![The Theatre School MFA in Directing Theses](../../assets/md5images/8b6a510094c860152de9e8345fb3baa0.png)
Title
Date of Award
Spring 6-2017
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Theatre Arts
First Advisor
Elizabeth Portes
Second Advisor
Damon Kiely
Abstract
In his thesis paper, entitled: Theatre of Trauma , MFA Directing candidate Nathan Singh uses his three years of graduate school to further develop his theories of a theatre of trauma. He uses class-work, productions and the philosophies/works of other theatre-makers to articulate how theatre is a powerful outlet to show survivors processing different types of trauma. In doing this, he has expands his vision and aesthetic on directing (or generating) works about trauma and human suffering. He also investigates how theatre can help heal and/or reclaim trauma. In the first part, he shares his background on how to got to The Theatre School at DePaul University. The work he was doing in Los Angeles, both theatrically as a freelance director and personally in therapy, was subconsciously pushing him towards the topic of trauma. In his first year of grad school, he learned text analysis that helped track the journey of characters, directed a play about Repressed Memory Syndrome, learned about (and was influenced by) directing theorists who were tackling social and societal trauma in their work, and generated postdramatic theatre pieces that combined images with different types of emotional scars.
Recommended Citation
Singh, Nathan Devanand, "Theatre of Trauma" (2017). The Theatre School MFA in Directing Theses. 3.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/tts/3