| Title |
Whitby, Wesley D._MENG_2010 |
| Alternative Title |
A Clever Cat, A Wicked Wolf, and a Naughty Little Girl |
| Creator |
Whitby, Wesley |
| Collection Name |
Master of English |
| Description |
The three plays included in this project were written to be performed at Treehouse Museum in Ogden, Utah, as a part of an effort to create a brand of theater especially designed for the Museum's primary audience: families with children ages two to twelve. As an arts organization, our aim has been, at least partially, to produce theatrical offerings that permit and encourage young families to participate in formal performances that will allow them to learn appropriate theater etiquette in a manner that is at once educational and entertaining. But most importantly, I have been tasked with creating a brand of theater that meshes with the Museum's larger family literacy goals. Because the museum's exhibits and programs work on a model that requires cooperative interactive play between parent and child, an educational approach that puts parent/child communication at the center of experiential learning, the challenge comes in translating the kind of self-guided encounters that families have while playing in the Museum's hands-on exhibits for an environment that is, ostensibly, designed to be experienced in a "sit and listen" mode. Taking as fact the principle that theater (good theater) will always encourage the audience to be more than spectators, there are, nevertheless, limits in formal theater to the amount of participation allowed or encouraged, particularly in an environment intended, at least on one level, to teach audience/performer boundaries. |
| Subject |
Children's theater; Playwriting; Fables |
| Keywords |
Folk tales; Fairy tales; Family stage; Plays; Treehouse Museum; Ogden (Utah) |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Date |
2010 |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights. |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Arts in English. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6j2g9dm |
| Setname |
wsu_smt |
| ID |
96756 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6j2g9dm |
