Dietz, Steven2016-12-012018-01-222016-12-012018-01-222007-05http://hdl.handle.net/2152/43903A brief paper exploring the common issues, responses, and challenges exhibited in my writing as a whole and more specifically, in the appended works Ring, Rip, Rent and Search: Closet. I explore the fundamental thematic concerns of my work in general terms, and go on to examine the aesthetic principals which form the backbone of work I’ve created and desire still to create. The latter part of the essay deals with issues of craft that fascinate and challenge me, and the ways in which the presented plays both achieve and fall short of particular craft goals.electronicengCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.Drama (plays)Theatre (plays)Creative writingThesisRestricted