Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Does it Sound like I'm Talking?, Justin E. Borak
A Kind of Burr: The Fantastic Lucio in Measure for Measure, Matt Frye
Ask The Duke, Why: How Fabrications Can Undermine Impact in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, Spencer D. Hansen
Celluloid Shakespeare: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Film and Theatre Through Edgar in Shakespeare’s King Lear, Liam Michael Holton
Finding “A Good Thing”: Embodying the Traumatic Sustainably, Erika Kuhn
From Class to Craft: An Investigation into the Practice of Acting Techniques Applied to Angelo in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, Charles Wesley Meeks
Tragedy Personified: Crafting the role of Carol in Alice Birch's Anatomy of a Suicide, Josey Miller
Love and Solitude in Latin America: An Actor’s Take, Performing Graciela in Diatriba de amor para un hombre sentado by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Claudia C. Sevilla
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Well-Made Man: An Exploration of George Tesman in Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Ryan Ernst
Bravery in the Delicate: An Actor's Exploration of Thea Elvsted in Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Mary Catherine Goff
But They Purloined My Coat: Walking Through the Actor’s Process of Entering into the Role of Tom Collins in Jonathan Larson’s Rent, Cameron Amir Khoshgam
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Walking Upright: An Actor's Blueprint of Process and Character Development in Exit, Pursued by a Bear by Lauren Gunderson, Imani R. Berry
I Am the Walrus; A Character Study, Joseph Bussey
Sic Semper Tyrannis Thus, Always to Tyrants, Joseph Gay
Conquering the Fear: A Journey of Triumph Through the Exploration of Creating the Role of Masha in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, Cassandra Noel Hackbart
Connecting Talent to Technique An Actor's Exploration of Connecting Back to Their Roots, Madeline Hintz
The Moscow We All Seek: Performing the Role of Vershinin in Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters, Richard Mugrage
Scenic Design for Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, James Vincent Raymond
Know What Is, and Know What Ain't An Actor's Exploration into Developing the TopdogUnderdog Character Lincoln, Lonnie DeVaughan Simmons
Finding Booth: My Journey through TopdogUnderdog, Andra Ward Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The Costume Design Process for "Courtship" and "Valentine's Day", Lauren E. Brennan
Costuming "The Trojan Women", Produced at West Virginia University, Cody K. Lorich
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Transformative Process, Jacob Bigelow
The Eccentricities of a Fading Southern Belle: Personalizing the Iconic Role of Amanda Wingfield in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie", Stephanie Freeman
A Good Persuasion: Becoming Lysander in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Landon Green
An Actor's Process in Performing the Role of Tom Wingfield in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie", Beau Harris
An Ideal Role, Twenty Years Too Soon: A Young Actor's Journey Through the Role of Leonard in "Seminar", Nicholas Ryan
Imagination, Cultivation, Creation: An exploration of a customized acting process and personalization of Theresa Rebeck's "Seminar", Brianne N. Taylor
The Significance of Previsualization Software in Academia, Joshua E. Taylor
A Midsummer Light's Dream: The Journey of Designing the Lighting For a Classic Tale, Tim Thistleton
An Actor's Process in Performing the Role of Oberon in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Kyle Walter
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
A Blithe Killing: Through The Mind of a Monster in Lee Blessing's "Down the Road", Branden Chowen
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
From the Forest to the Rose, Veronda G. Carey
Benjamin: "Another Part of the Forest"., Jonathan Alan Walton
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Psychology in character, Neil M. Austin
An acting process analysis and record of the WVU 2004 production of "Kolonists" with a focus on the character Alexei., Marc Louis Friedman
"Oleanna" and the road to wisdom., Andrew H. Lyons
The character within the actor: A journey through myself to find Manya, Carrie L. Witting
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Physical emergence, Scott Leon Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
An actor's process of performing the Duke of Buckingham in William Shakespeare's "Richard III"., Sean T. Cercone