Date of Award

2017

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Myhill, Nova

Area of Concentration

Humanities

Abstract

In June of 2016, I traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina in order to conduct research about what it means to be at Home, to Belong, and to be an Outsider. In total, I interviewed 18 people on the subject, all of whom were born and raised outside of Buenos Aires, and nearly all of whom were immigrants to Argentina. At large, their responses to my research questions provided compelling stories and unique opinions, unforgettable personalities and wholesome insights. I then represented these people and their stories on stage, in what became the soaringly ambitious Both Home & Not, New College's first bilingual play, which I directed over the course of five weeks during ISP 2017.1 As an extended essay, this thesis first introduces the motivations, methodology, and data of my research. Then, I bring my play into a conversation about interview-based theater in terms of form and style: this entails an analysis of the modes of verbatim, documentary, and ethnographic theater, as well as discussing the influence of expressionist plays and prose. The script itself follows. Thereafter, I analyze Both Home & Not as a production by way of the choices that I made as a director. It concludes with what I investigated and learned through this research, reflecting on the project as a whole and the future of theater at New College.

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