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Where have all the mothers gone? : The liminalities of child loss in contemporary drama
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
by Judith Butler. I use these works to examine the aforementioned plays and the readings, performances, and productions thereof. And Then It Was Gone received a workshop reading at the Missouri Playwrights Workshop in 2016 and a concert reading at the Mizzou...
Do my eyes deceive me?: “Acts of Sight” in Naomi Iizuka's Polaroid Stories, Concerning Strange Devices From the Distant West, War of the Worlds, and Good Kids
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Do My Eyes Deceive Me?: Acts of Sight in Naomi Iizuka's Polaroid Stories, Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West, War of the Worlds, and Good ...
Opposite sides of a hyphen : becoming my Iranian-American identity through autobiographical performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Having one parent from Iran and the other from the US, I learned from an early age that I was wedged between two distinct cultures. As an adolescent, following my parent's divorce, I thought that the words on opposite sides ...
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." ...
Intercultural adapturgy : twenty-first century women adapting Spanish golden age plays
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Transferring work from one culture to another through translation or adaptation is a delicate process which requires careful consideration of both the positionality of the adapter and the intertextual reaction of the adapted ...
The recovery project : three dramatic works concerning alcoholism and recovery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This dissertation explores the transformative nature of storytelling in alcoholism recovery. I created a trilogy of dramatic works titled The Recovery Project, which address the underrepresented narrative of recovery through ...
An exploratory and descriptive inquiry into the relationship between the goals of general education and disciplinary content in acting for non-majors courses in colleges and universities in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
A foundational requirement of undergraduate education in the United States is the completion of a general education curriculum. One goal of general education is to introduce students to habits of mind leading to the ...