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The Object/The Body/The Ritual: An Affectual Dissection of Plastic Bags Through Performance Design
(2019-07-02)Roland Barthes has famously noted plastics as miraculous substances of infinite transformations and transmutations, yet we are in the midst of a paradigm shift in which the material plays an increasingly destructive role ... -
The Green Line: An Investigation of the Arabization of the Playwriting Process through an Exploration of Intergenerational Memory
(2019-07-02)The author examines the limitations and potential in the "Arabization" of the playwriting process through an exploration of the Lebanese Civil War and the inheritance (or erasure) of intergenerational memory. Through a ... -
Rethinking Performance: A Cognitive Journey toward Excellent Play
(2019-07-02)Perfectionistic traits, which have both cognitive and behavioral facets, can have negative effects on a performing artists psychology and/or their ability to perform at their best. A review of literature was undertaken, ... -
Mindful Acting: Freeing the Comfortable Self on Stage
(2019-07-02)This thesis will explore how I can reduce the impact of anxiety on my stage performance and how I can be more comfortable, while finding ways to be unique as an actor. For this effect, a range of methodologies will be ... -
Freedom in Discipline: Grounding Wild Impulse with Self-Mastery in Sarah Ruhl's Orlando
(2019-07-02)The following document is an exploration in practicing the power of discipline in Theatre@Yorks production of Orlando. This support document crafts a personal redefinition of discipline, examines the artistic fertility in ... -
Playful Transformations: Directing Sarah Ruhls adaptation of Orlando by Virginia Woolf
(2019-07-02)This thesis documents my artistic process as a director for a production of Sarah Ruhls adaptation of Orlando by Virginial Woolf. The research and preparation for this process begins with Ruhls aesthetic and approach to ... -
Eat Me: Destabilizing Theatrical Forms of Representation in Order to Resist Reproduction of Prevailing Ideologies
(2019-07-02)Eat Me is a praxis exploration in how to destabilize theatrical form in order for an artist to speak their truth as fully as possible. Inspired by the Italian Futurists, this journey takes into account different forms of ... -
Lost Fool: Re-Inventing a Professional Theatre Process
(2019-07-02)This supporting thesis document chronicles the exploratory journey of developing and implementing a nascent creative studio practice, resulting in the crafting, rehearsal and performance of a solo, multi-media theatrical ... -
MAD GIRL'S LOVE SONG: Visibility Through Theatre Creation
(2019-07-02)The following thesis chronicles the process of creating, developing, rehearsing, and performing a solo theatre piece entitled MAD GIRLS LOVE SONG. The aim of this research is to create a solo performance of non-linear ... -
Through Breath To Depth: Nurturing Dramaturgical Coherence in What is The Water?
(2019-07-02)This multi-modal thesis seeks to integrate an impulsive, psychophysical studio practice with vision, dramaturgical coherence and comprehension during the creation of the devised solo performance: What is the Water? The ... -
The Paradox of Beheading Risk: Specifically Clear and Sublimely Chaotic
(2019-07-02)In this paper, I will investigate repetition and accuracy in the simplicity and complexity of the following thesis roles: Tour Guide, Aunt, Female Doctor, and Attendant #2 performed in Middletown by Will Eno. I will develop ... -
Exploring the Optimal State in Will Eno's "Middletown"
(2019-07-02)This document is an investigation of my artistic challenge while performing in Will Enos Middletown. Through textual research and physical exploration in the studio, I have become aware of my habitual patterns which restrict ... -
Sensitising the Instrument: Exploring Artistic Vulnerability and Physical Range in Middletown by Will Eno
(2019-07-02)A compelling, authentic and dynamic actor must strip away all of their armour and allow them self to see and be seen. They must be open, curious, all consumed by the present moment, spontaneous, and free. Free from judgement, ... -
Fear and Boundaries: Acting in the Shadow of Trauma
(2019-07-02)Returning to an academic setting to study acting after 12 years of working professionally has led me to a singular discovery: Trauma has impacted my life and my way of working so deeply that I could not see the forest for ... -
The Enjoyment of Practice: An Autoethnographic Study of Motivation Through the Characters of Librarian and Freelancer in Will Eno's Middletown
(2019-07-02)This thesis explores the concept of external validation in my personal artistic practice as I develop and perform the roles of the Librarian and the Freelancer in Will Enos Middletown directed by Jackie Maxwell in the ...
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