First Advisor
Schuttler, Mary J.
Date Created
11-2018
Abstract
The popularity of musical theatre in America is driving more students to seek out performance opportunities while theatre classrooms are facing dwindling attendance rates. The goal of this thesis is to determine whether it is possible to employ the mounting of a full-scale musical production of James and the Giant Peach in a classroom setting to motivate student growth in acting, singing, and dance due to the product-oriented environment. The complex material in the script and score of James and the Giant Peach was adequately challenging to necessitate and promote significant student growth as musical theatre performers. Through working on a production of James and the Giant Peach in a production-based classroom, students were able to further their skills as musical theatre performers while simultaneously practicing the necessary self-assessment of their work to propel them toward continued growth and development both onstage and in the classroom.
Extent
213 pages
Local Identifiers
MeiklejohnThesis2018.pdf
Rights Statement
Copyright is held by the author.
Recommended Citation
Meiklejohn, Kelsey Alys, "Teaching Musical Theatre Skills in the Performance-Based Classroom: James and the Giant Peach" (2018). Master's Theses. 71.
https://digscholarship.unco.edu/theses/71