Negotiating resistance with the character G in Naomi Izuka’s Polaroid stories.

Polaroid Stories;G;Naomi Izuka;Konrad Davis;Resistance

Konrad Ormand Davis, Jr.

University:University of Louisville

Department:Theatre Arts

关键词: Polaroid Stories;    G;    Naomi Izuka;    Konrad Davis;    Resistance;   

Others  :  https://ir.library.louisville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3625&context=etd

美国|英语

来源: The Universite of Louisville's Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

This thesis will analyze my portrayal of G (Zeus) in Polaroid Stories by Naomi Iizuka through my psychological journey as an actor. In my investigation of G, I will discuss the specific techniques used to create my performance in Polaroid Stories, which include influences from my Commedia, Improv, and ensemble training. I will examine the connection these tools acquired during my candidacy at the University of Louisville as well as real-life experiences that shaped my professional development as an artist and performer. In this thesis you will discover the influence of my early youth, my blackness, the artistic technique, and the mis-education of life experiences that shaped my artistic expression of G (Zeus). In finding G, I considered the following questions: When does the actor win? Does the actor sacrifice his artistic freedom or is there a level of resistance the actor can have? How does the artistic negotiation work between actor, director, and playwright? I found through my research that the artist does win through a negotiation with his/her ensemble, which can only be found once the artist is in control of his/her resistance.