Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Scholars Compass Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2014 Toward a Cross-Cultural Aesthetic: Directing a Kabuki-Inspired Madame de Sade Kathryn Ruth LeTrent Virginia Commonwealth University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd Part of the Theatre and Performance Studies Commons © The Author Downloaded from https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3519 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at VCU Scholars Compass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. © Kathryn Milliken LeTrent 2014 All Rights Reserved TOWARD A CROSS-CULTURAL AESTHETIC: DIRECTING A KABUKI INSPIRED MADAME DE SADE A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Pedagogy at Virginia Commonwealth University. by KATHRYN RUTH LETRENT Bachelor of Fine Arts, New York University, 2007 Master of Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014 Director: NOREEN C BARNES, PHD Director of Graduate Studies, TheatreVCU Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia August, 2014 Acknowledgement I deeply appreciate the support and patience of my husband Stephen and daughter Margaret Evangeline. I would like to thank my parents Margaret and Stuart Milliken and my grandparents Janet and Warner White for their material and emotional support. I am grateful to Dr. Noreen C. Barnes for her help and direction of this project. Thanks also to Wesley Broulik and Susan Schuld for their support and feedback. I would also like to thank the Guild of Graduate Students for its grant to pay for the performance rights of Madame de Sade.