Table of Contents

1 Overview: the necessity of framing theatre as undergraduate research; 2 Literature reviews; 3 Performance studies, paratextual sources, and research topics; 4 Human participant research in theatre; 5 Research methods and assessment practices in theatre; 6 Copyright, collaborative work, and citing sources; 7 Dissemination of research in theatre; 8 Scripted theatre performance and production; 9 Playwriting and devising; 10 Applied theatre; 11 Scenic design; 12 Costume design; 13 Sound design; 14 Lighting design; 15 Research in theatre history, theory, and interdisciplinary studies; 16 Online resources

About the Author

Michelle Hayford, PhD, is Director and Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Dayton. She is coauthor and coeditor of Performing Arts as High-Impact Practice, published by Palgrave MacMillan (2018), and Arts and Humanities Division editor of the journal SPUR: Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research.