Title

IN A "WE CAN'T" THEATER CULTURE, MY PLAYWRITING REALITY: A SELF-REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS

Author

Margaret Iha

Publication Date

2-8-2011

Abstract

This essay examines the effects of a "we can't" theatre culture as experienced by the author. I detail my experiments in discerning and enacting a we can way of doing theatre amidst a creative environment punctuated by unkept promises. My account examines two main unkept promises or we can moments: we can write didactic drama and we can produce your play that way.

Degree Name

Dramatic Writing

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Theatre & Dance

First Committee Member (Chair)

Linnell, Jim

Second Committee Member

Slaughter, Jane

Third Committee Member

Encinias-Sandoval, Eva

Language

English

Keywords

Dramatists, American--21st century, Playwriting, Theater--Production and direction, Didactic literature

Document Type

Dissertation

Recommended Citation

Iha, Margaret. "IN A "WE CAN'T" THEATER CULTURE, MY PLAYWRITING REALITY: A SELF-REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS." (2011). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/thea_etds/32