Theatre & Dance ETDs
Publication Date
Spring 5-13-2019
Abstract
This dissertation attempts to express the importance of storytelling within the Indigenous Theater framework. It does so by first analyzing the progression of the writer’s unique upbringing and analyzing the influences of story upon an indigenous identity. I will also attempt to describe the aesthetics of Native Theater along two lines of methodology which includes praxis described and developed by Hanay Geiogamah and Rolland Meinholtz. I will also explain how the script 1n2ian tries to follow those concepts of Native Theater to create a ceremonial performance that uses a blending of both methodologies.
Degree Name
Dramatic Writing
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
Theatre & Dance
First Committee Member (Chair)
Gregory Moss
Second Committee Member
Dominika Laster
Third Committee Member
Amanda Hamp
Fourth Committee Member
Matthew McDuffie
Language
English
Keywords
Theater, Theatre, Playwriting, plays, writing, Indigenous, Ceremony, Ritual, Performance
Document Type
Dissertation
Recommended Citation
Muskett, Jay B.. "Decolonizing Playwriting through Indigenous Ceremonial Performances." (2019). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/thea_etds/51
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Cultural History Commons, Dance Commons, Fiction Commons, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Commons, Indigenous Studies Commons, Nonfiction Commons, Oral History Commons, Playwriting Commons, Theatre History Commons, United States History Commons
