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Item "A Doll's House": directing a classic for a contemporary audience(Texas Tech University, 2002-05) Parker, Catrin A.In partial fulfillment of my graduate duties, I submitted a proposal to direct a play in the Texas Tech Theatre Department's Lab Theatre. One of the best pieces of advice I have received on this subject while here at Texas Tech came from Dr. Elizabeth Homan. She suggested that I find a central theme or principle that I wanted to explore through the world of theatre, and then submit five plays that utilized that theme or principle. Then I would be happy no matter what play was picked for production. I took her advice and, therefore, although "A Doll's House" was fourth on my preference list, I was very happy to be directing it. The central theme behind my choices was an exploration of "myth, magic and the mundane." I have always loved stories that were about larger-than-life people, heroes and gods; yet stories about the daily grind—the mundane bits of life that we see in our own world—are the ones that best hit home. When you can find a playwright who can combine the mythical themes with a mundane atmosphere—you have found magic. Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" certainly qualifies, as he uses the mundane surroundings of a typical family at Christmas time to explore the magical realms of human fulfillment and identify within society. Nora, the lead character, best embodies this journey to the center of the soul, but each of the characters in this play is walking this path somehow. My central goal in the production of this play was to present a classic play with elements of both the mythical and the mundane and make it relevant to a contemporary audience. One of the challenges of presentmg this play to today's audiences was fighting the assumption that "classic" plays hold little bearing on the world of a contemporary audience. Many people, especially in a college setting, tend to assume that old chestnuts will be boring and have little to no application in our modern world. It would be easy to see this play as being about a social problem, a woman's role in society, that a contemporary audience might feel had already been addressed and was therefore irrelevant. However, this play has a much deeper meaning that I didn't want the audience to miss out on. Therefore, I felt that one of my first objectives should be to make the relevancy of this play accessible to this audience. I did not want the audience to get so caught up in the historical aspects of the show that they neglected to hear the story. I needed to find a way to make the story of these people from 1879 connect to audience members in 2002.Item Item A production of Tennessee William's The Glass Menagerie(Texas Tech University, 1976-12) Parks, Rosemary O'BrennanNot availableItem An analysis and production of Harold Pinter's Old times: a directing project(Texas Tech University, 1992-12) Stine, Candice SNot availableItem Approaches to Directing of Readers' Theatre: A Field Study(Texas Tech University, 1973-05) Cleveland, Lynda GailNot Available.Item Developing a course in stage combat: a manual for instructors and students(Texas Tech University, 2000-05) Wooten, KaraNot availableItem Directing "All in the timing"(Texas Tech University, 1999-05) Mikolasky, Pete S.All in the Timing by David Ives is a series of six short one-act plays dealing with the nature of time. It was an interesting road that led me to this play. I had intended to direct several other plays before I chose this one; in fact, All in the Timing was chosen for it's workability in the given circumstances under which I was to direct: the Lubbock Summer Rep. Lubbock Summer Rep consists of four shows played in a repertory sequence: a different show every night. Four directors are given four separate daily rehearsal tunes, and share one group of actors from which to select their casts. These actors also build the sets and work in the costume shop to help get the shows up and running. It is a total theatre experience. It is also a grueling, backbreaking, hectic three weeks in which to get your show together.Item Directing "True West": changing the chemistry(Texas Tech University, 1997-12) Holland, Lisa LawrenceIt was my objective to create a production of Sam Shepard's True West that was raw, gritty and dangerous: a production that spoke to the mythic elements inherent in the play, and yet one that would also be able to transcend the "violence," the "brutality," and speak to its universal truths, the truths that lie within the myths. The mythic elements, which are discussed more elaborately in Chapter II, are not myths in the purest sense of the word. They are not legendary stories, passed down through generations of peoples, created to explain an event or phenomenon. Rather, these mythic elements are based on romantic notions that have evolved into collective cultural and social fantasies. The truths may include the innate human desire to experience love and fulfillment, the journey on which man must travel in the search for personal and interpersonal human and spiritual connections, the unseen ties that bind family, and the double nature we all possess. It was my hope that these truths, in turn, would move our audience.Item Directing a production of "Ellie and the Bear Man"(Texas Tech University, 2001-05) Harrison, Kristopher AlanThe following document chronicles and examines directorial choices made for the original production oi Elite and the Bear Man. I directed the play at Texas Tech University's Laboratory Theatre, November 6-12, 2000, in partial fulfillment of the thesis requirement for the Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting/Directing. My first contact with the script came in April 2000, when Nlichael Moore, the playwright, approached me and asked me to read it. He wanted me to propose to direct it for Texas Tech University's Lab Theatre Season. He was interested in having his play produced, and he gave the script to me along with several other directors whom he knew would be proposing shows for the Lab Season. The Lab Season at Texas Tech University consists of student-directed and designed productions and exists as a supplement to the University's Mainstage season. The Lab season generally consists of more experimental plays than those chosen for the Mainstage Season, and another hallmark of the Lab Season is the frequent production of new works by student playwrights. For this reason, the Lab Season would be the perfect forum in which to have Michael's play produced.Item Directing Jake's Women: creating a professional environment in an educational setting(Texas Tech University, 2003-05) Greenough, ChadThe purpose of this thesis is to document a professional experiment in which I adopted the Equity SPT contract to help simulate a professional experience—within the educational setting—for student actors and designers involved with my production of Jake's Women. To support that experience, I also chose to implement my ideas about the actor as collaborator and how I believe greater collaboration allows the actor a sense of authority and responsibility within the working process. In the chapters that follow, I will document the application of these techniques to the rehearsal process as well as analyze their strengths and weaknesses in the educational setting. This chapter touched on my opinions regarding directing style and the role of actors in the production process. Chapter II will focus on the actors' unions and how they have helped to improve the situation for professional actors. I will then go on to explain how I applied the union rules to Jake's Women to enhance the professional experience within an educational setting. Chapter III will discuss my view of actors as collaborators and how I see this relating to the professional experience. Chapter IV will evaluate the effectiveness of the application and how it affected the performance of Jake's Women. I will also explore the opinions of some of the actors in Jake's Women to find out how they felt about the process and if they felt the process was effective in terms of my goals. I will also provide a copy of the SPT contract in the Appendix.Item Direction of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love(Texas Tech University, 1999-05) Swan, Sandra JaneIn the following chapters I will discuss the play itself and the particular aspects of it that intrigued me the most; the rehearsal process and presentation of the play and the problems and discoveries made during that time; discussion of the final product focusing on feedback from faculty, students and cast members; and my reactions to their comments; and finally, a self-evaluation to look back on the entire process to discover what worked, what could have used improvement and my overall view of the entire process.Item Freedom, structure, freedom: Anne Bogart's directing philosophy(Texas Tech University, 1994-12) Olsberg, DagneThe study is primarily based upon notes from participating in Bogart's "viewpoint training" and "composition" classes during the summer workshop at the Saratoga International Theater Institute (SITI) in the summer of 1993; the symposia given by Bogart at the workshop; interviews with Bogart; notes from observing the entire rehearsal process of The Women by Clare Boothe Luce, directed by Bogart at Hartford Stage in December, 1993 through January, 1994; and interviews with some of the actors in The Women. These unique opportunities, both in hearing Bogart talk about her philosophies and theories on theatre and observing the rehearsal process for one of her productions, provided important insight into Bogart's rehearsal philosophy. This study offers a discussion of Bogart's directorial principles and practices and evaluates them for study and application by other directors.Item Historical research on the direction and design of "A Midsummer Nights Dream"(Texas Tech University, 1996-08) Cargill, Johna LeeNot availableItem "I'm talking about the baby": connecting with a community through a production of Jane Anderson's The Baby Dance(Texas Tech University, 2003-05) West, Janeve ENot availableItem Internet collaboration and exchange for theatre (ICE-T): developing interactive network conferencing software for theatrical collaboration(Texas Tech University, 2000-08) Partridge, AllenNot availableItem Magic, trick-work, and illusion in the vampire plays(Texas Tech University, 1987-08) Colwin, Thomas LeonardNot availableItem Modern to postmodern acting and direction: an historical perspective(Texas Tech University, 1986-05) Peters, Steven JamesNot availableItem Simultaneous action as a process of stage direction in Tea and sympathy(Texas Tech University, 1986-05) Fitzhenry, Sharon AnnNot availableItem Talley's folly: directing Lanford Wilson's "Simple Romance"(Texas Tech University, 2002-12) Morgan, Barbara ANot availableItem The Amen Corner - a directing project: revisioning an African-American staple of drama(Texas Tech University, 2004-05) House, CleoNot available