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Harmonizing with the cosmos : a critical analysis of cosmic symbolism in musical theatre
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
overlooked in musical theatre scholarship. This analysis contributes the first book-length study investigating cosmic symbolism in selected, representative musicals that span the time period from the American Golden Age through the present. Aided by available...
The microecology of identity in the last plays of Lanford Wilson
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
social identity. This study identifies and interrogates the missing information about Wilson's life story and late career dramas: Redwood Curtain, Sympathetic Magic, and Book of Days. The themes that inform my analysis of Wilson's identity and dramaturgy...
Stanislavsky-based American acting education through the lens of trauma-informed practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation seeks to merge the research of theatre, neuropsychology, and trauma studies in order to examine the ethics of past and contemporary Stanislavsky-based American actor training and the potential traumatization ...
Tempting the miracle : sacred theatre, or exploring Suzuki/Viewpoints and composition in directing John Pielmeier's Agnes of God : an auto/ethnographic memoir
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
In December of 2008, I directed John Pielmeier's Agnes of God as part of the University of Missouri-Columbia's academic year season. I took this opportunity to seize the moment and, through intense actor training and an ...
Resisting lore in playwriting education : an investigation into the pedagogy of playwriting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
In September of 2006, the Dramatists Guild's magazine, The Dramatist, asked the question, "Can Playwriting Be Taught?" on its cover. Inside, Marsha Norman (Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright) called this question "age-old." ...
The space between : uncovering the lived experience of actor communication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Using the qualitative methodology of hermeneutic phenomenology, this dissertation documents student actors' lived experience of actor communication in performance. The author locates this study in relation to actor training, ...
The Trickster astride : the lingering nature of African orature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] This dissertation is based on two pieces of my artistic work namely, auto ethnography based personal narrative under the title, The Trickster's Journey back and a play under the title, Recreations. ...