This thesis documents the process of devising, writing, rehearsing, and performing a solo show named A Man Without. The play depicts the posthumous trial of a multi-religious man named Neelkanth Khan. To be freed from limbo, Neelkanth must defend his life before Jesus, Krishna and Allah. Unfortunately, Neelkanth loses his case; yet another failure for a man whose life was a series of failures due to his circumstances and his character flaws. On the thematic level, this story implies that mankinds failure to understand religion and the Gods leads to religious fanaticism.
The backbone of this project is the training I received during the M.F.A. Acting Program at Louisiana State University. This paper details the important hurdles and breakthroughs in the process of writing, rehearsing, and performing this play. It also includes a rehearsal draft and the full performance script for A Man Without.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-04072017-203823 |
| Date | 27 April 2017 |
| Creators | Mane, Nitin Govindrao |
| Contributors | Erickson, Nick, Cabaj, Stacey, Euba, Femi |
| Publisher | LSU |
| Source Sets | Louisiana State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04072017-203823/ |
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