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Family Systems Theory in Chekhov’s ‘Big Four’ Plays
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
This thesis discusses the Bowen family systems theory and its application to character
analysis and family relationships in drama. Chekhov’s plays are renowned for their
psychological realism. Each character has his ...
Skywalk
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This project, a full-length play, intends to illuminate the facts surrounding the
architectural collapse at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in July 1981, when two bridges in
the hotel lobby called skywalks collapsed, ...
No Way Out: Violence in Selected American Expressionist Plays
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This thesis discusses the American expressionist plays of the 1920s and the acts of
violence that occur in several of them. The expressionist plays of Eugene O’Neill, Elmer Rice,
Sophie Treadwell, and Susan Glaspell ...
Emerging from the Ground: The Meaning of Messiah in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle
(2013)
Pittsburgh playwright and poet August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays in which each play
is set in a different decade of the twentieth century. This series of plays is often referred to as the
Pittsburgh Cycle. The ...
Women Artistic Directors in Kansas City and Their Processes
(2015)
This thesis is an overview of several important women artistic directors who have
helped form the recent Kansas City theatre landscape. Cynthia Levin, Jeanne Beechwood,
Sidonie Garrett, Karen Paisley, and Heidi Van are ...
Setting the Stage for Kansas City talent and Diversity The KC Meltingpot Theatre
(2015)
This thesis aims to chronicle the origins of The KC MeltingPot Theatre Company, owned and operated by Kansas City area couple Harvey and Linda Williams. The primary focus will be on the works produced by The KC MeltingPot ...
Mamet On Mamet: Politics and Poetics in Oleanna, Race, The Anarchist, and China Doll
(2016)
Mamet on Mamet: Politics and Poetics in Oleanna, Race, The Anarchist, and
China Doll” aims to illuminate Mamet’s mature aesthetic through a close examination of
four of his later plays. The thesis blends textual ...
Hello, Cruel World: Antonin Artaud’s Pursuit of Primal Theatre
(2016)
This thesis delves into the most volatile years of the notoriously volatile life of French
poet and theatrical theorist Antonin Artaud (1896–1948). At the heart of the research is an
examination of his voyages to Mexico ...
Theatre of community: healing functions of theatre in society
(2013)
This thesis addresses multiple social and
psychological implications found within three types of
theatre and their communities and audiences. In particular
it embraces the theory that people can benefit from the
group-healing ...
Connecting the dots: a history of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-22)
This thesis is a history of Stephen Sondheim's musical Sunday in the Park with George (1984), which was inspired by Georges Seurat's masterpiece: Un dimanche à la Grande Jatte (1886). By first examining the lives and ...
Toby Dick Ellis: Richard Elsenpeter's career in tent repertoire theatre, television, and marionette puppetry
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-25)
Richard Elsenpeter was a Midwestern actor who began his career in repertoire and circle stock in the mid-twentieth century. He dedicated his life to the pursuit of rural, family entertainment and took pleasure in entertaining ...
Nashville Community Theatre: from the Little Theatre Guild to the Nashville Community Playhouse
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-04-26)
In the early 20th century the Little Theatre Movement swept through the United
States. Theatre enthusiasts in cities and towns across the country sought to raise the
standards of theatrical productions by creating quality ...
Laurie Brooks: a coterie of plays and concepts
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-01)
Laurie Brooks: A Coterie of Plays and Concepts aims to give a detailed look at the style, content, and contributions of the plays of Laurie Brooks to theatre and Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA). The thesis also focuses ...
(In)Visible: performances of gay and lesbian dramatic literature on the American stage from 1910 to 1969
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-01)
(In)Visible: Performances of Gay and Lesbian Dramatic Literature on the American Stage from 1910 to 1969 provides a decade-by-decade analysis of plays with queer content from the 1910s to the 1960s. The aim is to chronicle ...
Joanna Baillie: The Theory in Her Plays on the Passions and an Analysis of Four Dramas Within that Series
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)
This thesis examines the theatre theory as outlined by Joanna Baillie in the Introductory Discourse to her Series of Plays in Which it is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger Passions of the Mind: Each Passion Being the ...
The changing face of Joan of Arc: the appropriation of Joan of Arc in twentieth-century American theatre
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-08-24)
The Changing Face of Joan of Arc: The Appropriation of Joan of Arc in Twentieth-century American Theatre shows that the evolution of Joan of Arc's image reflected the culture of each era, and illustrated the changing social ...
Picasso : theatre artist
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-09-27)
Picasso: Theatre Artist is centered upon Pablo Picasso‟s work in the theatrical field. Pablo Picasso is internationally known as a Spanish painter who championed the Cubist perspective in graphic art. However, his extensive ...
Bloodlines
(2015-08-12)
A drama in two acts, Bloodlines centers upon a traditional farm family in Iowa,
several years in the future. The climate has changed, and though they struggle to
maintain the centuries-old family home and traditions ...
Theatre for Young America: A History
(2015-05-19)
In the spring of 1974, a family of actors has recently landed in Kansas City,
Missouri. Father, Gene Mackey, is working for one of the areas four professional dinner
theatres and has been authorized by his employer to ...
Redating Pericles: A Re-examination of Shakespeare’s Pericles as an Elizabethan Play
(2015)
Pericles's apparent inferiority to Shakespeare’s mature works raises many questions for
scholars. Was Shakespeare collaborating with an inferior playwright or playwrights? Did he
allow so many corrupt printed versions ...