Graduate Program in Theatre History and Dramatic Criticism

The graduate program in theatre history and dramatic criticism at Texas State University is a 30 or 36 hour course of study leading to a Master of Arts degree. It is especially appropriate for those who plan to continue graduate studies in a Ph.D. program. Students enter the program in the fall semester.

 

Graduate students use creative techniques for class presentations.

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Presentations and Conferences

All of our graduate students are encouraged to submit their scholarly papers for conference consideration.  Below is a list of graduate students who were invited to present their papers at scholarly conferences. 

“Straightjacket or Freedom:  Transgender in the Life and Works of Rachilde.” Teresa Stankiewicz. Experiencing Gender IV International Interdisciplinary Conference, 2009. Huelva, Spain. May 2009.

"Death, Dolls and Spiders:  the Significance of Transgender in Rachilde's plays." Teresa Stankiewicz. Texas Educational Theatre Association 2008-2009 Scholars Debut. Second Place Winner. Houston, Texas. January 23, 2009.

"'It's Only Rock 'n' Roll': Stoppard's Use of Music in 'Rock 'n' Roll'". Kasey Korth. Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, Hawaii. January 12, 2009.

"Staging the Dream: Ella Jaroszewicz and the Studio Magenia".  Michael Pape. International University Global Theatre Experience : Theatre Methods '08, Between Tradition and Contemporaneity. Malpils, Latvia. July 2008.

"The Women in William Inge's 'Bus Stop': Giving Women a Voice in Theatre in the 1950s".  Kasey Korth. William Inge Theatre Festival. Independence, Kansas. April 26, 2008.

“Staging Violence to Fight Repression: Perspectives on the Dramaturgy of Griselda Gambaro”. John Boyd.  The 7^th International Latin American Theatre Today Conference in March, 2008. 

"The Intimate Space: Creating a Sense of Community in Visited". Richie Wilcox and "The Touch Tour: Bringing Theatre to the Visually Impaired". Debbie Swannn.  The Mid-America Theater Conference in Spring 2008.

Grad student Karen Wilson recently had an article published in Christianity and Theatre.

Melissa Jackson's review of  the Texas State production of The Importance of Being Earnest has been published by OScholars, an online journal devoted to the study of Oscar Wilde.

"Towards an Inescapable Fate: Moira's Thread of Destiny as Revealed in Fedra y otras griegas by Ximena Escalante". Lela Holt.  A Bi-National Celebration of Contemporary Mexican Theatre Conference, University of Texas at El Paso.  El Paso, Texas. November 13, 2008.