Honors Program
Fine and Performing Arts Honors
Date of Award
5-2019
Thesis Professor(s)
Bobby Funk, Karen Brewster
Thesis Professor Department
Theatre and Dance
Thesis Reader(s)
Bobby Funk, Karen Brewster
Abstract
This thesis delves into the creative process of creating characters for the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The characters that were created include: Mrs. Shears, Woman on Train, and Voice One. This thesis highlights the creative process through methods of research that dissect the authors, story, autism, and the actor’s experience throughout the rehearsal process. Sources such as interviews with autism consultants and family members of those with autism added useful information towards the creation of the characters. Research on the performance aspect was centered around the exploration of a character’s past through diagrams and analysis worksheets that are included later pages of this thesis. These combined aspects come together to create a unique set of characters that tell a story of autism and communication that is not typically told.
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
Austin, Emily, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time An Actor’s Reflection" (2019). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 756. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/756
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.