Senior Independent Study Theses from 2024
Accessibility in the Production Environment: A Stage Manager's Perspective, Claire Nicole Alderfer
Department: Theatre and Dance
“What has become of our bodies?”: Butoh as a Mobilizer of Healing, Cultural History, and Dance Accessibility, Gracie D. Shreve
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2023
The Importance of Mixed-Race Mestiza Representation On and Off Stage: An Autoethnographic Approach, Teresa Isabel Ascencio
Department: Theatre and Dance; Communication Studies
Stages of Change: Investigating the Supply of Different Emotional-Themes Concert Dance Production in Economics Recession, Dantong Bi
Department: Economics; Theatre and Dance
Why Not to Be Anywhere But Here? A Journey Through Exile, Rickey D. Cooper
Department: Theatre and Dance
My Favorite Movie is a Play! An Analysis of Adaptations to Stage and Film, Audrey L. Klosterman
Department: Theatre and Dance
Grief Live!: How Performers Can Analyze, Interpret, and Perform Grief on Stage, Amari Royal
Department: Music; Theatre and Dance
Third World: Bolivia, The United States, Democracy, and the Art of Putting it on Stage, Victoria I. Silva
Department: Political Science; Theatre and Dance
More than a Hobby: Examining Dance as Communication in Honeybees and Humans, Katie Spence
Department: Biology; Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2022
"What Is The Recipe For Emotion?", Ivan M. Akiri
Department: Art and Art History; Theatre and Dance
A Show Of Hands: An Analysis Of Puppetry In Different Cultures, Kate Joseph
Department: Theatre and Dance
For Every Adaptation Belonging To Me As Good Belongs To You: Analyzing Intertextuality In Lauren Gunderson's Literature-Based Plays, Brian S. Luck
Department: English; Theatre and Dance
The Play’s The Thing: An Analysis Of Professional And Amateur Queer Theater From 1967-1987 Through The Lens Of Star Trek: The Original Series Fandom, Cat Moreschi
Department: History; Theatre and Dance
“I’m Just Letting You Know It Hurts”: Investigating How Physical Therapy Exercises Can Decrease The Risk Of Injury During The Rehearsal And Choreographic Process, Liv Mourning
Department: Theatre and Dance
All Strung Up: Researching The Histories Of Lynching, Sexual Violence, And Interracial Gender Relationships To Direct Sally’s Rape By Robbie Mccauley, Jaz Nappier
Department: Theatre and Dance
The Right To Fail: Defining And Imitating The Style Of The Royal Court Theatre, Annie Sheneman
Department: Theatre and Dance
A Love Letter To Myself: The Social And Cultural Experiences Of Sexual Assault Survivors On Small Liberal Arts College Campuses And Using Ethnographic Playwriting As Advocacy, Gabriella M. Sullivan
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Theatre and Dance
Euripides' Medea In Sculptural Performance, Patrick K. Wellman
Department: Art and Art History; Theatre and Dance
A Short Treatise In Support Of Theatre During The Cromwellian Regime, Meriadoc J. Wixsom
Department: History; Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2021
Redressing Histories of Sexual Violence of the “Comfort Women”: using Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed and APTP devising methods, Carlos DeSantiago
Department: Theatre and Dance
Acting Authentically — A Case Study of Character Building Techniques With Three Plays by James Bentley Campbell, Gerald Dryden
Department: Theatre and Dance
Catastrophic Imaginings: Human-Driven Catastrophe, the Anthropocene, The Skin of Our Teeth, and Lungs, Hayden Douglas Lane-Davies
Department: Theatre and Dance; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
How Hip Hop Artists Revolutionized Urban Street Fashion and High Fashion While Wearing It on Stage and off Over the Past Three Decades, and How a Designer Use This Research to Create His Authentic Brand., Keetrone Singleton Jr
Department: Theatre and Dance
Dragon Nest: Immersive Experience Design, Mika Yonaha
Department: Art and Art History; Computer Science; Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2020
I'm Going to Kill Myself, but it's Fine: Creating and Performing Characters in Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis, Seth Green
Department: Theatre and Dance
Scottish Plays and Media: An Excavation of Sottish Identity, Darian A. Harvey
Department: Theatre and Dance
So, You Want to be a Stage Manager?, Cleo Rhys Potter
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2019
Casualties of War: An in Depth Look at the Responses to Government Induced Trauma, Jordan Nicole Heusner-Wilkinson
Department: Theatre and Dance
Do You Want To Run a Regression? Nah, I Think I’ll Dance One Instead: Physicalizing Econometrics, Rachel Lau
Department: Theatre and Dance
Staging the (Anthropos)cene: An Exploration of Climate Change and the Human Through Playwrighting, Daniel L. Myers
Department: English; Theatre and Dance
Some Strings Attached: An Investigation of Twentieth-Century Puppetry in the West, Hannah M. Smith
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2018
“Flowin’ with the Water Cycle”: An Exploration of the Water Cycle Through Movement Through the Lens of Choreographer Doris Humphrey and Musical Composers Felix Mendelssohn, Claude Debussy, and Hans Zimmer., Meredith Bruch
Department: Theatre and Dance
Intimidation or Emasculation? A Critical Analysis of the Representation of Masculinity in American Theatre, George L. Marn
Department: Music; Theatre and Dance
Deconstructing Aloha: Confronting and Combatting Clichés of Hawai'i and its Native Culture through a Devised Performance, Vincent Meredith
Department: Theatre and Dance
Case In Pointe: A Case Study of a Professional Dancer With a Chronic Knee Injury and Their Exemplification of the Parameters of the Self-Determination Theory, Jordan E. Ouellette
Department: Theatre and Dance; Psychology
The Dissemination of Responsibility: Exploring the Audience as Bystander in Theatre, Helen Rooker
Department: Theatre and Dance
From Dali to Daddy: Utilizing Surrealism through Costume Design in Alice in Wonderland Adapted for the Stage, Maira Senoo
Department: Theatre and Dance
Dancing Our Way to the Cosmos: A Study in How Extraterrestrial Travel Will Change The Mechanics of Dance, Justine Walker
Department: Physics; Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2017
Stepping into Psychosis: An Examination of the Ethics of Embodying Madness Onstage, Marisa Adame
Department: Theatre and Dance
From Witches to Bitches: Revealing the Patriarchal Structure of The Crucible Through Feminist Scenic Design, Shannan V. Burrows
Department: Theatre and Dance
Importing Ballet to Bhutan: An evaluation on Dance Value and Cultural Interaction, Leiden C. Doma
Department: Philosophy; Theatre and Dance
"Forgiveness, Sarah, I Know You Are A Nigger of Torment": Directing Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro as Theatre for Social Change, Tashiyanah R. Hutchins
Department: Theatre and Dance
Come then, and Take the Last Warmth of My Lips: An Exploration of Early Twentieth Century Lesbianism in U.S. Theatre, Mary E. Manack and Mary E. Manack
Department: Theatre and Dance
Show Me the Money: A Study of Interrelationships between a Regional Theatre's Revenue and Location, Rebecca Snedeker-Meier
Department: Theatre and Dance
"Want to See Something Cool?" How Pilates Decreases the Risk for Injury during the Choreographic Process of a Modern Dance Composition, Maria C. Witt
Department: Theatre and Dance
Adding Another Layer, Another Eye: An Experiment and Analysis of Using Digital Projections as Storytelling Devices in the Production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Ji in Yoo
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2016
"Lemme Listen to This Real Quick": An Investigation of Choreographing from Musical Structure, Emily L. Baird
Department: Theatre and Dance
Yo Soy Una Mujer, Yo Soy Latina, Now you see my life in the U.S.: Testimonies of Undocumented Latina Women, A Navigation of their everyday lives through a Devised Performance, Stephanie Castrejon
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Theatre and Dance
"The Word Is Hula": An Exploration of the Use of Hula in Christian Churches on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, Emily Donato
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Theatre and Dance
So Many Skills, So Little Time: The Notion of Craft in the Creation of Theatrical Props and Costumes, Zoe H. Madden
Department: Theatre and Dance
Conceptualizing Female Punk in the Theatre: The Riot Grrrl Revolution as a Radical Force to Inspire a Devised Solo Performance, Summit J. Starr
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2015
La vida es a Dream: The nuances of acting a translation explored through Calderón de la Barca’s Life is a Dream., Erika Daun
Department: Spanish; Theatre and Dance
The Making of Scapin: An Analysis of the Historical Influences Affecting the Scenic Design for the Production of Bill Irwin’s Scapin, Sidney A. Martin
Department: Theatre and Dance
“But I Hope You’re Not Offended”: A Look at Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park Through the Structural Perspective of Critical Race Theory, Nora M. Yawitz
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2014
Rethinking the Role: An Alternative Stage Management Method, Chelsea A. Gillespie
Department: Theatre and Dance
“And don't forget that poetry is language for its own sake:” In-yer-Face Theatre, Sarah Kane, and Crave, Janna M. Haywood
Department: Theatre and Dance
Voices From the Woods: Classic Fairy Tales Revisited and Revised, Amanda C. O'Donnell
Department: English; Theatre and Dance
A Moving Stage: An Applied Analysis of Stage Management Techniques Used for a Small Independent Touring Theatre Troupe, Benjamin E.C. Pfister
Department: Theatre and Dance
Rehearsing Realities Through Storytelling: An Application of R.A.C.E. of Albany Park Theatre Project's Production and Performance Process of HOME/LAND, Bria J. Price
Department: Theatre and Dance
Settle the Score: A Close Look at the Connection between Dance and Music, Amadi Washington
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2013
From the Outside In: a Comparative Analysis of Performance Techniques, Mark Banks
Department: Theatre and Dance
The Fight to Exist: An Examination of Racial Identities on The College of Wooster Campus, Kenneth Perry Jr
Department: Theatre and Dance
The Fight to Exist: a Examination of Racial Identities on the College of Wooster Campus, Kenneth Perry Jr
Department: Theatre and Dance
Scenic Design and Cultural Space: Towards a Communicative and Heterogeneous Space, Kaleigh A. Richards
Department: Theatre and Dance
What is a God Onstage: Fabricating the Horses for Equus, Paul Swanson
Department: Theatre and Dance
Process and Performance: a Study of Solo and Collaborative Performance and Their Compositional Methods, Amanda Marie Wagner
Department: Theatre and Dance
The Cinema of Videodance: Understanding Time, Space, and Energy on Film, Annie Woller
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2012
Let's Do the Time Warp Again: a Study of Rituals and Themes That Keep the Cult Phenomenon of the Rocky Horror Picture Show Alive, Selena M. F. Gray
Department: Theatre and Dance
How Can Theatre Enhance An Understanding of Ethics Perfected By Unconditional Love?, James Lance
Department: Philosophy; Theatre and Dance
Hollywood Couture: An Analysis of High-End Fashion in Film, Breanne Lengacher
Department: Theatre and Dance
Repercussions and Shifts in Form Between Ntozake Shange's Play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf and Tyler Perry's Film For Colored Girls, Jaquet Long
Department: Theatre and Dance
These Boots Are Made For Rocking: a Study in Costuming, Hannah Middendorf
Department: Theatre and Dance
Designer As Dramaturg: a Critical Look at the Design Process and Its Possibilities Through the Production of Ernesto Anaya's Las Meninas, Bronwyn Schlaefer
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2011
An Eye For the Future: Digitalizing Costume Collections in the Twenty-First Century, Julie Melrose
Department: Theatre and Dance
The Regular Season: An Exploration of the Effects of Research and Self Reflection on the Creative Process, Lindsay Phillips
Department: Theatre and Dance
The Hero and the Stage, Owen Reynolds
Department: Theatre and Dance
So, You Think You Can Dance? - An Examination of Societal Expectations of Dance and Performance, Kaitlin Yankello
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2010
Good Face: An Examination of Stereotype in Neil Labute's Beauty Trilogy, Laura Vandiver
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2008
"Onward Christian Soldier" : The Allegorical Relationship Between the Crucified Christ and Great War British Soliders on the Western Front and the Essence of Clerical Revivalism As Expressed in Primary Accounts of the War Experience, and Presented With the Mourning Breed, and Original Devised Performance Piece in One Act, Sarah B. Engdahl
Department: History; Theatre and Dance
The Costumes of Cabaret: An Analysis of Audience's Perceptions of Historic Gender Roles and Sexuality, Stefanie Genda
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2007
Staging a Reality: the Reaffirmations of Mainstream American Identity Through Three Native American Historical Outdoor Dramas, Kristen J. Cooperkline
Department: History; Theatre and Dance
"A Woman Playing a Woman? Where's the Trick in That?": Women's Gender Performativity Explored Through a Theatrical Lens, Rachel Fichter
Department: Theatre and Dance; English
Choreographing Roots: a Study of a Square Dance Community in Northeast Ohio, Rachel Libben
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Theatre and Dance
I Hate Packing, Katie Nelson-Croner
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2006
And They Turned Her Into a Tree! Metamorphosis in Ovid and Once on This Island, Yi-Ning Lin
Department: Classical Studies; Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2005
"Alter the World; It Needs It": the Modern Presence of Bertolt Brecht's Epic Theatre, Whitney Huss
Department: Theatre and Dance
Tartuffe: An Analysis of Design Strategies; Devices of Theatricality and Alienation through an Adaptation of Selected Semiotic Principles and Vocabulary, Ada Elizabeth Sharwell Smith
Department: Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2003
"But I Don't Have Any Boot Straps" Fashion, Gender, and Social Mobility in Eighteenth Century Britain, Anne C. Medlock
Department: History; Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2002
Jesus of Harlem: Reflections of the Playwright, Rachel C. Hunter
Department: Religious Studies; Theatre and Dance
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
3 Sheep in Search of a Model: Velina Hasu Houston, Cherrie Moraga and Suzan-Lori Parks in Relation to Liberal, Radical and Materialist Feminism in the United States, Liliona A. Quarmyne
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Fairy Tale Scripts or Happily-Ever-After is all He Wrote, Cheryl R. Farney
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1998
Lights, Hellman Rolling, Action, Gregory B. Licht
Department: English; Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1997
22 Is Catching, Jill Bartholomew
Department: English; Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1995
Cultural Consequences of the Vampire in Bram Stoker's Dracula and Ann Rice's Interview With the Vampire; "Bite Me...", Elizabeth A. Staruch
Department: English; Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1993
Dance As a Social Construct: Sex-Role Socialization in the Ballet Classroom, Madelon E. Tieman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1988
Emerging From the Ghetto Without Getting Lost in the Shuffle: Jane Martin's Talking With in the Context of Women's Drama, Caroline T. DeWalt
Department: English; Theatre and Dance
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1986
Dutchman: The Play, the Criticisms and the Experience, Sara Lake
Department: History; Theatre and Dance