Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Gold Mountain Theater Riots: A Social History of Chinese Theater Riots in San Francisco during the 1870s and 1880s, Morgan Gerard Boyd
The Muse of Fire: Exploring Origin Stories of Shakespeare Professionals, William J. Brown
Nothing But The Truth And The Whole Truthiness: Examining Markers Of Authenticity In The Modern Documentary, Andrew V. Dickerson
A Versatile Group of Investigative Theater Practitioners: An Examination and Analysis of "The Civilians", Kimberly Suzanne Peterson
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Remembering Latina Maternal Migration to the Silicon Valley: Performance and Poetics, Brittany Danielle Chávez
Crossing Borders and Boundaries: An Analysis of the Coyote in U.S.-Mexico Immigration Film, Elizabeth Engelman
Tools of Engagement: The Potential of Theatre Web Sites for Fostering Active Audience Participation, Elizabeth Lynn McClelland
The New Playgoer's Club: The Emergent Theater Weblog Culture and the Practice of Theater Criticism, Elizabeth Hunter Spreen
Sringara and Bhakti - Relationship and Reciprocity in 21st Century Solo Bharata Natyam, Vidhya Subramanian
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
IF I COULD CHOOSE: INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA OF THE QUEER CINEMA MOVEMENT, James Joseph Flaherty
Seasons of Love: San Francisco Bay Area Theatre and Gay Rights, Veronika Nora Olah
Kinna-Uganda: A Review of Uganda's National Cinema, Kristin Alexandra Rasmussen
Teaching Artists in the High School: A Creative Approach to Student Self-Esteem, Jennifer Nye Walsh
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Revealing the textual mask, John Jason Buckley
Character development of Dungeons and Dragons and episodic television, Christopher Rudolph Consorte
Avini's city: "Shahri Dar Aasemaan"., Mehrzad Karimabadi
The box office effects of casting celebrities as replacement actors on Broadway, Douglas Santana
Dietrich and Sternberg : from cabaret performance to feminist empowerment, Elizabeth Anne Taylor
Purposive dance and motivating students in California's public schools, Kathleen Wehr
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
A curriculum examination : San Jose State drama program, 1929-1960, Lee Joseph Brooks
The artist's journey as traveled on MTV's "Making the Video"., Christine G. Davis
Staging the cross : a study of Christian theatrical performance programs for youth, Emily Catherine Howard
A study of the rasa quotient in Bhansali's film Saawariya, Kavita Khurana
Acting study and social skills learning : a comparative analysis, Pamela Lindsay
A comparative analysis of a Japanese film and its American remake, Shogo Miura
Curriculum and standards : theatre education in California public high schools, Shauna Honey Yelnick
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
The rise of an empire : an historical discourse on the televised poker genre, Lucinda Dobinson
Cellular telephones as evolving instruments of cinematic purpose, John Edward Romano
Sanctifying queerdom : religious identity in new queer cinema, Marco Torres
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
The impact of educational drama on the advancement of English language learning, Kathie R. Kratochvil
Less is more : the phenomenon of the ten-minute play in today's American theatre, Bryan Martin
York Corpus Christi cycle plays : examined in light of the Protestant Reformation, Michelle N. Russell
The representation of Christianity in popular American films from 2000-2005, Lara T. Sumera
Practical tools to help lighting designers start working in the field, Jennie Yeung
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Ensemble work in theatre rehearsals : dynamics that shape group cohesion, Erin Shaughnessy Kelly
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
A qualitative narrative and content analysis of Howard Stern and his radio show, Joseph Aaron Feldman
Quantum theatre : a language for the voices of contemporary theatre, Carol Anne Fischer
Beyond willing suspension, Curtis G. Greenwood
The feasibility of using Boal's Legislative Theatre method in Taiwan, Kelly Ju-Hsin Hsieh
The spectacle of socio-political imagery in Laibach's rock music performance, Sharon Ann Jennings
The Little Theater movement in Taiwan after 1990 : current aesthetics and issues, Heng-Chia Lee
Seek and she shall find : gayzing at the lesbian lead in mainstream American film, Kristin Lee Nielsen
Under the skin : theatrical cross-gender performances of Japan and the west, Kathleen Normington
The theatre of the oppressed : performance as political transformation, Michael Roddy
Dancing in the dark : forging a new approach to actor training, Gwen Templeton
Taiwan's multi-cultural dramatic programming strategy during prime-time, Susie Shih-chien Wang
Perspectives on surviving and thriving in black theatre : what works?, Viera Whye
Electronic billboard : its influence on public space, Kyŏng Yi
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Rehearsal to performance : a study of choreographer/dancer communication, Kerry Lynne Dileonardo
Some necessary question of the play : the so-called Ur-Hamlet, Dale Lisa Flint
The keys to theatre education, Angela Higgins
The large female performer stereotype and how it has changed, Rosemary D. Thompson
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Comfort zones are slow dream killers : Amy Grant and the Christian music industry, Kimberly M. Clark
Computer-based tools and techniques for script breakdown and scheduling, John William (Jack) Igoe
Creative dramatics : understanding teachers' perspectives, Kristi Ann Kraemer
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Taboo humor and The Holocaust, Karin Babbitt Chilcott
Adolescent self-esteem : theatre plays a leading role, William Charles Guilford
The Horrifying transformation of the female monster, Osiel Gutierrez
An examination of the unlikely success of Whoopi Goldberg as a new kind of movie icon, Wendi Ann Hodgen
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
An Arab woman's exploration of an ancient/modern dance form, Iman Abdelmohsien
Performer code : features that define star performance, Donna Chesnut
Play, photoplay, and screenplay structure : dramatic principles from theater to cinema, Barnaby Colonel Dallas
A historical look at the paparazzi phenomenon of the twentieth century, Dawn Marie Dalton
Between two mirrors : feminist performance in theory and practice, Amy Himes
The meaning of the body in performance : cross-cultural casting and racial identity, Laura Long Patterson
Movement for the masses : an inter-disciplinary study of the performance of marching, Heidi Louise Thigpen
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Subjectivity and male stardom : heterosexual female desire and male performer bodies, Yvette Michelle Anderson
Cultural identity in Taiwanese modern dance, Hsiang-Hsiu Lin
Censorship mechanisms in the theatre of the German Democratic Republic 1971-1989, Yvette Koth Smith
Shakespeare's verbal and visual relationship : from silent film to Kenneth Branagh, Kelly S. Taylor
Mirrors and dance culture : modes response to the dancer's self image, Kathleen White
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Deriving analytical vocal techniques from performances of Robin Williams, Duncan W. Graham
High wire : risk and the art of tightrope walking, Paul Myrvold
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Sexual identity, cultural difference, and film performance, Sherry Bergeson
Evaluation of performance values in daytime soap opera, Anya Black
Technically dramatic, Laura Elizabeth DeKraker Lang-Ree
Reclaiming Kurosawa Akira's Shakespearean women, Asaumi Wakaba A.
Reappraising the cultural identity of Chinese classical dance, Yi-Chun Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Peter Gabriel's global performance aesthetic, Glynis E. Lumley
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Authorship and performance : a designer's perspective, Barbara Ann Gotcher
Two yet one : defining romance and the courtship ritual through the Astaire and Rogers duet dances of the 1930s, Kathleen M. Gutto
Perceiving Ingmar Bergman's The Silence through I Ching, Gordon A. Lee
Teaching Broadway : musical theater pedagogy in the classroom, Catherine Dana Snider
Grotesque costume in dance performance, Amy Elizabeth Zsadanyi-Yale
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Jung and The Godfather movies : analyzing film from an archetypal perspective, Joseph Broda
How voice operates in popular culture through the performance persona of Muhammad Ali, Andrew J. Hale
Dance aesthetics in music video : 1981-1994, Tanya Louise Hogg
Kwanzaa in the intercultural performance context, Gary Lee Montrezza
The development of a movement style incorporating Western modern and traditional Chinese classical dance, Bih-Tau Sung
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
The ritual dramas of El Teatro Campesino, Charles De Wald
"Follow your enthusiasm" : the Jim Henson performance aesthetic, Susan Andre George
Historical figures in film : the celluloid Christ, Sarah Noah
The dancing self exposed : autobiography in dance performance, David J. Popalisky
Computer aided scenic design : resistance to CAD and design of Red noses, William R. Shepard
Propaganda by choice : how propaganda theatre works in the church-sponsored, state-funded, AIDS education play Choices, Beverly Valenti-Hilliard
Picturing the theater : recontextualization in pictorial dramatic representation, Kevin Dean Weinert
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Incorporating performance analysis in the training of an actor, Janis Bergmann
Evidence of religious influence on the folk and fairy tales of Ireland, Brian J. Conroy
Dance in the political arena : the Federal Dance Project and Helen Tamiris, Luba Markoff
Defining and implementing performance analysis as a teaching method, Merridee K. McNelly