Honors Theses
Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Theater and Film
First Advisor
Rhona Justice-Malloy
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
The goal of this project was to examine socially significant theatre that the audience. In addition to studying considered socially significant, I chose to undergo the successfully entertains, interests, and motivates several examples of plays that are process of writing, directing, and producing a play dealing with a pertinent social issue . I wanted this piece to I gathered the in this case, the foster and adoptive care system stories of foster children through interview and loosely adapted these stories into a one- , directed, and produced at The University of Mississippi, the creation of socially significant act play, which I then cast Through this process I discovered that the key to theatre is to aid the audience in connecting with the central ideas of one’s piece through synthesis of all elements-direction, design, and performance. This synthesis can be achieved only with the collaboration of the director, actors, and designers, all of whom must have a willingness to continue to reinvent, re-imagine, and revise the dramatic work until the desired outcome is achieved.
Recommended Citation
Daniel, Rachel Leah, "The Creation of Socially Significant Theatre" (2010). Honors Theses. 2195.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2195
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