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- Bobbi McKean has published a book on theatre education, and is currently in the writing process for a second book on Shakespeare and his work. She works at the University of Arizona where she teaches courses on Acting, Theatre Appreciation, Popular Entertainment, Improvisation and Collaborative Play Development. It is there where she also writes and educates others on the history of theatre and the creation of new theatre.
- Kevin Byrne has worked as a dramaturg on numerous productions, where he researches the history and time period of the play and communicates that information to the cast and the director. He also has extensively researched African American theatre, blackface and minstrel performance, and popular culture. He also has written publications and conference presentations on the amateur play publishing industry and Bert Williams.
Dr. McKean
Dr. McKean has written A Teaching Artist at Work and has written an entry for the academic journal, Journal for Learning Through the Arts. In this instance, she has both published a book and written an article for an academic journal. These are both different in the audiences, as a book is meant to teach those who do not know but are interested while an academic journal is meant to transfer new knowledge to those already invested in the field.
A Teaching Artist at Work
The book that she had published had come from her experiences as a theatre educator while working in the state of Washington. For example, she details out the way she collaborated with another educator to create a theatrical experience for the 5th grade students in the area, which had recently seen an influx of immigrating students from Asian countries. She tells the story of her experience, and gives other visual details to elaborate on what worked and does not work as a theatre educator.
The overall message and purpose of the piece was to educate the educators of theatre, specifically by highlighting their own experience in the theatre Not only does the title give away this piece of information, but also the summary that was written as well. It states, "A Teaching Artist at Work helps theatre teaching artists develop connections between their pedagogical and artistic selves."
The overall message and purpose of the piece was to educate the educators of theatre, specifically by highlighting their own experience in the theatre Not only does the title give away this piece of information, but also the summary that was written as well. It states, "A Teaching Artist at Work helps theatre teaching artists develop connections between their pedagogical and artistic selves."
Journal for Learning Through the Arts
The article that was published in the journal by her and David Yarnelle were a compilation of facts and results from a variety of others. It listed out that theatre and other artistic projects can aid in the overall education of those in primary school. They list out how children completing poems and creating projects such as kites actually have their overall productivity increase.
The overall message and purpose of the piece is very similar to the previous work published by Dr. McKean. It's goal is to improve theatre education for those in an elementary setting, and benefit the public immensely. It can be seen in the last piece of information posted by McKean and Yarnelle, "Our hope is that these articles will serve as inspirations for more projects (and more articles) to come."
Dr. Byrne
Dr. Byrne has published articles in the Journal of American Drama and Theatre and Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. These genres do not differ from one another because his work has only been published so far within academic journals.
Journal of American Drama and Theatre
The one published in the American Drama and Theatre Journal deals with the history of African American theatre and Burt Williams, and details out the history of the theatre in this way as well as getting into specifics regarding the history of Under the Bamboo Tree and how the history of that play has been wrongly contextualized in history.
The overall message and purpose of this section of the journal was to take all of the preconceived notions regarding African American theatre, specifically regarding Burt Williams and Under the Bamboo Tree and contextualizing it to fit reality. He states himself in the article, "This article traces the history of Under the Bamboo Tree and Williams’s part in it: from the script that existed before the star championed it, to the alterations created specifically for (and most likely by) him"
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
The one published in the Papers of the Bibliographical Society goes over the history of the amateur play publishing industry, and how the industry has changed, and basically devolved over time since the early times in history.
The overall message and purpose of this article is to detail out what has occurred within this industry. The industry has devolved over time, especially since the early times where there was a popular industry for publishing amateur plays, and gaining income from it, and also details out how the industry while being so popular is not recognized being as such. He states in the article, "Yet this industry is largely absent from histories of US publishing or narratives of American theatre."
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