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Theatre Arts Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions

  • Buss, Kato M. T. (University of Oregon, 2012-03)
    On the border between Beadle & Adam’s dime novel and Edwin Porter’s ground-breaking film, The Great Train Robbery, this dissertation returns to a period in American theater history when the legendary cowboy came to life. ...
  • Steck, Rachel Kinsman, 1974- (University of Oregon, 2010-03)
    This study, set in the context of the feminist sex wars, explores the performances of Holly Hughes, Carmelita Tropicana, and Split Britches throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. The purpose of this study is to better ...
  • Allaback, Christina L., 1976- (University of Oregon, 2009-06)
    Jambands were born in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco with the Grateful Dead, who dominated this musical genre until the mid-nineties. Jamband expert Dean Budnick coined the term shortly thereafter to describe ...
  • Petersen, Jeffrey J., 1981- (University of Oregon, 2009-12)
    Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel, playwright and educator, has blazed a trail in American theatre, opening new avenues for female playwrights. In 2005 Vogel's student Sarah Ruhl burst onto the scene with her ...
  • Ott, Meredith C., 1984- (University of Oregon, 2009-06)
    Many plays with adult themes involve a child character in order to help present controversial issues. Little is written, however, concerning the ethics surrounding the involvement of children in adult-themed plays, and ...
  • MacCionnaith, Eric-Michael, 1971- (University of Oregon, 2008-03)
    This study explores and demonstrates how Marina Can uses Irish folktale motifs in her plays to bring the audience to a state of mind where they viscerally, as opposed to intellectually, engage with Ireland's search for a ...

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