Semester
Summer
Date of Graduation
2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
College of Creative Arts
Department
Acting and Directing
Committee Chair
Leland Blair
Committee Co-Chair
Jessica Morgan
Committee Member
Jessica Morgan
Committee Member
Cathy O'Dell
Abstract
In this thesis I take a journey through twentieth century Latin America through inhabiting the role of Graciela created by the late great Gabriel Garcia Marquez in his only work of theatre. Through detailed historical research I explore human topics such as marriage and isolation embodied in Graciela that in a sense mirror a people and a continent. The challenges of producing a play with no budget or partners and the freedoms and constraints of performing a one-person show, which included an audience that does not speak the language the play is written in. How does an actor adapt to major changes in the process, continue to work in a charged environment and remain artistically confident when the process is as isolating as the character and world they are trying to embody.
Recommended Citation
Sevilla, Claudia C., "Love and Solitude in Latin America: An Actor’s Take, Performing Graciela in Diatriba de amor para un hombre sentado by Gabriel Garcia Marquez" (2024). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 12590.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/12590
Included in
Acting Commons, Latin American Languages and Societies Commons, Performance Studies Commons