University of Louisville ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository Electronic Theses and Dissertations 12-2004 Approaching Dionysus : challenges of a post-modern Bacchae. Julie Dingman Evans University of Louisville Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd Recommended Citation Evans, Julie Dingman, "Approaching Dionysus : challenges of a post-modern Bacchae." (2004). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 413. https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/413 This Master's Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository. This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has retained all other copyrights. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. APPROACHING DIONYSUS: CHALLENGES OF A POST-MODERN BACCHAE By Julie Dingman Evans B.F.A., Western Kentucky University, 1993 A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Louisville in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Fine Arts Department of Theater Arts University of Louisville Louisville, KY December 2004 APPROACHING DIONYSUS: CHALLENGES OF A POST-MODERN BACCHAE By Julie Dingman Evans B.F.A., Western Kentucky University, 1993 A Thesis Approved on November 22, 2004 By the following Dissertation Committee: Dissertation Director II DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to the memory of My dear Dad Mr. Kendall Irving Dingman, Jr. To whom lowe my life and deepest love And to Professor David Palmer To whom lowe great friendship and kindness May their sweet souls Rest in Peace III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank those people without whom this thesis would not exist.