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Theses/Dissertations from 2007

Influences of Forms of Theatre on Development of American Musical Theatre, Shani Bufford

The Effectiveness of Three Music Instructional Strategies When Teaching Rhythmic Concepts to Fourth Graders, Salley R. Gibson

Schumann's Dichterliebe: A Study in Continuity, Kelly Hermann

Arranging For Women's Voices in Contemporary a Cappella Music, Susan Anne LaBarr

The Gender and Music Paradox: The Influences of Music Educators on Potential Music Educators and Potential Professional Musicians, Erika P. O'Bryant

The Rite of Passage: Unification of the Vocal Registers, Lacey Renee Rector

The Lay of Beowulf, Arden Reed Roye

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

A Discussion of the Mercurius Type Within William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Othello, the Moor of Venice King Lear and Macbeth, Scott S. Boston

The Development of Yiddish Theatre in Czarist Russia : A Study of the Interaction between Majority and Minority Cultures, Catherine I. Bradley

Anne Frank: an Educational Performance Piece for Middle School Students, Darby Kennerly

Canticles: 5 Songs For Chorus And Orchestra, Jason Salazar

A Creative Project in Costume Design: Escape from Happiness, Dustin Shaffer

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

The Effectiveness of Two Visible Elements of the Kodã¡ly Method in Second Grade General Music: Rhythm Syllables and Solfa/Hand Signs, Krista L. Noland

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

A Psychological Evaluation of the Performance Text of the Morality Play in Relation to the Black Death, Kevin Babbitt

What Makes It Pop?: an Analysis of Selected Pop Songs, Matthew A. Cobb

A History of the Coterie Theatre and Its Contribution to Theatre For Young People, Patricia Sentlinger

Investigation Into the Reasons Students Stay in Band, Amy Steinkuehler

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

Examining the Role of Popular Music in Education: a Quasi-Experimental Study Investigating Retention in Rural Southwest Missouri Middle Schools, Daniel Ligon

Symphony No. 1, Derek Limback

Porpora's Grail: A Study and Analysis of Nicola Porpora's Vocal Instruction, Katrina L. Mitchell

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

Developing self-understanding in adolescent boys through high school drama classes, Kathleen Day

Theatre As A Civic Rejuvenator: How The Vandivort Center Theatre Affects Business And Culture In Springfield, Missouri, Kevin Jones

No Strings: Contemporary Theatre Technology Realizes Edward Gordon Craig's Über-Marionette, David Kilpatrick

The Effects Of Integrated Arts On Spelling Achievement, Billie Miller

A Study of the Gillioz Theatre: Its Architecture, History and the Present Renovation, Tracey Rainey

Factors Affecting Pitch-Matching Ability of Kindergartners, Natalie Sneed Miller

Challenging A History Of Theatre: Springfield, Missouri And Its Formative Entertainment, Charles Thompson

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

Improving The Educational Environment: Music, Snacks, And Mathematic Achievement, Craig Carson

The Impact Of Public School Music Classes On Lifelong Music Participation, Lisa Christenson

A Descriptive Study of Franz Schubert's Partsongs For Mixed Voices, Nicole Offer

A Historical Study of the Juanita K. Hammons Hall For the Performing Arts: the Formative Years, Mark Templeton

Do Percussion Students March to the Beat of a Different Drummer?, Philip V. Thomas Jr.

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

An Autoethnographic Study of Bisexuality in the Midwestern United States Including an Original Performance Script, Whose Closet?, Heather A. Lewis

Producing Participation Theatre For Children By Youth in the Secondary School: a Production of Reginald F. Bain's Clowns' Play, Angela Desiree Wingo

An Application of Marcus Tullius Cicero's Rhetorical Canon to Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed: a Case Study Involving Southwest Missouri State University's Theatre Peer-Education Troupe, Barestage, Ew Winship

An Exploration Of The Semiotic Potential Of Choreography Within A Straight Play Utilized In A Production Of Jim Leonard, Jr's And They Dance Real Slow In Jackson, Lisa Renee Young

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

Inside the Mind of a Rapist: the Creation of Raul in William Mastrosimone's Extremities, William Steven Fite

Understanding the Director's Role as Communicator Through the Direction of Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Misty Morgan Hicks

Establishing A Theatrical Arts Program For Children On A United States Army Post, Rebecca Diane Montgomery

A Creative Project in Costume Design: a Midsummer Night's Dream, Sabrina Notarfrancisco

Suggested Musical Scenes Appropriate For High School Theatre Festivals and Contests, Sherie Lynn Ragan

A Directorial Process For a Production of Harold Pinter's the Homecoming, Daniel Matthews Tipton

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

Antonin Artaud: What Does 'Theatre of Cruelty' Look Like?, David Robert Fields

Plotting the Processes of Writing and Directing an Original Music Theatre Production For Ecumenical Theatre Called, the Congregation, Glenda Esther Mohr

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

Developing a Directorial Vision For a Production of Jim Leonard, Jr.'s, the Diviners, Timothy Scott Casto

Sign by Design: The Semiotics of Lighting Design as Illustrated Through the Lighting of Tent Theatre, 1996, Cristopher C. Dopher

Song of Norma: a Case Study Script Creation and Revision Within an Academic Setting, Steven Gary Martin

Exploring the Directing Process in the Secondary School: a Production of Anne of Green Gables, Melissa Faye Morgan

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

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A History of the Shepherd of the Hills Dramatizations: the Branson Productions, Michael Lewis Frizell

Theses/Dissertations from 1995

Directing Choices: a Production of John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation, Michael A. Rothmayer

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

An Historical Study For a Production Reconstructing Helen Keller's Vaudeville and Lecture Performances, Karen Payne Malone

The Directorial Process For a Production of Lee Blessing's Eleemosynary, John Francis Schulte

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

A Study of Computer-Assisted Instruction in Aural Acuity on Seventh Grade Instrumental Music Students, Libbia A. Chappell

A History of the SMSU Ozarks Spring Interpretation Festival and Its Evolution Into the Ozarks Performance Festival, J. Michael Herndon

A Comparative Study: American and Japanese Comic Performances, Shinya Inoue

Theses/Dissertations from 1992

The Study of Ritual as a Means of Conceiving a Production Approach to Eugene Ionesco's the Lesson, Amy Elisabeth Schafer

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

Directing a Production of William Inge's Bus Stop, Ruth Ann Batts

Organizing A Small Professional Theatre In The State Of Missouri: A Procedural Guide, Stephen Edgar Dowell

Music History and Culture: a Suggested Method of Presenting Music History At the High School Level, Sue Ellen Puyear

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

The Troubles I've Seen: a Compiled Script For High-School Readers-Theatre Competition, Kayla Beatty

Suzuki Students in the Public School Orchestra, Tina Marie Burk

Computer Usage For Front-Of-House Management in Educational Theatre: A Survey, Diane Lynn Danforth

Comparing Hunter's ITIP With Selected Elementary Vocal Music Methods in Southwest Missouri Aaa Schools, Camilla Ann Durbin

Directing a Production of Tina Howe's Painting Churches, Cheryl Ann Verbeck

Computer Assisted Instruction in Class a and Class Aa Elementary Music Classrooms in Southwest Missouri, Debra White

Theses/Dissertations from 1989

The Kodaly Method and Traditional Methods in Elementary Music Education, Vicky L. Scott

Trends in Beginning Instrumental Music Instruction in Selected Missouri Schools, Sandra Graves Tillman

Theses/Dissertations from 1988

A Content Analysis of Three Textbook Series, Nancy Lee Colbaugh

A Suggested Checklist and Resource Handbook to Assist Choral Directors in Determining Possible Solutions to Common Vocal Disorders, James A. Goodman

Theses/Dissertations from 1987

A Comparative Study of Point Systems and Subjective Systems Used in Evaluating Vocal Solo Music Performances At the District Level of Competition, Alicia Coon

Historical Study of Southwest Missouri State University Summer Tent Theatre, 1969-1987, Brenda L. May

A Directional Approach to Commedia Dell' Arte as Applied in the Production of a Company of Wayward Saints By George Herman, Philip D. McGuire

A Creative Approach to Play Direction Through the Shadow Box: a Thesis Production, John R. Rogers

Images: a Study of the Significance of Personality Constructs Through the Medium of a Film Screen Play, Coburn M. Tuller

Theses/Dissertations from 1986

William Hooker Gillette American Theatrical Innovator, Joseph E. Bowman

The Effects of a Structured Practice Program on Vocal Achievement, Rosemary Jackson

The Effects of Special Music Classes on Hearing Impaired Students Attending Public Schools, Karen Twigg

Theses/Dissertations from 1985

A History of the Mid-America Singers of Springfield, Missouri, Herschel Douglas Fincher

A Prompt Book For The Strafford High School Production Of Li'L Abner, Peggy L. Turner

Theses/Dissertations from 1984

Subconscious Programming and Creative Achievements, Susan Bennett

Theses/Dissertations from 1981

A Creative Project in Design: Dragons, Dreams and Magic Beans, an Original Children's Theatre Production Adapted By Sharon Ellis, Susan T. McElhaney

Theses/Dissertations from 1979

Creative Project In Design: Step On A Crack, Carl D. Miller

A Report on the Creation of a Four-Part Radio Series: Watch Your Languate!, Sherlu Rardin Walpole

Theses/Dissertations from 1978

A Creative Project in Design: a Set Design For Springfield Little Theatre's Production of the Hobbit, William Lairamore

Aladdin: a Puppet Theatre Production, Louis H. Schaeffer

The Last Temptation of Christ: an Example of a Cutting of a Novel of Extreme Length Into a Script of Playable Length, Le Wilhelm

Theses/Dissertations from 1977

A Report of an Educational Video Tape Project For the Instruction of Roller Skating to Trainable Mentally Retarded People, Mary Catherine Cantrell

The Dynamics of Social Power in a Theatrical Production Company, Nancy L. Ruppenthal

Theses/Dissertations from 1976

The Serpent: Examination, Exploration, Evaluation, 1976, Christine E. Stoyke

Theses/Dissertations from 1975

A Production Notebook For Paul Foster's Tom Paine, Donald G. Buschmann

A Production Notebook On Waiting For Godot, Margaret Joan Libertus

Preparation of a Dramatic Script For Solo Interpretation: the Tragedy of Macbeth, Dane Eric Madsen

A Production Notebook on Godspell , Produced At Springfield Catholic High School, Janice A. Matthews

A Creative Project In Design: The House Of Blue Leaves, A Play In Two Acts, Gerald E. Miller

Theses/Dissertations from 1974

A Design For Garcia Lorca's Yerma: Creative Project, Timothy T. Reynolds

Theses/Dissertations from 1973

Charting The Quest Of Demian Through The Medium Of Interpreters Theatre, Diane Anderson

The Impact and Implications Derived From the Restructuring of the Children's Theatre Conference, Kenneth D. Morris

Kinesics as Applied to Interpreters Theatre, Sharron Henry Pelham

Theses/Dissertations from 1972

A History of Legitimate Theatre in St. Joseph, Missouri, 1865-1900, Lawrence J. Karasz

Theses/Dissertations from 1971

An Interpreters Theatre: Adaptation of Nothing Gold Can Stay, Betty Jean Dayoub