Publication Date

5-2022

Date of Final Oral Examination (Defense)

3-2-2022

Type of Culminating Activity

Thesis

Degree Title

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Department

Theatre Arts

Supervisory Committee Chair

Kerri Webster, M.F.A.

Supervisory Committee Member

Martin Corless-Smith, Ph.D.

Supervisory Committee Member

Rebecca Wolff, M.F.A.

Abstract

The Kiss Turns: A Play on Aural Manor is a poetic work that explores the nature of being and selfhood as they are expressed and modulated through the hearing, speaking, and writing of language. The Manor and surrounding Grounds here are presented as a fluid junk-mosaic: colorful, clamoring, thing-filled, magical, and on the move. Seven characters reside on the Manor’s property and live out their respective longings and loves, apprehending horror, tragedy, abundance, and the possibility of play through accepting and collaborating with the unknown depths of being.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18122/td.1932.boisestate

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