Eastern Michigan University Theatre records 04.TR

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1 Eastern Michigan University Theatre records 0.TR Finding aid prepared by Julia Pope, Amber Davis This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit September, 01 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Eastern Michigan University Archives 01 May Halle Library, Room Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1 -- lib_archives@emich.edu

2 Table of Contents Summary Information... Administrative History... Scope and Contents... Administrative Information... Related Materials... Controlled Access Headings... Collection Inventory... Reviews and Press Coverage... Publicity and Outreach... - Page -

3 Summary Information Repository Eastern Michigan University Archives Title Eastern Michigan University Theatre records Date [bulk] Bulk, 10-0 Date [inclusive] 1-01 Extent.0 Linear feet 1 record center carton, 1 oversize files, objects Language English Language of Materials note All records are in English unless otherwise noted. Abstract The Theatre records collection contains material related to dramatic and musical theater productions at Eastern Michigan University (1-0, bulk 10-0) including reviews and press releases, correspondence to donors and subscribers, programs, posters, and other advertising material for plays and performances. The collection is arranged of two main series Reviews and Press Coverage and Publicity and Outreach which includes an extensive subseries titled alphabetically arranged of mainstage performances, One Act & Lab Bills, theatre seasons and special events. The collection does not document the Theatre Arts program at Eastern Michigan University, its faculty or courses. Preferred Citation note Please cite materials from the University Archives in the following manner: Item. Collection Title. Eastern Michigan University Archives. - Page -

4 Administrative History Drama at the University has a long history, with productions organized through the Speech and Drama department taking place on the stage in the old main hall on campus, Pease auditorium and Roosevelt School. The Theatre Arts program is now part of the larger Communication, Media and Theatre Arts department on campus, housed in the Quirk Dramatic Arts Building, built in 1, and the Sponberg Theatre and Frank Ross Lab Theatre were added in 1. The Theatre Arts program includes undergraduate and graduate programs in Applied Drama and Theatre for the Young, Arts and Entertainment Management and Administration, Entertainment Design and Technology, Interpretation and Performance Studies and Theatre Arts. They are responsible for theatrical productions on the Mainstage, Second stage, the Lab Theatre and touring productions that travel to area schools and community organizations. Scope and Contents The Theatre records provide information on student performed theatrical productions at Eastern Michigan University. Although the earliest item in the collection dates from 1, the bulk of the material is from 10 onwards. The collection is arranged into two series Reviews and Press Coverage which includes reviews of various productions clipped from various publications or printed from websites, news stories related to the opening and dedication of the Quirk Theatre in 1 and Publicity and Outreach which includes an extensive subseries of Poster materials that are alphabetically arranged and include Mainstage performances, One Act & Lab Bills, theatre seasons and special events; also in the series are season catalogues and brochures, subscriber correspondence and solicitation for donations and membership, programs, flyers, and postcard-sized advertisements for many individual productions, as well as a small number of photographs and physical memorabilia such as buttons. Administrative Information Publication Information Eastern Michigan University Archives 01 May Revision Description - Page -

5 from 01 donation were added to the collection 01 November Conditions Governing Access note Researchers are asked to request materials hours prior to visiting the the University Archives. Digital Content Current and recent past materials moderated by the Theatre Program at Eastern Michigan University can be found at: IMAGES VIDEO EMichiganTheatre Related Materials Related Archival Materials note For more information about theatre studies at EMU, see the Department of Communication, Media and Theatre Arts records 0.CMTA. For further information about theatres on campus, see the Quirk Dramatic Arts and Sponberg Theatre Buildings records 01.QS. For information about Applied Theatre for the Young, see the Drama/Theatre for the Young program records 0.DTFY. For information about the Federal Theatre Project, see the Federal Theatre Project collection 01.FTP. For information about the Speech and Drama department, see the Marion Franklin Stowe collection 0.MFS For additional information about emeritus faculty P. George Bird see, the P. George Bird papers 0.PGB All of these collection are held in the Eastern Michigan University Archives. Controlled Access Headings Genre(s) Theater programs Theater--Reviews Theatrical posters - Page -

6 Personal Name(s) Quirk, Daniel L. Sponberg, Harold Subject(s) Amateur theater College and school drama Eastern Michigan University. Dept. of Communication and Theatre Arts Musical theater Quirk Theatre Theater Theaters. - Page -

7 Reviews and Press Coverage Collection Inventory Reviews and Press Coverage 1-0 Box Folder Clippings Clippings Clippings Clippings Clippings -1 1 Press Releases Quirk Theatre Opening Publicity and Outreach 1-0 Box Object "0 Years of EMU Theatre" button. "Build Theatre" button Object - Page -

8 "Close Up Theatre Troupe" drawstring bag 0. Linear feet Box Folder Correspondence and Invitations Flyers Oversize Illuminating Magazine Winter/Spring 1 1 Box Folder Theatre of the Young Season Catalogues Programs Object T-Shirt "Sponberg Theatre: Celebrating 0 yrs 1-01" Oversize th of July November 1 1 Miles From Detroit March Page -

9 1 In the Shade May 1 Abelard and Heloise March/April 1 The Adding Machine January 1 1 Ah, Wilderness May 1 Ain't Misbehaving March/April 1 The All Night Strut February 1 Amadeus April 1 1 Androcles and the Lion October/November 1 Angels in America March/April 1 Angel Strut July 1 Anne of a Thousand Days July 1 Antigone April Anyone Can Whistle February/April Arms and the Moon July - Page -

10 Arms and the Moon (image) July As Bees in Honey Brown March As You Desire Me February 1 As You Like It November Awake and Sing July Barefoot in the Dark March The Basement Meditations on Human Sacrifice March Bedroom Farce June The Best Christmas Pageant Ever December The Big Friendly Giant December Black American Dream March/April Biloxi Blues October Blithe Spirit July Blues from Mister Charlie December - Page -

11 Born Yesterday July The Boyfriend October/November Boys Life May The Boys Next Door February Brighton Beach Memoirs September Brighton Beach Memoirs February Broadway Band November Caesar and Cleopatra February Candida October/November Cat on a Hot Tin Roof July A Childs Garden Verses May A Christmas Carol December Closer than Ever March 1 Cock A Doodle Dandy January - Page -

12 Cock A Doodle Doo (image) Company March Crimes of the Heart November The Crucible November Da July Dames at Sea February 1 Dames at Sea December Das Borbecu June The Death of Lukasey (image) March 1 Desire Under the Elms (image) 1 Detective Story November The Devils Disciple April The Diaries of Adam and Eve Don Quixote of La Mancha April - Page 1 -

13 Doubt a Parable Electra October The Elephant Man June Elizabeth the Queen October 10 Excuse Me While I Adjust My Bra Strap April 1 The Exonerated March Falsettos November 1 The Fantasticks June Finians Rainbow February 1 The Flies March The Fox February 00 The Ghost of Mr. Penny December 1 Ghost of the River House December Gifts of the Magi December - Page 1 -

14 The Glass Menagerie November/December The Glass Menagerie May 1 Go Dog Go The Good Doctor October 1 Gunmetal Blues Guys and Dolls November 1 Guys and Dolls May Gypsy October The Happy Time July Hedda Gabler January 1 The Heiress July Here Comes Gosling Hootzen (image) The House of Bernarda Alba January - Page 1 -

15 House of Blue Leaves April House of Blue Leaves March The House of the August Moon (image) October Hurley Burley 10 Hurley Burley (image) October I Ought To Be In Pictures I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking it On the Road January The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria Infection Nonsense October In the Blood January Into the Woods June/May An Italian Straw Hat October I Was Sitting On My Patio This Guy Appeared I Thought I Was Hallucinating April Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat October 00 - Page 1 -

16 Juno and the Paycheck July Last Sweet Days of Isaac April Liliom May 1 Lincoln Park Zoo June The Lion in the Winter (image) February 1 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe March 1 & 1, 01 Long Days Journey Into the Night July Look Homeward, Angel May Look Homeward, Angel March Love For Love March The Mad Women of Challot March 1 Malcolm X January The Man Who Came to Dinner 1 Many Moons March - Page 1 -

17 Marat Sade April Master Builder 1 Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Night's Dream March The Miracle Worker November The Miser February A Moon for the Misbegotten July/August A Moon for the Misbegotten February/March My Sister, Eileen October The National Health December 1 The Night of the Iguana February 1 No Place to Be Somebody Oedipus the King February Of Thee I Sing - Page 1 -

18 Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad June 1 Oklahoma May Old Times March Oliver October On the Verge Othello Our Town February/March Pajama Game Pantomime ' October The Physigists January Pick Pocket Burlesque Pippi Longstocking Pippin October Prelude to a Kiss June 1 - Page 1 -

19 The Prisoner of Second Arc June Private Lives July 1 The Provoked Wife P. George Bird Artwork Rain July A Raisin in the Sun February 1 Ring Round the Room February Robber Bridegroom June Romeo and Juliet April Romeo and Juliet October The Royal Hunt of the Sun May/June The Shadow Box April 1 Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery March She Stoops to Conquer (image) 1 - Page 1 -

20 She Stoops to Conquer (image) October 1 She Stoops to Conquer July The Skin of Our Teeth March Slow Dance on the Killing Ground March Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs November South Pacific June A Streetcar Named Desire July Striking 1 November 01 Summer & Smoke The Sunshine Boys May The Teahouse November The Tempest May The Tempest (image) Ten Little Indians Page 0 -

21 Theresa Reaver Artwork November, 1 A Thousand Clowns May/June The Three Cuckolps October/November The Threeperson Opera February 1 The Thurber Carnival July Tintypes September 1 Tintypes (image) September 1 The Tolstoy Story Play June Tom Sawyer (image) 1 The Torch Bearers May The Trial of Tom Sawyer February The Trial of Tom Sawyer December The Trial of Tom Sawyer April To Kill a Mockingbird 1 - Page 1 -

22 Tuscakoosa's Calling Me...But I'm Not Going November 1 Twelfth Night February Twelfth Night October Ubu Roi January Uncle Walt Vanities October 10 Video Games September Voodoo MacBeth February The Waltz of the Toreadors July What the Butler Saw June White as Snow, Red as Blood November Wings April 1 The Winter's Tale March/April Winterthing April - Page -

23 One Act & Lab Bills Winterthing April A Woman Called Truth The Wonderful Wizard of Oz December The World Goes Round June Wuthering Heights April The Yellow Boat March/April Young Abe Lincoln April You're the Nose on the Great Durante October One Act & Lab Bills Oversize Dido & Areneas and Pyramus & Thisbe May - 1 One Act Festival March -, 01 1 Three One Acts November 1 1 Three One-Act Plays November Page -

24 Special Events Three One Act Plays November 10 1 Three One Act Plays October 1-1 Three One Act Plays October/November 1 Special Events Oversize Ayu's First Annual Farewell Concert 1 Bicentennial Spring Eastern Theatre Development, Build Something September, 1 1 Eastern Theatre Development, Do Something Dirty September 1 Guest Artist Seminar Series 10 1 Quirk Turns 0 and We're Celebrating Theatre Season Oversize Page -

25 Theatre Season EMU Theatre Mainstage Series A Spring Festival of Comedy May/June 1 1 A Spring Festival of Comedy & Music June 1 Winter Festival of Entertainment January 1-, 1 Box Folder Postcards Page -

26 Theatre Season Website material Photographs and Memorabilia Page -