Undergraduate research in theatre : a guide for students / Michelle Hayford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayford, Michelle, author.

Series:

Routledge Undergraduate Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Research.

Theater.

Research--Study and teaching (Higher).

Research.

Research--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

Undergraduate Research in Theatre: A Guide for Students supplies tools for scaffolding research skills alongside examples of undergraduate research in theatre and performance scholarship. The book begins with an overview of the necessity of framing theatre as undergraduate research and responding to calls for revolutionizing the discipline toward greater equity, diversity, and inclusion. Dedicated chapters for the research, skills, and methods employed by each theatre area follow: scripted theatre; devised and new works; applied theatre; scenic, costume, sound, and lighting design; and theatre theory and interdisciplinary studies. Throughout the book, undergraduate research activities are demonstrated by 36 case studies authored by undergraduates from six countries about diverse areas of theatre study. Suitable for both professors and students, Undergraduate Research in Theatre is an ideal resource for any course that has an opportunity for the creation of new knowledge or as an essential interdisciplinary connection between theatre, performance, and other disciplines.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Contents

List of figures

Series foreword

About the author

Acknowledgments

1 Overview: the necessity of framing theatre as undergraduate research

Summary

The necessity of framing theatre as undergraduate research

Preparing the next generation of theatre artists: equity, diversity, and inclusion

Holistic undergraduate education in theatre: "the show must go on" versus self-care and work/life balance

How to use this book

Questions for discussion

2 Literature reviews

Purpose and format of a literature review

Finding appropriate sources

Analyzing existing research

Organizing the content of a literature review

Organizing in a table or spreadsheet

Organizing in narrative form or bullet points or annotation websites

Moving from notes to draft

3 Performance studies, paratextual sources, and research topics

Performance studies and paratextual sources

Brainstorming topic areas

Refining the topic

Designing a research study or project goal

Additional mentors

Will success be measurable?

The dramaturgy of ill-doing: paratextual materials for performance research

4 Human participant research in theatre

Considerations for human participant research in theatre: oral history guidelines and performance and civic practice in creative inquiry

Human participants research subject to IRB review

IRB review process

Women, genocide, and healing through the arts

5 Research methods and assessment practices in theatre

Conquergood's dialogic performance framework and performance assessment tools

Importance of sound research methods.

Establishing credibility as a researcher

Triangulated, intentional, and impartial data collection

Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research

Arts and humanities methods

Social science methods

Organizing the method section of a social science research paper

Results and discussion

Analyzing research data

Analyzing quantitative data

Analyzing qualitative data

Using survey data to prove the efficacy of decentering whiteness

6 Copyright, collaborative work, and citing sources

The ethics of crediting creative work and citing sources

Citation guidelines

7 Dissemination of research in theatre

Why share your work?

What you will gain from presenting and publishing your scholarly work

Where and how can you share your work?

8 Scripted theatre performance and production

What does it take to produce a show?

Research, skills, and methods

Rehearsal strategies in the time of COVID-19

Biraciality in Origin Story by Nathan Alan Davis

Embodied dramaturgy in practice: The Wolves

A capstone experience in stage management

Stage blood safety through rehearsal reports and blood rehearsals

The ethics of undergraduate stage management: Anna Ziegler's BOY

Dramaturging power and gender in Playing with Fire

9 Playwriting and devising

Creating works for the stage

Imaginative collaboration: the student stage manager and new work

In the Blink of an Eye

Symbolism as language in A Torre de Babel

Yo Soy Una Mujer, Yo Soy Latina. Now You See My Life in the U.S.: Testimonies of Undocumented Latina Women

"Last in a long line of literary kleptomaniacs": On Feast.

The A.B. Project: a theatrical response to violence

10 Applied theatre

Diverse applied theatre practices

University of Virginia Acts in the Center for Teaching Excellence

Applied theatre and community gatherings

Practicing dialogic pedagogy

Cultivating empathy through embodied verbatim performance

Building participatory theatre in a time of COVID-19

Rules of engagement: Trinity Repertory Company's 2018 America Too: The Housing Crisis in Providence, RI

11 Scenic design

Considerations for all theatre design areas

Designing for a foreign language: can scenography substitute for words?

Automation design and scenic transitions in Die Fledermaus

Projection design, collaboration, and storytelling to solve the problem with Chapter Seven

12 Costume design

The costume designer as artist and advocate for equity

Mask designs for The Rover: creative research that reframed pandemic

"Ideal" designing in an unideal world

13 Sound design

The impact of sound design

Sound design for And a Child Shall Lead

14 Lighting design

How lighting design illuminates

Lumagination-site-specific design and community engagement

A capstone lighting design for dance

15 Research in theatre history, theory, and interdisciplinary studies

Everything is theatre and theatre is about everything

Hamilton: race, rap, and representation

Experimentation in adapting the Theatre of the Absurd

Samuel Beckett's Embers.

In action: addressing the climate crisis through community-focused performance

Playing the field: an interdisciplinary approach to immersive theatre

Arts for all-soft skills development in music and drama education

Imbalance: representation of psychoactive disorders in musical theatre

16 Online resources

Theatre organizations and communities

Tools for theatre students

Diversity, equity, and inclusion resources

Devising theatre resources

Applied theatre resources

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-302380-0

1-000-39297-X

1-003-02380-0

1-000-39295-3

9781003023807

OCLC:

1255232418