Honors Program
Fine and Performing Arts Honors
Date of Award
12-2025
Thesis Professor(s)
Ante Ursic
Thesis Professor Department
<--College of Arts and Sciences-->
Thesis Reader(s)
Melissa Shafer, Scott Contreras- Koterbay
Abstract
In the second half of the twentieth century, there is distinct evidence to exhibit a direct correlation between daily occurrences and matters of public policy. This paper serves to analyze the impact of U.S. public policy on theatrical practices. To provide a detailed and targeted analysis of the exponential impact public policy had upon the theatrical industry, this examination will look at theatre beginning in 1961 and will extend towards the current administration of President Donald Trump and is organized in ten-year segments. Each decade will be generalized for its direct or indirect changes that occurred within the period and will further analyze major political events and policies that were passed, ratified, or amended during this sixty-four-year period.
Publisher
East Tennessee State University
Document Type
Honors Thesis - Open Access
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Rhodes, John Q., "EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF POLICY IN THEATRE: The Influence of Public & Political Policy on the Theatrical World" (2025). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 844. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/844
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.
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