UMD Theses and Dissertations

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    Costume Design for Rent
    (2012) Diaz, Adriana Carolina; Huang, Helen; Theatre; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    The following thesis documents the costume design process and execution for the production of Rent by Jonathan Larson. Supporting documents included are research, renderings, fabric samples, fitting photographs, and production photos. The Production presented in this paper was produced October 21,2011 at the University of Maryland in the Ina and Jack Kay Theater a six hundred and fifty seat proscenium theatre. Alan Mingo Jr. directed the production, the set was designed by Douglas Clarke, the lighting was designed by Andrew Dorman, the projection design was designed by Jedediah Roe, and the sound was designed by Neil McFadden.
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    RENT: A Lighting Design
    (2011) Dorman, Andrew Thomas; MacDevitt, Brian; Theatre; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    ABSTRACT Title of Document: RENT: A LIGHTING DESIGN THE INA AND JACK KAY THEATRE CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - COLLEGE PARK Andrew Thomas Dorman, Master of Fine Arts, 2011 Thesis Directed By: Associate Professor, Brian MacDevitt, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies The purpose of this thesis is to provide research, supporting paperwork, and production photographs that document the lighting design for the University of Maryland - College Park, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies' RENT. This thesis contains the following: research images collected to develop and visually communicate ideas about color, texture, intensity, form, composition, and mood to the production team; preliminary and final organization of desired equipment to execute the lighting design; a full set of drafting plates and supplementary paperwork used to communicate the organization and placement of lighting equipment to the master electrician; magic sheets and a cue list used as organizational tools for the lighting designer during the tech process. Archival production photographs are included as documentation of the completed design.
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    "Over the Moon": The Creation and Development of Rent by Jonathan Larson
    (2007-05-03) Titrington, Elizabeth; King, Richard; Music; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    Despite its critical acclaim and commercial success, the hit musical Rent by Jonathan Larson has received scant attention in academic literature. The story of Rent has been told and retold in the popular media, but a look at Larson's own drafts, notes, and other personal writings adds another important and largely missing voice - Larson's own. In this study, I use the Jonathan Larson Collection, donated to the Library of Congress in 2004, to examine this seminal work and composer by tracing Rent's development and documenting Larson's creative process. My analysis of material from the Larson Collection and the interviews of others involved in Rent's development reveals the story of how this unconventional rock musical made it to the stage, highlighting the importance of vision, but also of revision and collaboration.