Electronic thesis
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Found in 997 Collections and/or Records:
That Uninspired Sort of Way, 2016
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Identifier: cw_2016spring_freeman_jade.pdf
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"This collection of short stories and flash are the best I've written during my graduate education at Emerson College. These stories follow a style distinctly my own, examining the human condition of individuals in their 20s. The men and women represented in these stories are adrift, not successful or happy, and are living inconsolable lives: a man starts digging to China to find his estranged wife, a young woman tries to find solace by accosting her favorite musician, a filmmaker attributes...
Dates:
2016
That's Amor/e & Pretty Grotesque, 2022
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Identifier: sw_2022spring_settineri_alessandra.pdf
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"That's Amor/e and Pretty Grotesque are two pilots steeped in immigrant culture as it operates within the U.S., particularly Latine culture. The pilots – all my scripts –also explore the significance of memory and how our past traumas and resulting perspectives play out in the present. The pilot of That's Amor/e shows a promising beginning for two young immigrants – Cuban and Italian – who meet at a low point in their lives, but find inspiration in each other to start a new lease on life....
Dates:
2022
The Active Empathy Project, 2021
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Identifier: te_2021spring_byrne_laura.pdf
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"Although there is a great deal of research to support the use of an arts-based curriculum as a tool for teaching empathy, there are few peer-reviewed studies that support the specific application of theatre arts practices in teaching social and emotional skills. Therefore, this project attempts to illustrate the ways in which embodied theatre, in rehearsal, performance and training provides valuable techniques when applied to social and emotional learning. The project is grounded in...
Dates:
2021
The Alchemy of Trans Voice: Gender Affirmation and Expansion Through the Linklater Voice Method, 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_beauregard_allison.pdf
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"The speaking voice is a common and intense source of gender dysphoria for many transgender and gender non-conforming individuals, especially for those in public-facing and self-expressive fields such as acting. This project explores the challenges and benefits of using the Linklater Voice Method, one of the foremost voice training pedagogies for actors and public speakers, in combination with gender-affirming speech-language pathology practices, gender theory, and critical pedagogy to...
Dates:
2024
The Alexander Technique: Embodied Functionality, 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_hallal_lauren.pdf
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"This study investigated the impacts, benefits, and limitations Alexander Technique lessons have on college students inside and outside of theater training. I identified and extracted themes, keywords, and commonalities in experiences using qualitative interviews and in-lesson recordings. The data collected was analyzed using the intersections of A.T., body functionality, and the dimensions of embodied experience as defined by Niva Piran's Developmental Theory of Embodiment. The results...
Dates:
2024
The Angel, 2023
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Identifier: sf_2023spring_leon_david.pdf
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"THE ANGEL is a feature length horror film intended for theatrical release with a period setting and character-driven story. Set in 1970s Los Angeles, the film observes the "angelic" possession of a faded movie star and its twisted effect on her 12-year old daughter. This supernatural story examines the abusive relationship between a daughter and her mother through a grounded, psychological lens. Unlike many other films of it's kind, THE ANGEL attempts to shift the narrative from demons to...
Dates:
2023
The Angel of Death, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021spring_shriver_madeline.pdf
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"Elizabeth Cox's entire life has been spent in the shadow of her twin sister, Katie. Her mother constantly punishes and abuses Elizabeth for any slight that she may have caused while her father does nothing to stop her. Though Katie is preferred over Elizabeth, the twins share a bond that is unbreakable. But then the unthinkable happens, Katie is found murdered in her apartment. Elizabeth is still coming to terms with her twin sister's murder when an injustice has occurred. Her sister's...
Dates:
2021
The Angie Archive, 2024
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Identifier: vm_2024spring_maske_claire.pdf
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""The Angie Archive" is a personal experimental documentary short film. Told through a combination of narration, home videos, 16mm footage, hand-drawn animation, and family photos, it tells the story of Claire Maske's search to find every single photograph in existence of her mother, who died ten years ago. It explores the relationship between photography and grief, the construction of fantasy and identity through family photo albums, and the failures of archives." -- Abstract
Dates:
2024
The apparatus, 2017
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Identifier: pw_2017fall_moore_nicholas.pdf
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"A startup proposal in media innovation that uses a content marketing model to grow from a blog to a publisher to a platform. The mission of the platform is to investigate the role of power in politics in life. The project is split into three parts: media criticism, content analysis, and growth plan." --Abstract.
Dates:
2017
The Art of Chinese Paper Folding, 2021
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Identifier: cw_2021spring_chao_michael.pdf
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"This thesis investigates relationships between identity, mental health, and familial dynamics through the lens of growing up a mixed race Chinese-American. Both lyric and prosaic forms are used to explore how the act of remembering folds image and emotion together, becoming what we carry as memory, shaping our sense of self. The title is borrowed from a mid-20th century book on Chinese paper folding, which provided a framework for the construction of the collection. The act of folding paper...
Dates:
2021
The Art of Screaming Internally, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021spring_rando_kristen.pdf
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"Bowie Robbins doesn't know much. But what she does know is designing clothes, her twin sister, Presley, her melodramatic mom and her boyfriend, Owen. That is, until Owen is caught cheating on her in front of the whole school. Reeling from the breakup, Bowie suddenly finds herself with lots of free time just as the theater workshop finds themselves without a costume mistress. With a nudge from her sister, Bowie takes on the role and discovers that she's capable of a lot more than she ever...
Dates:
2021
The Backside of God, 2020
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Identifier: vma_2020spring_seidel_hogan.pdf
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"'The Backside of God' is an experimental documentary utilizing archival footage, digital glitch, chemical abstraction, and direct animation to explore the intricacies of the artist's relationship with their late uncle, Doug Seidel." -- Abstratct
Dates:
2020
The Big Guave, 2024
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Identifier: sf_2024spring_garcia_arleny.pdf
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"The Big Guava is a feature length screenplay that tells the story of Gabriela, who travels back to her hometown in Tampa, Florida, to help plan her sister Sofia's fifteenth birthday party. While there, she must reconnect with her estranged mother, Danna, and face the harsh memories of their tumultuous past. As mother and daughter clash against opinions over the party, Gabriela struggles between leading a life of conformity versus risk and spontaneity. This family drama reminds us how our...
Dates:
2024
The Body Book Reclaiming the Desi Female Body Through Performance Storytelling, 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_paracha_mariam.pdf
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"Performance and storytelling have always been powerful tools in challenging injustices. However, for women, the intersection of culture, tradition, patriarchy, and race often plays a significant role in shaping their self-esteem and perception of body image. Focusing on South Asian women, I delve into this topic through interviews, field observations, and a personal book of Spoken Word, essays, and poems, supplemented by an activity guide for Desi women to share their own narratives. My aim...
Dates:
2024
The Body is Black, 2022
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Identifier: cw_2022spring_crocker_kristin.pdf
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""The Body is Black" is a memoir that follows the life of Kristin Crocker, a young, biracial woman who struggles with her personal identity in the face of familial turmoil. Kristin always felt she was different from other people, but it wasn't until her parents' divorce, her aunt's estrangement with her, and the 2016 presidential election, all of which happened concurrently, that she started to understand who she was. In a world founded on binaries and labels which limit people's personal...
Dates:
2022
The Bone Maker, 2023
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Identifier: cw_2023fall_cliff_tanya.pdf
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"When eleven-year-old Max, a brilliant boy with serious physical handicaps, and his best friend, Tucker, drag a bone out of the Lindenwood Forest, they unearth a twenty- year-old crime and set off a chain of events that threaten their lives. In their often- swashbuckling misadventures, they are joined by Max's cousin, Isabella, a Black teen from Detroit who's hiding secrets of her own, and Max's uncle, Jordan, charismatic ringleader for the family circus. Complicating matters, the body of an...
Dates:
2023
The boots, 2023
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Identifier: cw_2023spring_noto_joseph.pdf
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"This collection of poems focuses on letter poems to a variety of people in my life. In between these letter poems there are a different blend of poems that offer a glimpse into the life of the writer. This work offers a well-balanced mix of emotional urgency and interior monologue. Often, my work involves details of what it is like living with mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety, and this work is no different. The poems that are not letter poems often offer an inside view of the...
Dates:
2023
The Braid, 2023
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Identifier: cw_2023spring_baron_gabriela.pdf
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"This thesis explores threads of identity, weaving together influences that shape the sense of self, including ancestry, childhood, culture, and religion. These themes spread across three sections; "on a loom" is a meditation on interfaith upbringing and the reconciliation of two belief systems, "heirloom" relates to paternal ties, and "bloom" speaks to maternal heritage. The collection highlights two matriarchs and how they lived out their individual cultures (Jewish and Colombian) and...
Dates:
2023
The Breaking Door, 2019
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Identifier: cw_2019spring_rasmussen_lydia.pdf
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"The Breaking Door thesis project is a walk-through of the business side of publishing the first book in a young adult Fantasy trilogy. The project approaches publication from three unique perspectives: author, editor, and marketer/sales. The project compels the writer to consider the salability of their work. It provides insight into how publishers acquire clients based on the evaluation of a manuscript's content, marketing potential, and profitability. In the case of this project, the...
Dates:
2019
The Brimstone Princess / The Flick, 2024
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Identifier: sf_2024spring_af_geijerstam-lindberg_liliana.pdf
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"The Brimstone Princess is an hour long fantasy adventure that follows Princess Antonina as she tries to save her kingdom from ruin. After the assassination of her brother, Crown Prince Fredrick, she sets off on a journey across the world to find her younger sister Grace and bring her home before assassins can close in on her too. Her faithful guard Sir Hamford and his page Keven join her on this clandestine mission, unaware of the dark truths that will emerge along the way, and the...
Dates:
2024