Honors Program
Honors in Theatre and Dance
Date of Award
5-2023
Thesis Professor(s)
Robert Funk
Thesis Professor Department
<--College of Arts and Sciences-->
Thesis Reader(s)
Cara Harker
Abstract
This paper examines what it is like to be an assistant director. The play, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was adapted from a book by Mark Hadden that is structured as if the main character was the writer. The stage production reworks that concept and turns it into a “play within a play”. The story is about a boy named Christopher, his broken family and his struggle with autism. When the director, Cara Harker first approached me about being an assistant director, I struggled with anxiety and not feeling like I had a real place in the show. After some time working with the director, I found my place in the production and learned a lot about directing.
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
Williams, Billie, "A Director's Take on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" (2023). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 758. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/758
Copyright
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