Transforming the Beast: The Theatre Laboratories of the “Disney Renaissance” 1984–1994 / by Christen Marie MandracchiaThis study investigates the ways that theatre professionals brought significant changes to the Walt Disney Company, from 1984–1994, in a period affectionately referred to, in popular discourses, as the “Disney Renaissance.” These individuals, including Peter Schneider, Linda Woolverton, Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Bob McTyre, Ron Logan, Rob Roth, Matt West, Stan Meyer, and others came from Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatres, and local theatres, and represented a wide-cross section of theatrical disciplines, including production management, stage management, playwrighting, musical theatre, producing, directing, choreography, and design.