... with, a new generation of potential audience members. CHAPTER ONE A Personal Perspective on Generational Homogeneity The first production I ever directed was arguably my most successful. While "Dream" (my adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream") was poorly staged, shabbily designed, and narratively messy, the production achieved something I have yet to ... Essentially, the nightclub itself stood in for the set, which was a choice I made at the same instant that I first entered the space, because it felt intrinsically right for the production. While I was not conscious of it at the time...

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... intimately in years past as a real estate rental agent. The sidewalk is narrow, however manicured and every few feet a tree is growing in its' allotted space as designated by the neighborhood's appointed designer. Very few exceptionally tall buildings are located in this area; mostly five or six story, narrow brick buildings with a ... relatively quiet stretch of street with many affluent people walking along the sidewalk or in and out of buildings. A few homeless people also are taking up space near the basketball court to the east of Mulberry. As I am enjoying this beautiful spring day...

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... however, she abandoned figurative imagery for subjective, abstract landscape forms that gradually became more geometric and discrete "simplified forms in a light-filled space, the effect provided by pale, translucent background washes. As the references to landscape diminished, the effect of impersonal objectivity increased, and the flatness ... of the repetition of a single motif, or module, with no visual climaxes or hierarchical order among the modules, and the field, or space, is inseparable from the design elements within it. Miss Martin's early grid drawings, which were almost alway...

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... assure a life of luxuriant ease, power, and beauty in an ideal world untroubled by care and devoted to everlasting pleasure with nothing to intervene between wish and fulfillment (70)." In my essay I bring into discussion issues arising from the pursuit of this dream by examining the lives of the protagonists of two important American literatures: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser and ... were quick to the ostentatious display of wealth and power and giving in to a decadent and lurid lifestyle of partying and debauchery. Occupying the middle of the space that separates the Eggs in terri...

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... affected by this blackout but there were also a few neighborhoods that were not affected by this infamous blackout, such as the southern parts of the city and my hometown in the Rockaways. Everyone remember the blackout because of the hot sweltering nights most residents had to deal with, along without any lights and air conditioners ... many people. This particular blackout that happened in the summer of 1977 showed what the Big Apple had been going through, and they city was in tough space financially. In order to survive in the city and live somewhat comfortably a lot residences surviv...

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... begin as young graduates that are reluctant at investing in homes, which impacts the already struggling housing market. A true example of this is my friend Liana, whom after she graduated was so overwhelmed by student debts that she ended up moving back in with her parents and staying ... there for approximately five years now, instead of renting or buying a small living space for herself. Students pursuing certain degrees in for example, social studies areas, like Humanities, are less likely to take risks with their careers, ... would increase the mindset of the community and create mor...

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... the New York accent is dying. What struck me as so strange was the fact that, despite living within an hour distance from the city for most of my life, I never noticed this. It was only until I moved to New York full-time that I realized that this integral part of New York City's history ... norm. However, it may not be the case that it is entirely up to the parents whether or not the next generation speaks this way. For instance, my older sister and I were both born in London, and, while both of our parents are born and bred Americans, with average American accents, the two ... . For e...

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