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The Creative and Critical Possibilities of Queer, Mediatized Dramaturgy: Circle Jerk and CANNIBAL is a SLUR

McAuliffe, Jack
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1681677548692256

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2023, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Theatre.
This thesis examines the creative and critical potentials of what I call “queer, mediatized dramaturgy.” I articulate the ways in which the multimedia play Circle Jerk by Brooklyn-based performance company Fake Friends brings together two artistic lineages of queer theater and mediatized performance. I elaborate how Circle Jerk makes use of this “queer, mediatized dramaturgy” to critique white gay male culture. Then, I embark on a practice-as-research investigation of the techniques of queer, mediatized dramaturgy. I reflect on my own rehearsal experiments with the queer, mediatized devising techniques of Fake Friends. Lastly, I consider the practical application of queer, mediatized dramaturgical principles in the creation of my (mostly) solo performance piece CANNIBAL is a SLUR, exploring its potential as a tool for performing sociopolitical critique.
Beth Kattelman (Committee Member)
E.J. Westlake (Advisor)
192 p.
Performing Arts; Theater; Theater History; Theater Studies
queer; dramaturgy; theater; whiteness; gay; performance; performance studies; practice as research; mediatized dramaturgy; multimedia; solo performance; Circle Jerk; Cannibal; cannibal is a slur;

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  • McAuliffe, J. (2023). The Creative and Critical Possibilities of Queer, Mediatized Dramaturgy: Circle Jerk and CANNIBAL is a SLUR [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1681677548692256

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McAuliffe, Jack. The Creative and Critical Possibilities of Queer, Mediatized Dramaturgy: Circle Jerk and CANNIBAL is a SLUR. 2023. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1681677548692256.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McAuliffe, Jack. "The Creative and Critical Possibilities of Queer, Mediatized Dramaturgy: Circle Jerk and CANNIBAL is a SLUR." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1681677548692256

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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