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ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9526-3134
Access Type
Open Access Thesis
Document Type
thesis
Degree Program
Theater
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
2020
Month Degree Awarded
May
Abstract
This thesis paper reflects upon the costume design process taken by Emma Hollows to produce a realist production of the Junction Avenue Theatre Company’s musical Sophiatown at the Augusta Savage Gallery at the University of Massachusetts in May 2020. Sophiatown follows a household forcibly removed from their homes by the Native Resettlement Act of 1954 amid apartheid in South Africa. The paper discusses her attempts as a costume designer to strike a balance between replicating history and making artistic changes for theatre, while always striving to create believable characters.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/17641393
First Advisor
Yao Chen
Second Advisor
Joye Bowman
Third Advisor
John Bracey
Fourth Advisor
Michael Cottom
Fifth Advisor
Megan Lewis
Recommended Citation
Hollows, Emma, "Kofifi/Covfefe: How the Costumes of "Sophiatown" Bring 1950s South Africa to Western Massachusetts in 2020" (2020). Masters Theses. 933.
https://doi.org/10.7275/17641393
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/933
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