{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@id":"https://repo.library.stonybrook.edu/cantaloupe/iiif/2/manifest.json","@type":"sc:Manifest","label":"The Public Arena: A literary office without walls","metadata":[{"label":"dc.description.sponsorship","value":"This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree."},{"label":"dc.format","value":"Monograph"},{"label":"dc.format.medium","value":"Electronic Resource"},{"label":"dc.identifier.uri","value":"http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71442"},{"label":"dc.language.iso","value":"en_US"},{"label":"dc.publisher","value":"The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY."},{"label":"dcterms.abstract","value":"American regional theatres are in crisis. The economic downturn of the past four years has  resulted in an intensification of existing challenges facing nonprofit theatre institutions, and the  result has been a resurgence of aesthetic conservatism, an unwillingness to take risks on new  playwrights and innovative productions. Recently, the growing perception of literary  departments as irrelevant middlemen between institutions and writers and the necessity of belt-  tightening throughout the industry has led to the elimination of literary and dramaturgical staffs  at many regional theatres. However, some literary departments have survived by shifting their  focus towards audience engagement, becoming spokespeople and advocates for their institutions  and their productions. The Literary Office at Arena Stage is one such department; along with  other departments, it has become part of an Artistic Development team, whose task is to develop  a series of literary-focused audience engagement initiatives called The Public Arena. This thesis  explores the need for new approaches to engagement, the development and implementation of  The Public Arena, and the program's potential as a model for engagement initiatives at other  theatres. A case study of the Public Arena's various programs and how they work together  reveals that there is great potential in refocusing the work of dramaturgs and literary managers  toward audience and community engagement and that an institutional environment that values  transparency, inclusivity, and connection encourages involvement and investment in the theatre  and the work from both within the institution and from the larger communities it serves."},{"label":"dcterms.available","value":"2013-05-22T17:35:43Z"},{"label":"dcterms.contributor","value":"Yew, Jeanette."},{"label":"dcterms.creator","value":"Treat, Erin Kathleen"},{"label":"dcterms.dateAccepted","value":"2015-04-24T14:47:34Z"},{"label":"dcterms.dateSubmitted","value":"2013-05-22T17:35:43Z"},{"label":"dcterms.description","value":"Department of Theatre Arts"},{"label":"dcterms.extent","value":"61 pg."},{"label":"dcterms.format","value":"Monograph"},{"label":"dcterms.identifier","value":"Treat_grad.sunysb_0771M_11261"},{"label":"dcterms.issued","value":"2013-05-01"},{"label":"dcterms.language","value":"en_US"},{"label":"dcterms.provenance","value":"Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-22T17:35:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1\nTreat_grad.sunysb_0771M_11261.pdf: 432690 bytes, checksum: d32d1996edf6c822963a569f1d9c205a (MD5)\n  Previous issue date:    1"},{"label":"dcterms.publisher","value":"The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY."},{"label":"dcterms.subject","value":"Theater"},{"label":"dcterms.title","value":"The Public Arena: A literary office without walls"},{"label":"dcterms.type","value":"Thesis"},{"label":"dc.type","value":"Thesis"}],"description":"This manifest was generated dynamically","viewingDirection":"left-to-right","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://repo.library.stonybrook.edu/cantaloupe/iiif/2/canvas/page-1.json","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Page 1","height":1650,"width":1275,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://repo.library.stonybrook.edu/cantaloupe/iiif/2/15%2F82%2F96%2F158296707389988051013934236305771756394/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","height":1650,"width":1275,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://repo.library.stonybrook.edu/cantaloupe/iiif/2/15%2F82%2F96%2F158296707389988051013934236305771756394","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://repo.library.stonybrook.edu/cantaloupe/iiif/2/canvas/page-1.json"}]}]}]}