Date of Graduation
5-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Theatre (MFA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
Theatre
Advisor/Mentor
John Walch
Committee Member
Les Wade
Second Committee Member
Rob Wells
Third Committee Member
Mary Beth Long
Keywords
malaphor, entertainment industry, theatre
Abstract
After an unorthodox journey through higher education ending during the coronavirus pandemic, which has made the typical theatrical thesis production and subsequent typical final year impossible, the author reflects on the body of work she has created at the University of Arkansas as an M.F.A. candidate in playwriting at the Department of Theatre, how she has reached both deeper into her own discipline and outside of it to widen her understanding of liveness, performance, and textual creation. She interrogates her own unexpected experiences, from figuring out how to make theatre without theatres, to teaching students who have never seen a play about theatre in a time with no theatre and offers post-mortem lessons about what she has learned about herself and the work she makes.
Citation
Ferebee, L. (2021). A Tough Nut Never Boils: Thoughts and Ruminations on Language and Playmaking. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/4079