Publication Date

1-1-2014

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Krueger, Luke

Degree Name

B.S. (Bachelor of Science)

Legacy Department

Department of Family, Consumer, and Nutrition Sciences

Abstract

For my honors capstone project, I created an artistic piece called “Invisible Starlit.” “Invisible Starlit” is a one-woman show about my childhood years as I struggled with being bullied and unnoticed. This script is non-fiction and gives readers a first-hand look at the effects of bullying and metaphoric invisibility through my eyes as it happened to me with a comedic twist for relief. What started out as just a short, personal paper for one of my theatre classes turned out to be an entire play after I found myself continuing to write more about my personal experiences with bullying and being unnoticed. The process it took to write this script involved long nights of pondering my own thoughts and memories while jotting down notes regarding past stories that I could highlight within this play. In addition, while I understand that bullying is not a laughable topic, I found it necessary to add comic relief to this play because I am a personal fan of comedy. Lastly, this play progresses through my stages of identity development as a result of bullying, but due to a surprising turn of events, I blossomed out of my invisible shell and became a “star.”

Extent

11 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

Rights Statement

In Copyright

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NIU theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from Huskie Commons for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without the written permission of the authors.

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