Browsing 2013 UMKC Theses - Freely Available Online by Thesis Department "Theatre (UMKC)"
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Jet Propulsion : a play about John Whiteside Parsons
(2013)Jet Propulsion, a two-act drama on the life of John Whiteside Parsons, is the candidate's thesis, along with the essay "American Weird: Researching John Whiteside Parsons, the Occult Religion of Aleister Crowley and the ... -
The legacy behind Literature to Life: a history and narrative of Wynn Handman, The American Place Theatre and Literature to Life
(2013)Literature to Life is a performance-based literacy program developed under the auspices of The American Place Theatre in New York City (1994). The American Place Theatre was founded in 1964 and stewarded by the artistic ... -
The technical director: the history, the legacy, and a glimpse behind the curtain
(2013)The central purpose of this thesis is to explore and document the position of the technical director within the American theatre during the 20th century and into the present day. The research focuses more heavily on the ... -
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 ...