Theatrical companies -- Fiction

Overview "With an increasing number of Chinese students studying in the United States, there is an observable phenomenon in which they tend to create their own community in order to secure a sense of cultural belonging. This thesis explores the process of establishing a theater group, emerging out of an interest in the possibilities of adapting Chinese theatrical works in a way that better connects various ethnic and cultural groups. Through in-depth interviews with different team members of a...

Overview "After discovering that the all-female performing troupe founded by her mother is out of money, Sophie Hamilton decides to spearhead one last effort to keep the show alive. They travel to a ramshackle theater in New York City and attempt to build their show from the ground up. Sophie finds herself torn between the troupe that has been her family and her entire world for twenty years and the pull of the outside world, particularly in the form of Samuel Ackermann, the son of one of the...