• Representation of Land and the Female Body in Polish Dramatic Literature 

  Dulba-Barnett , Anna (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  In this dissertation, I map how the authors of canonical Polish dramas from Romanticism to the present construct and solidify the ideals of womanhood and its connection to land and nature. I analyze how the use of the ...
• Two Sides of Intelligibility: The Practice and Perception of Performed Accents Onstage 

  Kress, Ellen (University of Oregon, 2022-02-18)

  The profession of voice and dialect is built upon the premise of maximum understanding for the audiences attending theatre. This maximum understanding, or intelligibility, has historically driven the practice and continues ...
• Durable Whiteness: Structural Settler Colonialism in California and Southern Oregon Theatre, 1849-1860 and 2018-2019 

  Lenk, Waylon (University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)

  Theatre and Performance Studies have studied the ways in which theatre and performance act as auxiliaries of hegemonic state power at least since Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed explored the ways in which classical Greek ...
• Interpreting the Game of History: Synthesis and Shortcomings Between Reenactment, Living History, and Roleplaying 

  Pointer, Mica (University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)

  Civil War reenactors claim to be educational through the nature of their bringing the past to life. Their claims place them among heritage and cultural interpreters in how they connect the past with the audience before ...
• A Fundamental Disagreement: Ongoing Discussions Concerning the Adaptation of Augusto Boal’s Practices 

  Evans, Joshua (University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)

  After Augusto Boal passed away in 2009, a significant dispute developed within the Theatre of the Oppressed community concerning whether his methods should be reimagined to combat structural oppression more effectively. ...
• The Latinx Theatre Commons: Feminist Decolonization in the Early Years of a Movement to Transform the Narrative of the American Theatre 

  Sanchez Saltveit, Olga (University of Oregon, 2020-02-27)

  The Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) emerged in 2012 in response and resistance to years of misrepresentation and erasure of Latinx artistic work and presence by the American theatre field in practice and in scholarship. This ...
• “Sisters of the Pen”: Restoring Women to Early Modern Theatre History Pedagogy and Practice 

  Rogers, Jessica (University of Oregon, 2020-02-27)

  This dissertation looks at current theatre historiography in terms of pedagogy and performance practices on the topic of early modern (seventeenth century) female dramatists, via select dramatic works of Elizabeth Cary, ...
• Traversing the Rift: Cultivating Climate Change Literacy Through Theatrical Performance 

  Borowicz, Lydia (University of Oregon, 2019-04-30)

  Climate change is a persistent and growing threat to the well-being of both humans and nonhuman species, and little action has been taken to halt it. It is imperative the public gains a sufficient level of climate change ...
• The Nether Worlds of Jennifer Haley — A Case Study of Virtuality Theatre 

  Yeadon, Michelle (University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)

  Studies exploring the first wave of digital performance foregrounded technology by cataloging experimentation and novel interactions between liveness, projections and code. As exercises in medium, these high tech spectacles ...
• Moises Kaufman: The Search for New Forms 

  Brown, Rich (University of Oregon, 2003-08)

  This study identifies and examines Moises Kaufinan's theoretical questions and rehearsal techniques from their development in initial works at New York University to their specific application during the creation of Gross ...
• Roots in the Earth and a Flag in my Hand: Rural Gender Identity in American Musical Theatre 

  Cuskey, Lusie (University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)

  The integrated musical is a vehicle for the creation and communication of a national identity, created through the use of coded performances of gender and, at times, rural settings conceptualized as essentially “American.” ...
• A Home You Can’t Live in: Performances of the Black Body and Domestic Space in Contemporary Drama 

  Gray, Leslie (University of Oregon, 2015-08-18)

  Theatre is often an invitation to enter the black home subject to its violations and crisis; this thesis repositions the black home and body in contemporary American and British theatre as constructed by the narratives and ...
• Practical Dramaturgy for Actors: Applying Resources of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to the Challenges of Language and Preparation 

  Rodley, Patricia (University of Oregon, 2015-01-14)

  This dissertation investigates the relationship between acting and dramaturgy. It proposes a change in the contemporary actor's work to more purposefully integrate practical dramaturgy as a preparation that parallels ...
• Amas Repertory Theatre: Passing as Black While Becoming White 

  Sidden, Jean (University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)

  Amas Repertory Theatre was founded in 1969 by Rosetta LeNoire, an African American actress who pursued a mission of developing original musicals while practicing interracial casting. The company's most successful show was ...
• The Experience of Place in Performance: A Survey of Site-Specific Theatre 

  Rorem, Jacob (University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)

  For practitioners and scholars of site-specific theatre, attempts to understand the relationship between a site and performance have often focused on performance. The many ways a site can inform and enhance the audience's ...
• Presenting Oregon: Formative Forces of the Oregon Unit of the Federal Theatre Project 

  Morris, Damond (University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)

  During the Great Depression President Roosevelt's New Deal brought relief to Americans through the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was formed in 1935 under the WPA to lift spirits, ...
• Bill Talen and Reverend Billy: A Shared Journey 

  Thomas, Kathleen (University of Oregon, 2013-07-11)

  As the cultural upheaval of the `60s fought its way into the `70s, Bill Talen began his career first as a poet, hitchhiking the interstate highways from the Midwest to the Coasts eagerly engaging the literary, intellectual, ...
• Clowns Ex Machina: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Gender and Clown 

  Bates, Kimberly (University of Oregon, 2012)

  Historically, women have been largely discounted from the public comedic arena, typically serving as the butt of the joke or other various comedic fodder. As a female comedian, I became interested in how gender played ...
• Sojourn Theatre Company: A Case Study in Community-Based Theatre 

  Madzik, Christine (University of Oregon, 2012)

  This thesis examines contemporary community-based theatre processes and efficacy through a case study of Sojourn Theatre Company. Chapter II overviews Sojourn's production history and explores the company's style. Chapter ...
• (In)famous Angel: The Cherub Company and the Problem of Definition 

  Cook, Brian (University of Oregon, 2012)

  This dissertation examines the effects of conventionally categorizing working artists and looks specifically at the Cherub Company, London, as a case study. Cherub was an alternative British theatre company whose work in ...

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