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CREATING NEW REPRESENTATIONS OF DISABILITIES IN THEATRE
Author Info
Robinson, Dashanyua Sharonda
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0463-1657
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438622848
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2015, Master of Arts, Miami University, Theatre.
Abstract
This is a creative thesis in playwriting. By re-examining works by well-known, abled-bodied playwrights such Tennessee Williams, this thesis inspects how people with disabilities (PWDs) have been portrayed on stage throughout theatre history. This thesis exposes the negative image of PWDs on stage, while arguing that the reasoning for these negative representations is due to the lack of education about PWDs. Demanding that a new representation be made, the purpose of this thesis is to encourage new playwrights to break the cycle and end the negative images of PWDs on stage. Using my own play, Puzzles, which focuses on Autism, this thesis shows how a play can be used as an educational tool to break stereotypes and create a work of art where PWDs are not portrayed as villains.
Committee
Paul Bryant-Jackson (Advisor)
Ann Elizabeth Armstrong (Committee Member)
Kathy McMahon-Klosterman (Committee Member)
Pages
112 p.
Subject Headings
Theater
Keywords
Playwriting
;
Theatre
;
Disability
;
Autism
;
social change
;
Education
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Robinson, D. S. (2015).
CREATING NEW REPRESENTATIONS OF DISABILITIES IN THEATRE
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438622848
APA Style (7th edition)
Robinson, Dashanyua .
CREATING NEW REPRESENTATIONS OF DISABILITIES IN THEATRE .
2015. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438622848.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Robinson, Dashanyua . "CREATING NEW REPRESENTATIONS OF DISABILITIES IN THEATRE ." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438622848
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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© 2015, some rights reserved.
CREATING NEW REPRESENTATIONS OF DISABILITIES IN THEATRE by Dashanyua Sharonda Robinson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
This open access ETD is published by Miami University and OhioLINK.