Theses from 2023
Collaborative Storytelling in The Parable Task: The Dramaturg as Game Designer in Pervasive Performance, Percival Hornak, Theater
No One is Alone: Directing Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods, Alexandro R. Ramirez, Theater
Zal and Simorgh from Shahnameh (Book of Kings) a Design and Fabrication Film Project in Stop Motion Puppetry, Maryam Taghizadeh Hemayati, Theater
Theses from 2022
The New Normal - Exploring Theater Design Pedagogy Through Production Work In The Post-Covid Era, Benjamin J. Stanton, Theater
Theses from 2021
Virtual Mediums of Storytelling in Lighting Design: An Exploration of Plamondon and Cocciante’s Notre-Dame de Paris, Sydney L. Becker, Theater
ancestral hauntings and utopian conjurings: a fool’s journey into COVEN-19, or Magicks for Unprecedented Times, Maegan Clearwood, Theater
Visionary Futures: Science Fiction Theatre for Social Justice Movements, Joshua Glenn-Kayden, Theater
Adapting the Hellmouth in the Office of the Dead from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves: An Experiment in Using a Dramaturgical Approach to Medieval Studies, Tatiana A. Godfrey, Theater
Long Day's Journey into Realistic Scenic World: a Reflection on the Scenic Design for Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, Xinyuan Li, Theater
Designing New Costumes and Scenery For The Musical Notre-Dame De Paris In 2020, Calypso N. Michelet, Theater
The Cunning Little Vixen: A Folktale Illustrated On Stage, Mikayla Reid, Theater
Theses from 2020
Composing the Performance of Ōto Shōgo’s The Water Station, Vishnupad Barve, Theater
Exodus, a Museum of Between: Directing an Original Staging of Object Journalism, Oral Testimony and Early Italian Opera, Gabriel Harrell, Theater
Kofifi/Covfefe: How the Costumes of "Sophiatown" Bring 1950s South Africa to Western Massachusetts in 2020, Emma Hollows, Theater
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Dramaturgical Concerns): Re-Centering Dramaturgy and Comedy as Feminist Tools for Social Change, Shaila Schmidt, Theater
Theses from 2018
Infants of the Spring: Disrupting the Narrative, Ifa Bayeza, Theater
How the Light Gets In: A Reflection on the Costume Design Process for Taylor Mac's The Lily's Revenge, Christina Beam, Theater
Shattering Visual Narratives through Lighting Design: A Reflection of Taylor Mac's The Lily's Revenge, Tamara Harris, Theater
Adapting for a New Audience: Ta'zieh-Between Two Rivers, Nikoo Mamdoohi, Theater
Interpreting Dreams: Directing an Immersive Adaptation of Strindberg's A Dream Play, Mary-Corinne Miller, Theater
Play in the Woods: The Role of the Dramaturg in Facilitating a Holistic, Slow Theater-Making Process, Claudia Nolan, Theater
The Lily's Revenge: Staging Love and Community in the Style of the Ridiculous, Jennifer Onopa, Theater
Queer Temporality and Aesthetics in Taylor Mac's The Lily's Revenge: a Dramaturgical Exploration of the Play at UMass Amherst, Gaven D. Trinidad, Theater
Theses from 2017
Designing Hedda: Questioning the Canonical Play Hedda Gabler, as a Feminist Text Through Abstraction, Bethany Eddy, Theater
TRANSgressive Acts: Adapting Applied Theatre Techniques For A Transgender Community, Theo F. Lefevre, Theater
A Light on the Subject: Refugee by Milan Dragicevich, Colin Marsh, Theater
On the Contrary: Subverting the Canon with Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Christina Pellegrini, Theater
Theses from 2016
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: 60 Years of American Dialogue on Sex, Gender, and the Nuclear Family, Amy Brooks, Theater
Theses from 2015
Encountering "Agaat": Toward a Dramaturgical Method of Adaptation, Paul Adolphsen, Theater
A Lighting Design Concept for the Lighting for William Shakespeare's: The Merchant of Venice, Michael Blagys, Theater
The Collaborative Process in Directing A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Jared L. Culverhouse, Theater
An Evaluation of the Lighting Design Process and Composition for "A New Brain" by William Finn, James Horban, Theater
Queering Identity in the African Diaspora: The Performance Dramas of Sharon Bridgforth and Trey Anthony, Adewunmi R. Oke, Theater
The Merchant of Venice at UMASS: An Exploration in Collaboration and Representation, elizabeth l. pangburn, Theater
Mindful Theatremaking: Reflections of A New Brain and Dead Man's Cell Phone, and the Art of Applying Mindfulness in a Directorial Process, Glenn W. Proud III, Theater
Strike A Note Of Wonder: A Director's Adventures In Peter Pan, Brianna A. Sloane, Theater
Theses from 2014
We Are French. Et Anglais Nous Restons., Alison Jane Bowie, Theater
Costume Design for My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner and Leonard Loewe, Emily I. Taradash, Theater
Theses from 2012
"Speak to me in vernacular, doctor": Translating and Adapting Tirso de Molina's El Amor Médico for the Stage, Sarah A. Brew, Theater
A Design Concept For The Lighting Of Hell In High Water By Marcus Gardley, Jessica M. Greenberg, Theater
Dramaturg as Artistic Instigator, Megan J. Mcclain, Theater
Costume Design for The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare, Erin A. White, Theater
Theses from 2011
Freedom in Structure: Life Inside The House of Bernarda Alba, Toby V. Bercovici, Theater
A Process of Design: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Dennis R. Berfield Mr., Theater
Dramaturging Contemporary Feminism(s): A Festival of New American Plays by Women, Emily E. Denison, Theater
The Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: A Lighting Artist's Approach, Jonathan D. Hicks, Theater
A Design Concept for the Lighting Design of Federico Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, Thaddeus L. Kramer, Theater
“What Country Friends Is This?”: Creating Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night Onstage, A Director's Journey, Dawn Monique Williams, Theater
Theses from 2009
Staging Through Rituals: Directorial Exploration of The Imaginary Invalid, Dora A. Arreola, Theater
Dressing Cultures: Costume Designs For Pericles, Heather L. Crocker-Aulenback, Theater
Pericles A Journey Into Foreign Lands, Shawn Lacount, Theater
The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek: A Play in Production, Aaron J. Schmookler, Theater
Maryse Conde's Early Plays: An English Translation of "God Gave Him to Us..." and "The Death of Oluwemi of Ajumako", Liana J. Thompson, Theater
Theses from 2008
C.D. Grabbe's Hannibal: A New Translation for the American Stage, Margaret L. Inners, Theater
The Dramaturgy of Dialect: An Examination Of The Sociolinguistic Problems Faced When Producing Contemporary British Plays In The United States., Talya A. Kingston, Theater
Costumes for "The Magic Flute", Composed by W.A. Mozart, Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, Sarah P. Nelson, Theater