... of the challenges faced by American theatre in effectively disseminating its work to a broad generational demographic. Finally, I will examine the strategies and solutions being employed by the theatre community in an effort to expand theatre's visibility to, and engagement 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 ... ...

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... Opportunity." Throughout history, people have traveled to America from every continent because America is where people can find work, or maybe even one day become well-off and live the American dream in a nice house surrounded by a white picket fence. But like some countries in Africa, America is also a nation that faces homeless-ness and starving children. In every big city there ... like this, people who have had bad experiences with African-Americans will automatically just associate that bad behavior with the entire group. Although it is not fair, it is just something that is inevit...

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... embedded within our society's political framework. Annually, laws are passed that continuously leave the black man disadvantaged and often times unable to access the resources in order to get a fair piece of the American dream. These laws that make their way through the Senate, the House of Representatives, and up to the President leave the black man in urban areas where they have no opportunity for economic success. Many ... black Americans believed that through the installation of America's first black President, Barack Obama, a change ... ...

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... a secondary language of English they speak it the best (Sjögren, 2012, p. 420). That makes it easier for many tourists that come from any English speaking countries, in fact most say they get by just fine without knowing any Swedish. Just like in America, there is an American dream and there is also Swedish dream life. Their ideal life is having your own ... Stuga (Mäkinen, 2010, p. 346). This is a little red house on your own piece of land overlooking a lake or in a nice serene location. Many people have the idea that they want to have a second home where they can ... the legislativ...

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... every time you get on social media anymore you see people sharing pictures with quotes, either fat or skinny-bashing. In the society we live in, constantly able to view anything in the world it's no wonder that 53 percent of American girls report that they are unhappy with their bodies at age thirteen. 78 percent are unhappy with their bodies at age ... other things can play into how someone feels about themselves, such as how they were treated growing up by family and peers. Research done by the American Physiological Association shows that "the smaller a subjects waist size the greate...

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... public parades of support were in most large cities. They were no longer going to be tortured and abused. (Duberman 185-187) The next decade saw some positive movement for homosexuals. In 1973, pressure groups were able to force the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from its mental illness list. Because of this, courts nationwide were more apt to uphold civil rights ... to win benefits for the family from the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund, as well as procure Ms. Flyzik's death certificate and help with other legal and custodial issues surrounding her death...

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... as an entity punk was an anarchistic representation of freedom and of sexual (and asexual) perspectives, identities and self-expression. It mocked the everyday standard existence of the American family, and the nine-to-five ethic. Bands like the New York Dolls, and the White Trash Debutantes dressed in outrageous women's clothing and played loud, distorted, simple progressions with hard, driving beats behind them. A ... of punk, and poets and authors like Patti Smith and Jim Carroll composed prose and verse that critiqued society and the so-called "American Dream"." One venue, the Merce...

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... really want to attend college. I felt very pressured to go though because I felt I would disappoint or fail my parents and family if I didn't. Along with the pressure from my family, I didn't want to waste a free year of education after I had worked so hard for it. My parents had always wanted me ... He showed me what he does everyday, he told me some incredibly interesting stories, he showed me all of his "toys". This was my dream job I just never knew it. After our ride along was over I talked to him about how I should go about and he told me that ... second year at Central Washingto...

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... caring in our interactions (Reference 4 pg. 168). In emotional intimacy, is true solid commitment based on trust with a special gift of the healing from the other spouse of the aspects we re to confess that are our most shameful moments (Reference 4 pg. 174). Lastly, physical intimacy is when love is expressed ... in high school. Young love is real and it happens all of the time (Reference 7 Chapter 15). It can happen at any moment in your life (Reference 7 Chapter 15). People have the tendency to hold on to the dream of being desperately in love but it never lasts (Reference 7 Chapter ...

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... , and by denouncing the natives as the others, the savages, they thought they could dominate or exterminate them, (Anderson). The Euro-American view of the American Indian is historically significant because it shaped the attitudes of those who would later construct Indian policy in the nineteenth century. Whether it was relocation in the 1830's, reservations in the 1850's, or assimilation in the 1880's, the discrimination and oppression of American Indian policy in the U.S. relied heavily ... on racial stereotypes and the idea of otherness. The English landed in Jamestown, Virginia ... ...

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... about outsourcing. Everyone should be influenced by outsourcing. Adding value to capacity and capability and global expansion are the main reasons for outsourcing. Big companies all around the world outsource their products for beneficial reasons. Outsourcing has both positive and negative effects in the American nation and we need to be prepared for any changes that might come with these effects. It has brought ... to outsourcing, they will need to spend a lot of time training the new employees and explaining the process of how the business works. If the consumer does experience these ...

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... of this disease such as risk factors, treatments, type and why this disease is recognized as the seventh cause of death in the US according to the American Diabetes Association. It is crucial to start off with the definition of this disease, in other words what Diabetes is. Diabetes is a chronic disease that consist in troubles at metabolizing carbohydrates, proteins and fats. It ... being overweight. Research shows this is a top reason for type 2 diabetes. Because of the rise in obesity among U.S. children, this type is affecting more teenagers. According to the American Diabetes Assoc...

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... we have. With salary cuts and many Americans losing their jobs, it's much more complicated than just "spending less." The change of income in many American households is a very hard thing to adjust to and deal with, because people are used to living on and spending a certain amount. A commercial on television for a political add that showed a ... recession of foreclosures began in December, 2007, according to RealtyTrac-a large firm. In an unnamed article by Alex Veiga, AP, a real estate writer for the firm, the firm estimates that "more than one million American households are likely ...

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... Towers, most people who live in westernized countries have taken a viewpoint that Muslims, in general, are anti-American, vengeful, devious and dangerous. They believe that all young men from Islamic countries are trained to be terrorists or, at the very least, cultivated to despise the American government and what it stand for. Although non-Islamic people groups have legitimate reasons for suspecting Muslims of ... a unified hatred for the United States, the facts point to a different conclusion: the average Muslim is not a terrorist or resentful of those who live in a free ... ...

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... were feeling about the country's involvement in the war at the time. At the march the president Paul Potter gave a speech called "The Incredible War". This speech was quite unlike any of the other speeches given at the march that day. It did not talk about the horrors of the war and "was not predominantly an anti war address".11 Potter's speech really criticized the American system and ... of a girl burnt by napalm?".12 These questioned asked by Potter during the speech really suggest the different way that the SDS was trying to go about their protests of the war. They were not trying t...

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... a near-universal guarantee of access to affordable health insurance coverage, from birth through retirement" (Rosenbaum, 2011, pg. 130). The Act will help people get the medical help they need, it will cut the uninsured American citizens by more then half, and it will provide health insurance coverage for over ninety percent of ... stating that there is not only one benefit to the Affordable Care act. What is great about this Act is that it tries to provide as many benefits as possible for the American people. It is focused on to many goals; the fact that about twenty fie million people...

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... loved one to look beautiful the last time they ever set eyes on them on Earth. Doctor's first priority is to keep the body in great condition during the process of organ removal. All of the surgery takes place below the neck. So the whole body is covered in nice clothing and the scar is not visible. C.L. Bryce wrote an article in the American Journal of Transplantation and talked ... about the benefits that families get out of their loved one being ... of up to 50 people by donating tissues and eyes" (Sicard, 198). Sicard explains this in his article in the American Journal of Transpla...

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... for giving locks of hair or hairwork jewelry to loved ones is that of warfare. In the 1800s, Victorian England was involved in two major conflicts while the three major battles in the United States were the Mexican American War from 1846-1848, the Civil War from 1861-1865, and the Spanish American War of 1898. Navarro comments: Englands involvement in constant warfare during Victorias reign fueled ... the production of hair jewelry. The Indian Mutiny (1857) and Crimean War (in which England fought from ... as treasured gifts were exchanged between friends and relatives. Remarkably, Qu...

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... . It was really scary to learn that one in three children will die before their parents and that between minority groups such as Latino and African American that statistic is down to one in every two children. I think that minority groups and low income household have harder circumstances and feed their children ... have become more at risk of getting high blood pressure and heart problems at young ages due to obesity. The fatter the body has to hold the harder the heart has to work pump blood throughout the body. This can cause clogged arteries which in turn can cause heart attacks, and...

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... journals, newspapers and online articles for example Reuters and New York Times as a reference for the researches done for this essay. Nevertheless, some books have been used as a reference for the essay, for example The Egyptian Revolution: between Hope and Despair: Mubarak to Morsi written by an Egyptian American Journalist Mohamed El-Bendary in 2013. This book was very useful, since it contains ... the whole timeline of the events of 2011 in Egypt in chronological order. Pre-Events The events of 2011 in Egypt have amazed the whole world. Egypt's start was via Facebook. There were two...

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... situation is. There are necessary steps that could be taken in order to avoid such crucial punishment for a petty crime. "For example, the HOPE (Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement) program, started by a former federal prosecutor in Hawaii, conducts frequent drug tests backed-up by swift ... drug offenses. Just from nineteen eighty to two thousand eleven drug offenses have more than tripled. "Sentencing policies brought about by the "war on drugs" resulted in a dramatic growth in incarceration for drug offenses" (Sentencing Project). Not only does something need ... up in pr...

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... Hong Kong as an example to promote democracy. As the blogs became more developed and as word spread of the train accident, bloggers started becoming more and more bold. One blogger in specific that Changchang uses, compared Chinese government to American government in a shameful light, "In the U.S., anybody can operate a television station except the government. In the U.S., you can find all kinds of newspapers and ... journals except "party papers and party journals"; in the U.S., anybody can have a "little-third" (extramarital lover) except government officials. In the U.S., anybody c...

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... add a variety of ingredients (variables) together. Food choice is greatly affected by a lack of options but food deserts should also consider the differences in peoples' age, sex, culture, neighborhood crime rates, resources, and their general attitudes toward certain foods. Introduction Public Health is ... areas. There is also some information on the percentage of people who lack adequate "healthy foods ". Why Are Food Deserts Important? Food deserts are the leading cause for health problems related to foods and drinks consumed by the American population. Cardiovascular disease and t...

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... that: "Today more than ever, we are called to serve mankind as such, and not merely Catholics; to defend above all and everywhere, the rights of the human person and not merely those of the Catholic Church..." The outdated traditions of the Church had turned many people away, which was a problem that Pope John XXIII wanted to address in order to make ... To do this, sixteen official documents were produced from the four sessions of the Vatican II, including the 'Sacrosanctum Concilium' (Constitution of the Sacred Liturgy), the 'Nostra Aetate' (Declaration on the Relationship o...

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... , Thebes in Boeotia and Iolkos in Thessaly and other major sites. The empire emerged in the 1600 BC when the Minoan Crete influenced the changes and transformations of the Helladic culture. The empire was based in Mycenae in Argolis; the southern part of Greece hence the name Mycenaean empire. The Mycenaean were the first people to speak the Greek language and they arrived in Greece in 1600 BC. During ... also attacked and destroyed Tiryns and Mycenae. By the end of the 12th century, all the cities of the Mycenae had been ruined and the neighboring villages and towns in the region abandon...

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