Date

5-22-2024

Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Degree

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Chair

Durrell Nelson

Keywords

Performing Arts in Publicc Schools, Inclusion, Inner City Funding, Arts and Community, Theater and Inner City, Black Male Rolemodels, Sports Funding in Urban Public Schools

Disciplines

Creative Writing | Theatre and Performance Studies

Abstract

This thesis examines the importance of creative and performing arts through the multifaceted production, “Mop and Bucket Blues”. This thesis was also created to bring awareness to Chicago’s inner city gun violence, poverty, absentee fathers’, and the lack of funding for the creative arts in public schools, in high crime areas. By analyzing the thematic elements, artistic techniques, and socio-political impact of the play, this study seeks to shed light on the potential of theater as a powerful medium for social change and educational reform.

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