The Department of Theatre was previously the Department of Drama.
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The Theatrical Lighting Design for the Production of The Moors., Austin James Bomkamp
Embracing The Ugliness A Director's Journey into Yasmina Réza’s "God of Carnage", Huan Thien Bui
How This Bitch Made This Bitch: A Play on Defiant Women of Color, Adrienne B. Dawes
A Contemporary Dressing of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, Heidi Rose DeCaluwe
Me, Myself, and Hedda, Gabriel J. Franco-Kull
Memento Mori: Philosophy for the Actor, Edwin C. Green
Anatomy 101 (A Mysterium) Revelations on Process, Sarah Dianne Loucks
Dressing the New World: Costume Design for an Unconventional Adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs For A New World, Callie Lythgoe
The Scenic Design: Songs for a New World by Jason Robert Brown, Morgan McInnis
The Lighting Design of This Bitch! Esta Sangre Quiero, Zackary McJunkins
A Hero's Status in Two Lenguas, Ana Karen Miramontes Loya
One-Person Show: Field Notes on Writing, Producing, and Performing My Own Work, Riley Newsome
Hedda is all of us. On Directing Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, Laura Catherine Post
A Woman on Fire: A Character Study of Hedda Gabler, Leah Paige Smith
Living as Past in the Present, Grace Taylor
On the brink of transformation : Becoming Ones True Self, Jordan Lee Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
A Script and Acting Analysis of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, Abdelrahman Metwally
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Story of a Journey: Awakenings Before, During and After the Zoom Production of the Play Thrift Store Junkie, Brendan Beseth
A Tough Nut Never Boils: Thoughts and Ruminations on Language and Playmaking, Lauren Ferebee
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Scenic Design for “Topdog Underdog”, Austin Aschbrenner
The Scenic Design of "A Little Night Music", Kathleen Holmes
The Magic Circle: An Essential Experience Through Virtual Theatre, Brandon Roye
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
An Intimate Portrayal of Madame Armfeldt In A Little Night Music, Mollie Armour
Childhood Dreams and Adult Laughs Lighting Design of Avenue Q, Eric Armstrong
BLacKting: The Inseparable Act of Being Black and Acting: For the Magical Negro, Austin Dean Ashford
Baptizing Shakespeare, Na'Tosha De'Von Barron
Memories: The Lighting Design for “The Glass Menagerie”, Catherine Blencowe
Acting Styles of Caryl Churchill Performance, Mischa Hutchings
Costume Design for "Life is a Dream" by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Kelsey Looney
What it Means To Be a Man: A Character Study of Macduff, Justin Alexander Mackey
Privileged Eyes: How a Look in the Mirror Informed the Creation of Marilyn and Desiree, Halley Electra Mayo
Costume Design for Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters, Tanner Neal McAlpin
Costume Design for Shakespeare's "Macbeth", Melissa Rooney
To Be Thus is Nothing, But To Be Safely Thus: Applying the Michael Chekhov Technique to the Character and Fight Direction of "Macbeth", Scott Nicholas Russell
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Fault in Our Stars: A Director's Process on Life is a Dream, Jeremiah Dean Albers
Costume Design for Adam Rapp’s The Metal Children at the University of Arkansas, Melissa Janet Hall
Beside Myself, Grant Hockenbrough
Wait, She's Alive?! Playing Characters Based on Real, Living People, Courtney Jensen
The Creation and Development of Rise, Paul Randall McInnis
Takin' Care of Business, Cody Levi Shelton
St. Louis to Arizona: What Tom Wingfield Taught Me About Playing Myself, Christopher Scott Tennison
Are Unicorns Extinct in the Modern World?: Directing Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie in 2017, Jon Cole Wimpee
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Rhythm and Movement: The Lighting Design for "Eurydice", a Living Poetic Metaphor, Emily Rachel Clarkson
Scenic Design for "The Metal Children", Joseph Bryan Farley
Discovering the Secrets of the Annex: The Scenic Design of "The Diary of Anne Frank", Kiah Kayser
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Somewhere Between Hell's Kitchen and Illyria: An Actor's Utopia, Guadalupe Campos
A Storm in the Port: The Process Designing Twelfth Night, Jacquelyn Ryan Cox
From Duke to D: The Range of an Actor in Classical and Contemporary Characters, Damian Oscar Dena
The Day I Walked Off the Motherf**king Stage: Shakespeare to Stephen Adly Guirgis, Christopher Markus Hecke
Shards and Cycles: Lighting Design for "The Chairs" By Eugene Ionesco, Jacob Hofer
Love Letters to Illyria: An Actor's Voyage, Stephanie Faatz Murry
Lovable Rogue: The Shenanigans of Sir Toby Belch in William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", William Clark Rogers
The Passionate Actor, Britney Nichole Walker-Merritte
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Living as Bathsheba Doran's Helena in "Kin", Stephanie Nicole Bignault
Seasons of Humanity in William Shakespeare's "As You Like It": The Costume Design Thesis of "As You Like It", Cayla D. Greer
Poor Relations: An Original Play by Robert Flaherty Hart, Robert Flaherty Hart
An Actor's Freedom, James Taylor Odom
"To the world, or rather to those who are left” A Director’s Journey into Ionesco’s The Chairs, Kholoud Sawaf
The Mission of a Theatre Artist, Laura Shatkus
The Artist: An Unexpected Journey, Jason Matthew Shipman
Learn Your Lessons Well: A Director's Journey to Godspell, Brandon DeJuan Smith
An Actor's Trust, Nathaniel Arthur Stahlke
"V is for Violin" - an Original Playscript, Brittany Taylor
As You Like It: Costume Shop Management, Nicole Thompson
Fragmenting Kill/Shot, Rachel Washington
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
An Actor's Statement of Artistry, Debbie Merary Banos
The Development of an Actor, Kieran Peter Cronin
Classic Tales with a Contemporary Twist: A series of one woman shows, Melissa - Vera Misa Maramara
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Staging an Epic Journey: Developing the Set Design for Naomi Iizuka's Anon(ymous), Ashleigh Louise Burns
Caught in the Net--The Development and Production of an Original Playscript, Prince Duren
An Exploration of Moises Kaufman's 33 Variations through Scenic Design, Ashley De Lys Harman
Performance of the Role of Beethoven in Moises Kaufman's "33 Variations", Robert Flaherty Hart
The Façade of the Cabaret: The Costume Design Thesis of Cabaret, Kelly Henry
Lighting Two Worlds as One: A Variation of Moises Kaufman's "33 Variations", Diana Renee Kaiser
The Birth of a Playwright through the Evolution of the One-act Play Stripped, Bear; the film Stripped, Bear; and the Full-Length Play American Bear, Larry Michael Mitchell
The Process of Bringing an Original Playscript to Production--Flamingo & Decatur, Todd Taylor
Performance of the Role of Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, William Justin Walker
Performance of the Role of Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire", Shannon Leigh Webber
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
"The Adding Machine": A Director's Notebook, Esteban Arévalo Ibáñez
The Development and Debut of Adam Esquenazi Douglas' Play "Murder and the English Gentleman", Adam Esquenazi Douglas
"If I Didn't Ever Have To Come Down, I Wouldn't": My Process in Preparing and Playing Walter Griffin in Bridget Carpenter's Up, Jared Taylor Hanlin
A Broken Butterfly: Playing the Role of Daisy in Elmer Rice's The Adding Machine, Brandi Lynn Hoofnagle
Playing Ann in Arthur Miller's All My Sons: One Actress' Approach in Creating a Role, Abbey Jo Molyneux
A Classical Journey in a Contemporary World: Directing Naomi Iizuka's Anon(ymous), Maria Chiara Pipino
"I Can't Stop Thinking": The Process of Creating the Role of Mr. Zero, Maurice Reed
Jealousy, Manipulation and Murder: Designing the Costumes for William Shakespeare's Othello, Latricia Ann Reichman
A Marriage of Realism and Expressionism: Preparing and Performing the Role of Mrs. Zero in Elmer Rice's The Adding Machine, Rebecca Rivas
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Lighting the World of Urinetown: The Musical by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman, Justin Brett Ashley
The Development and Production of Justin Blasdel's Play Your Last Friend, Inc., Justin Morgan Blasdel
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: A Costume Design Process, Alexis Lauren Foster
Into the Fire: My Journey Into the Life of John Proctor, William Dale Grayson
Forgiven: Creating the Role of Elizabeth Proctor, Laura Kay Harrell
Portraying the Role of Ezra Chater in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, Joshua David Kellman