
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"Phoenix Wok and Other Stories is a collection of short stories linked together by a restaurant called Phoenix Wok. Set in Manila, Philippines, this collection explores the lives of characters who have worked or eaten at this Filipino-Chinese restaurant. Each story examines the lives of typical Filipinos when their capacity towards change is tested." --Abstract
Dates:
2015
PlaceBase : a site-specific forum installation, 2017
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Identifier: cm_2017summer_salling_erica.pdf
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"This thesis proposes an online platform, called PlaceBase, that provides a space for community activists [in Boston] to reach out to community members with information and questions, installing the platform within communities for easy participation. Response data is then archived and the community may analyze that data in different ways, easily putting together reports to hold larger development or planning entities accountable for community wants and needs. This thesis outlines how the...
Dates:
2017
Plague Days & River Roads, 2023
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Identifier: cw_2023spring_fisher_caitlin.pdf
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"Plague Days & River Roads follows the protagonist, college junior Liv Ford, as she returns to her hometown in order to understand how and why her friend Juniper died—and whether the mystery of who Juniper's mother was related to her death. As she dives deeper into her memories with Juniper, Liv begins to piece together the shards of her eccentric family through her relationships with her own mother and with Juniper's father and brother during August 2020. The novel is a musing on grief,...
Dates:
2023
Play at Play: Collaborative Play-Based Dramaturgy in Theatre for the Very Young, 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_whitten_julia.pdf
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"Childhood is one of the few truly universal experiences and as young people play, they actively explore and making sense of the world and its sights, smells, sounds, tastes, and textures all for the very first time. Theatre for the Very Young (TVY), a subtype within the field of Theatre for Young Audiences, invites audience ownership and playful participation during this critical and complex time of early childhood. This thesis positions the play of young people as inherently dramaturgical....
Dates:
2024
Play Your Part: Transforming Community in Long-term Care Centers through Music, 2024
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Identifier: cw_2024spring_nash_abigail.pdf
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"This thesis project examines creating community among elderly residents in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTC) through the use of music interventions. Due to declining physical and mental capacities, residents in LTC experience a physical and mental decline due in part to social isolation and decreased autonomy. Using design thinking, this project aims to improve residents' experiences in LTC by creating community and increasing social connection using a flexible music curriculum. Initial...
Dates:
2024
Playmaking and Devising: A Post-COVID-19 Workshop Adjustment, 2020
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Identifier: te_2020spring_tidball_kelsey_maureen.pdf
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"In recent years, playmaking and devising have become more widely used theatrical processes in schools and professional theatre settings. The chance to create an original piece of theatre is one that many young theatre makers are given at some point in their theatrical careers; however, the playmaking process is still widely shrouded in mystery and widely reserved for college-aged students. With this playmaking workshop, which was intended to be offered to a group of ensemble members of the...
Dates:
2020
Plucked: A Memoir of Hiding, 2020
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Identifier: cw_2020spring_bannon_katherine.pdf
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"My thesis encompasses the beginning of a memoir exploring my journey with trichotillomania, a psychiatric disorder that causes me to compulsively pull out my hair. Though 1 in 25 people pull out their hair, the disorder remains shrouded in mystery; there is no cure and little treatment. I began plucking when I was eight years old, an event that splintered open my family's carefully controlled, privileged life. For years, I believed I was the only one. I hid under makeup, headscarves, and...
Dates:
2020
Plume, 2022
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Identifier: cw_2022summer_smart_hannah.pdf
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"Plume is a postmodern, fragmented novel that takes place across the time period of 2014 to 2035 but is anchored in the months of August – November 2035. In this near-future United States, several smaller religious political parties have replaced the Democratic and Republican parties, and police power has been privatized, allowing corporations to dictate the extent of that power. The central plot of the novel surrounds a new and improved" version of the MKUltra program entitled MKUber,...
Dates:
2022
Poles Apart, 2020
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Identifier: sw_2020spring_brook_alessandra.pdf
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"POLES APART is a romantic, road trip comedy about an uptight, environmentalist and a laid back Aussie farmer who ultimately discover that love can be found in unlikely places. The film explores different types of love – familial love, romantic love and self-love. It considers how to balance loving others with loving oneself. The protagonist is an American climate-change obsessed, control freak whose love and concern for her bi-polar sister distracts her from loving and caring for herself or...
Dates:
2020
Portland of opportunity : co-designing a digital game with city government to aid refugees in providing feedback and learning about city services, 2018
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Identifier: cm_2018summer_warren_justin.pdf
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"This thesis project describes the design process of a single-player digital game, Portland of Opportunity, that was created as an educational resource for citizens of Portland, ME, while simultaneously acting as a public feedback tool. Gameplay focuses on exploring models of local city services, resource management, and skill acquisition in order to win." --Abstract.
Dates:
2018
Practice Makes Perfect: Seeking an Alternate Route to Rote Learning Through the Use of Theater, 2022
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Identifier: te_2022spring_brown_kelsey.pdf
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"Neuro-divergent education can feel like a race against the clock. How can educators get these students up to speed, give them life skills and social-emotional skills, while still providing them with a meaningful education? Educators, specialists, caregivers, and the students themselves, seem to be fighting an uphill battle. This study seeks to examine alternatives to rote learning through the use of theater. A sub-separate preschool class participated in weekly theater lessons for a month....
Dates:
2022
Practicing How to Be in the World, 2019
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Identifier: cw_2019spring_zuckerman_mjaime.pdf
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"Practicing How to Be in the World is a collection of lyric poems exploring self-definition and growth. From the influences of childhood upbringing, nature, art and writing, love, and life experience, the poems explore how an individual makes meaning of the world and defines the self. The poems are paper boats in the rising waters of the modern world." -- Abstract
Dates:
2019
Producing from the heart by Ashley Alivia Bierschbach., 2015
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Identifier: te_2015spring_bierschbach_ashley.pdf
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Reflection on the author's experience preparing to direct and produce a musical as a fundraising campaign for the YMCA of the North Shore Youth Theatre Company. --Abstract.
Dates:
2015
Project [wizi] : the Indo-European phoneme database, 2017
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Identifier: pw_2017fall_mell_emily.pdf
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"This project is a web-accessible, interactive database of Indo-European languages mapped to their unique phonemic data sets and linguistic ancestries. This database coalesces the scattered and often difficult to locate phonological data into one comprehensive library and subsequently provides the opportunity for a user to disseminate the relationships between languages both within and across branches of the Indo-European language tree." --Abstract.
Dates:
2017
Promnesia, 2023
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Identifier: vm_2023summer_su_yuning.pdf
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"Through a multi-layered narrative structure, "Promnesia" is a short film that explores the concept of how to confront reality better. Anchored by the concept of parallel universes, the protagonist Michelle, a stage actress, undergoes multiple lifetimes embodying the character Mary. Things that happened in Mary's life resonate with various aspects of Michelle's real life. As a result, the boundaries between fiction and reality in her life become increasingly blurred. After she attains...
Dates:
2023
Proof That We're Real, 2021
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Identifier: cw_2021spring_famularo_emily.pdf
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"The things that plague us, as people, are in constant flux and motion, whether it be relationships, memories, or lapses of judgement. In this collection are seven stories that intertwine aspects of what it means to be human and vulnerable. Each represents a small moment, a sliver of time that remains lodged, and nagging in the back of your brain. Pulling together the human experience and then allowing it to unfold is what makes these pieces fit together. Whether it's understanding one's...
Dates:
2021
Public Servants, 2019
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Identifier: vm_2019fall_frank_daniel.pdf
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"In the face of paralyzing polarization, disgust in American institutions, and public apathy, there are people who believe that public service is a civic duty and obligation. "Public Servants" is a documentary that takes us close to these volunteers and their chosen candidates, as they campaign for a seat in the US House of Representatives in the 3rd congressional district of Massachusetts. Their simple, daily acts attempt to convince neighbors, family and strangers that democracy is alive...
Dates:
2019
Put Your Problems in a Box, 2019
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Identifier: cw_2019spring_harrington_christian.pdf
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"'Put Your Problems in a Box' is a collection of nonfiction humor essays about my difficult time navigating a simple life. With an emphasis on my tireless inner monologue, the essays show the perspective of a man at the mercy of an admittedly imperfect thought process. Despite covering a wide range of topics, including youth football, occupational ennui, and refrigerated dog limbs, the essays form a cohesive collection due to the self-aware and self-deprecating lens through which I examine...
Dates:
2019
Queen of Smoke and Mirrors, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_ferraro_isabella.pdf
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"Narcissa of the Rift has grown up wanting only one thing—to become the Advisor to her brother's royal crown. She has spent her entire life proving herself to be the most qualified for the role. The problem? Her brother isn't convinced. When a group of rebels that call themselves The Crux begin to threaten the very crown meant for her brother's head, Narcissa commits herself to the task of defeating them, certain it will prove her worthiness. But when the magical Mirror of Fates goes...
Dates:
2023