Date of Graduation
12-2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Drama (MFA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
Theatre
Advisor/Mentor
Sibley, Clinnesha D.
Committee Member
Ford, Robert A.
Second Committee Member
Wade, Leslie A.
Keywords
Communication and the arts; Playwriting; Process; Production; Screenwriting; Theatre
Abstract
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 follows the inception, birth, and evolution of a ten-minute, one-act, film, and full-length play: three major iterations of the same source material. Through this exploration, the reader will not only see how the work was changed through outside forces such as form and function but internal struggles within a young playwright as he struggles to find a final form for his first major work while attempting to establish himself as a playwright both within the field and in his own mind. .
Citation
Mitchell, L. M. (2013). 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. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/962
