University of Central Florida STARS Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020- 2020 Production Development: A Practical Approach to Directing for Educational Theatre Jill Cicciarelli University of Central Florida Part of the Theatre and Performance Studies Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd2020 University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Masters Thesis (Open Access) is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020- by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. STARS Citation Cicciarelli, Jill, "Production Development: A Practical Approach to Directing for Educational Theatre" (2020). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-. 29. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd2020/29 PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT: A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO DIRECTING FOR EDUCATIONAL THEATRE by JILL ELIZABETH CICCIARELLI B.A. Florida State University, 1998 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Theatre in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Spring Term 2020 ii ©2020 Jill Elizabeth Cicciarelli iii ABSTRACT The goal of this thesis was to develop a process-based approach for a theatre production with an emphasis in musical theatre at the secondary education level. Many times, a high school theatre instructor is faced with challenges when selecting materials for productions