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Found in 1004 Collections and/or Records:

Wings, 2022

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Identifier: pf_2022spring_wendt_taylor.pdf
Overview "One sunny and otherwise perfect day, neurotic young mother Fiona notices fuzz on her newborn baby's back and becomes obsessed with the idea that he is growing wings. As she spirals into a postpartum-depression-fueled fixation while desperately trying to avoid being re-committed to the psychiatric hospital, her fiancé John abruptly relocates the little family to his mother Susan's rental bungalow. As Fiona grows closer to her future in-laws, she notices odd inconsistencies in their shared...
Dates: 2022

Wings like boomerangs, 2017

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Identifier: cw_2017spring_jimenez_simon.pdf
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"Wings Like Boomerangs is a literary speculative fiction novel, set in the far future, when interstellar flight is possible, at the cost of lost time." --Abstract.

Dates: 2017

Winter's Passing, 2021

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Identifier: vma_2021spring_fei_yang.pdf
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"Winter's Passing is a coming-of-age narrative short film. Due to his mother's untimely death and his father's remarriage, an 8-year-old boy has to live with his grandfather who runs a small urn shop. While reluctantly staying at the shop and trying to return to his father, he meets a woman who wants to buy two identical urns. Through their secret deal, the boy gradually learns the meanings of loss and grief." -- Abstract

Dates: 2021

With glittering eyes : a director's process, 2016

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Identifier: te_2016spring_jaffe_sarah.pdf
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"This paper provides an in-depth reflection of the experience of directing a show with a high school theatre company. The paper reflects on the work, summarizes the experience, and includes a discussion of best practices as a director." --Abstract

Dates: 2016

Woman Scorned, 2020

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Identifier: sw_2020spring_edwards_kelly.pdf
Overview "Woman Scorned is an action romantic comedy about a highly-trained government operative who agrees to be a bridesmaid in her sister's wedding in order to finally get a shot at repairing their relationship. The script combines spy thriller and rom com elements to highlight the toxic relationship tropes that exist in films in both genres. As the lead character navigates dangerous circumstances, she's also forced to confront her part in the destruction of her relationships. Inspired by my rabid...
Dates: 2020

Women alone : stories, 2017

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Identifier: cw_2017fall_tavani_regina.pdf
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"Six tales of young American women navigating instances of isolation or separation from their lovers, colleagues, siblings, and families, as well as from personal and professional desires, sexual identity, social expectations, and spirituality -- and, invariably, from themselves." --Abstract.

Dates: 2017

Working Woman, 2023

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Identifier: sf_2023spring_gamble_katherine.pdf
Overview "Working Woman is a feature length film about discovering one's life path. Kayla Porter, a Black woman in her late 20s and is as smart as she is beautiful. Kayla's entire life has revolved around being successful. Her motivation comes from her upbringing. With her dad absent and her mother having drug and alcohol issues, Kayla promised herself to be better than where she came from. Her Aunt, Regina made sure of it too, getting custody of Kayla when she was 10. Right after graduating college,...
Dates: 2023

World Breaker, 2024

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Identifier: pf_2024spring_green_marleigh.pdf
Overview "World Breaker is an adult high fantasy multi-POV novel by Marleigh Green. It follows two central characters; Delphine, a woman with amnesia, as she navigates the Imani Empire and dodges violent enemies in an effort to regain her memories; and Alder, a soldier for the Imani Empire who feels an inexplicably powerful emotional connection to Delphine, as if he knew her in a past life. As they journey to Lilistadt, the capital of Imani, they are hunted by an enemy of Delphine's known as the...
Dates: 2024

World don't speak for us, 2016

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Identifier: cw_2016fall_cameron_alexandra.pdf
Overview "Follows the West family as the media descends on their sleepy South Jersey town for the trial of the school shooter who killed their mother. The siblings -- Rosie, a lawyer engaged to a Senator's son, Gideon, who dropped out of college to become their younger brother's guardian, and Hunter, who was in the school during the shooting -- each cope with the stress of the trial in different ways, but they all agree that it's difficult sitting back and doing nothing as their family becomes a...
Dates: 2016

Wrath: A Sins of Man Novel, 2020

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Identifier: pf_2020spring_drewry_stephanie_pennington.pdf
Overview "Maria Ramirez and Cameron Darcy's worlds collide when a missing person entagles them in a web of lies and tragedy forcing them to lean on each other to find their way to the truth. Maria, a journalist, tries to leave her small town life and secrets behind when she moves to the city of Baton Rouge. But the past soon catches up to her and she'll have a choice to make if she wants to reclaim herself. P.I. Cameron Darcy is about finding his target, moving in, so he can move on. Always looking...
Dates: 2020

Written by Neil And The Osiris Nebula, 2024

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Identifier: sf_2024spring_bourke_jake.pdf
Overview "WRITTEN BY NEIL is a half-hour sitcom, half live-action and half animated, that follows the creative process of imaginative yet scatterbrained grad student Neil Brooks as he embarks down the long, twisting road toward screenwriting stardom. Tasked with writing his first feature-length movie from start to finish, the pressure mounts as he finds himself unprepared and inexperienced, both as a writer and a person. Not to mention easily distracted. After all, a storyteller has no greater enemy...
Dates: 2024

Yahiya : episode 1, 2017

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Identifier: vm_2017spring_akra_seera.pdf
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Web series that illustrates "a representation of the Muslim youth, whose backgrounds of traditions and Islamic knowledge conflict with science and Western values that dominate our global village." --Abstract.

Dates: 2017

Yellow Taxi Press, 2018

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Identifier: cw_2018spring_loebig_alyssa.pdf
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"Yellow Taxi Press is an independent press that seeks to fill the gap between young adult fiction and general fiction by publishing smart, insightful titles that feature characters who encounter the many complexities of early adulthood. This project explores the creation, branding, and marketing of a new publishing company." --Abstract.

Dates: 2018

You Get To Be Alive, 2024

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Identifier: cw_2024spring_blogier_alexandra.pdf
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"A collection of short stories exploring the darker, stranger depths of who and how we love. These stories are about motherhood, ghosts, and ex-girlfriends. They delve into the complexities of romances, friendships and family, delusions and unrealized dreams." -- Abstract

Dates: 2024

You iii and everything else, 2018

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Identifier: cw_2018spring_rapoport_maria.pdf
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"This work is a collection of formally experimental short stories exploring fault lines in the human experience: the limitations of our senses and understanding of reality, our self-contradicting desires and fragile sense of identity, our awareness of our inability to affect time or avoid loss and death." --Abstract.

Dates: 2018

Your Life, Without You, 2020

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Identifier: cw_2020spring_walker_alexa.pdf
Overview "This novel explores the idea of isolation provoked by envy and the crisis of gender identity politics. After the disappearance of the young woman Isabella, her envious best-friend Helen must join a suspected cult called New Life in order to uncover their involvement. She finds instead that the woman she knows as Isabella has left this universe and traversed into another where they can embrace their true identity as a man. The only way for Helen to make contact with the person formerly known...
Dates: 2020

Your Smile, 2019

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Identifier: vm_2019spring_yang_haochen.pdf
Overview "It is hard for a lonely person to find a soul-touching relationship with another in this era of social media explosion and smartphone obsession, especially for a retro high school boy in China, who is experiencing the rebellious phase of his youth. He is alienated by other people and he is unwilling to open his mind to others. One day, when he captures an unforgettable smile on a young girl's face through his 35mm film camera, he decides to pick up the first cellphone in his life to chase...
Dates: 2019

Your Teddy Friend in Boston, 2021

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Identifier: wr_2021fall_furuhashi_mayuka.pdf
Overview "Your Teddy Friend in Boston is a picture book for children between the ages of two and five. This story revolves around a teddy bear taking readers to tourist spots in Boston: Seaport Boston, Tadpole Playground, Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, Charles River Esplanade, Castle Island, Boston Public Library, New England Aquarium, Greenway Carousel, Boston Public Garden, and Haymarket while counting numbers from one to ten. With rhythmic words and colorful digital illustrations of the teddy...
Dates: 2021

You're Nothing Without Me, 2020

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Identifier: sw_2020spring_kristapsons_silvija_lara.pdf
Overview "You're Nothing Without Me is a drama about a young violinist who has to go up against a powerful and prestigious conservatory when her well-respected teacher sexually assaults her after a concert. This story focuses on the abuse of power that has traditionally run rampant in the classical music world and draws from elements of classical music's #MeToo reckoning. This project is part of an overall body of work that examines the effect of dysfunctional families, both traditional and...
Dates: 2020

Youth Unscripted: Forum Theatre Programming and Social Emotional Learning, 2020

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Identifier: te_2020spring_tarnower_holly.pdf
Overview "This thesis provides evidence of forum theatre programs supporting Social Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies. Specifically, the thesis looks at an after-school program, called Youth Unscripted (YU), for Boston Public High School students. The author served as the facilitator for YU during this thesis. Fourteen students from six different schools participated in the program once a week from October 2019 to March 2020. This thesis looks specifically at three workshops conducted...
Dates: 2020