• Applied theatre with gatekeepers 

  Jerke, Lauren (2022-05-02)

  Applied theatre projects that aim to address social justice issues almost exclusively involve those who are experiencing injustice; while members of the state, who actively maintain the status quo, are frequently overlooked, ...
• Applied theatre as post-disaster response: re-futuring climate change, performing disasters, and Indigenous ecological knowledge 

  Gupa, Dennis D. (2021-09-07)

  In this dissertation, I foreground local elders’ epistemology and ontology embedded in sea rituals and traditional fishing methods in a typhoon-battered community in the Philippines. I do this through the practice of applied ...
• You're doing what?! At your age?! Intergenerational, community-based theatre to address social stigma of sexuality across the life course 

  Tidey, Leah (2020-05-06)

  Social stigma about sexuality across the life course is pervasive and deeply rooted in “Anglophone West” and patriarchal society that strives to police the sexuality of youth and older adults in diverse yet interconnected ...
• A re-consideration of participation and ethics in applied theatre projects with internally displaced and internationally displaced persons in Africa and beyond 

  Afolabi, Taiwo (2020-04-27)

  This research started as a quest to understand better the ethics of doing Theatre for Development/Applied Theatre with under-served, marginalized and vulnerable populations especially in post-conflict zones in the Global ...
• Contemporary independent Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) in Córdoba, Argentina 2001-2016: documenting a community of practice 

  Bessey, Kate (2019-12-19)

  My premise in this dissertation is that the tradition of independent theatre for young audiences created in Córdoba, Argentina is a worthy community of practice for Applied Theatre study. To provide the much needed ...
• Undergraduate lighting design curriculum and pedagogy in Canada 

  Carolan, Claire (2019-10-10)

  The purpose of this research is to review the past and present pedagogy and curricula of theatre lighting design in Canada; the factors, values, ideas and theories that inform it; and to recommend an updated pedagogy and ...
• The logistics and finances of touring North America, 1900-1916 

  Vickery, Anthony John Louie (2018-08-07)

  In the month of December, 1904, 420 theatre companies were “on the road” in North America. This volume of touring was made possible only by the centralisation of the commercial theatre business, a feat of organisation ...
• Performed negotiations: the historical significance of the second wave alternate theatre in English Canada and its relationship to the popular tradition 

  Drennan, Barbara (2018-06-14)

  This doctoral project began in the early 1980s when I became involved in making a community theatre event on Salt Spring Island with a group of artists accomplished in disciplines other than theatre. The production was ...
• A study of Tal-choom together with certain western analogies 

  Kim, Hye-Soon (2018-06-08)

  Tal-choom is a generic term for various types of Korean mask-dance theatre that have been performed during traditional holidays and festivals over the past three hundred years. Literally 'tal' means mask and 'choom' dance. ...
• Ordering chaos : the Canadian fringe theatre phenomenon 

  Paterson, Erika (2017-07-31)

  In 1982, the Edmonton Fringe began as a low budget experimental theatre event,and quickly became an annual celebration of performance that was (and is) a truly popular festival. Today, the Edmonton Fringe attracts ...
• Something's Different in the State of Denmark; or, What if Horatio Were a Girl? 

  Avirom, Haviva (2017-06-26)
• Discarding the impossible premise : creating an empathic approach to actor training: criteria leading to optimal skill development in a safe learning environment 

  Jevne, Clayton (2017-04-20)

  The current premise maintains that the qualities that characterize the relationship between verbal and nonverbal expression displayed by the actor, while speaking scripted, memorized text, will be naturally, and spontaneously, ...
• Intergenerational theatre in India: a reflective practitioner case study on an intercultural theatre exchange between Canada and rural Tamil Nadu 

  Gusul, Matthew Joseph (2016-07-06)

  In 2004, a Tsunami had devastating effects on the province of Tamil Nadu, India. In the community’s re-building process, many elders were forced to live in areas of the coastal region referred to as “Grannie Dumps,” because ...
• The Art of gentlemanly melodrama: Charles Kean's production of The Corsican Brothers 

  Yzereef, Barry Peter (2015-05-27)
• Spinning red yarn(s): Being Artist/Researcher/Educator Through Playbuilding as Qualitative Research 

  Bishop, Kathy (2015-01-14)

  This research was simultaneously collective and individual. In this dissertation, my team and I inquired into what it means to undertake playbuilding as qualitative research and be a practitioner, specifically focusing on ...
• Interview with Linda Rabin 

  Lindgren, Allana (2014-02-12)

  An interview with Linda Rabin of Montreal, Quebec, co-founder of LADMMI. Rabin recounts her path into modern dance from Elsie Salomon's (Judith Marcuse's aunt) dance school as a young woman, where she was influenced by ...
• Interview with Denise Clarke 

  Drag, Sandra (2013-11-15)

  This interview was held with Denise Clarke in Calgary, Alberta. She has been involved with the performing arts since childhood. She first trained and performed as a dancer and has been a member of the One Yellow Rabbit ...
• Interview with Stephen White 

  Lindgren, Allana (2013-09-17)

  This interview was held with Stephen White the current Producer of Dance Victoria, in Victoria British Columbia.  He discusses his early theatre training at the University of Windsor, followed by his time working as a ...
• Interview with Tanya Howard 

  Lindgren, Allana (2013-08-14)

  This interview was held with Tanya Howard who is a Principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. Howard left her home in Johannesburg at a young age to attend the National Ballet School. In this interview she ...
• Interview with Yukichi Hattori 

  Lindgren, Allana (2013-06-25)

  This interview was held with Yukichi Hattori who moved at the age of thirteen from his home in Japan to Germany to attend the Hamburg Ballet School. Hattori joined the Hamburg Ballet Company as an apprentice soon becoming ...

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