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1 Overview of the Collection Title Theatre Records Dates (inclusive) Quantity 0 cubic feet approximate 2870 items, ( 3 linear feet), ( 3 containers) Collection Number Archives 105 Summary In addition to productions performed for a given year, folders may contain such things as: programs, ticket/attendance records, photographs, scenic design, rehearsal schedules, and correspondence. Repository Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Terrell Library Suite 12 Pullman WA Telephone: mascref@wsu.edu Access Restrictions The Collection is open for research use. Languages Sponsor English Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Historical Note The Department of Speech of Washington State University, established in 1923, has produced numerous plays since 1925 as a function of that department. Maynard Lee Daggy headed the Speech Department from its inception in 1923 until 1946 and directed many of the earlier productions. Departmental theatrical finances, publicity, and publications were the responsibility of the University Theatre office located in Bryan Hall. In the early 1970s a new site for University Theatre productions and the Department of Speech was constructed and subsequently named Daggy Hall. In addition to regular theatre productions, special production units including Children's Theatre, Stage II Productions, Final Stage, The Black Ensemble, and Pullman's New Summer Palace have been active. Most of these appear to have been sporadic, were occasionally short lived, and can be subsumed under the regular theatre series. However, the Summer Palace series is a continuing and consistent popular success. Administrative Information Arrangement The records of the University Theatre are divided into two separate series: University Theatre Productions, ; and the New Summer Palace Productions, Series I consists of 1

2 regular University Theatre productions from January of 1965 through December of 1978, and includes those plays produced by all of the special production units except for Summer Palace. Pullman's New Summer Palace Productions, summer of 1969 through summer of 1978, comprise Series II. Both series are arranged chronologically by date of production, retaining (for the most part) their original order. Each acid-free folder is labeled with the folder number, production name/date, or other heading (publicity, attendence records, etc.) as appropriate. A folder containing undated and/or unreferenced material has been placed at the begining of each series. Other folders containing non-show specific material or information also precede the actual production folders in each series. Folders may contain such things as: programs, ticket/attendance records, photographs, scenic design, rehearsal schedules, and correspondence. Representation of these item catagories is widely varied in any given folder. Some play productions may be missing and neither series should be considered complete. Acquisition Information University Theatre records were transferred to the University Archives, Washington State University, by the theatre office in June 1981, in accordance with the approved records schedule (UA 81-16). Five folders of materials (163.1, , 174.1, and 179.1) were added to the collection in Processing Note The records of the University Theatre were processed from December 1982 through February 1983 by Marshall D. Pittenger. Related Materials Additional records of the Theatre Department can be found in Archives 42 ( ), Archives 209 ( ), Archives 251 ( ), and Archives 308 ( ). The Archives also holds separate collections of Theatre posters, photographs, and audio/visual materials. Detailed Description of the Collection I: University Theatre Productions, Box Folder 1 1 Undated, unreferenced, etc. 1s 1 2 University Theatre: budget summaries 50 items 1 3 Greensleeves Magic n.d Jan Dracula Oct

3 1 5 Mr. Roberts 1 6 The Christmas Nightingale 24 items 1 7 Afoot and Lighthearted 1 8 Servant of Two Masters 1 9 Anna Christie 1 10 Teahouse of the August Moon 4 items 1 11 The year 1 12 Many Moons (Studio Theatre) 1 13 East Lynne (Palace Revival) 1 14 Outward Bound 1 15 Slow Dance on the Killing Ground 1 16 Guys and Dolls 1 17 The Caretaker Ring Around the Moon 27 items Nov Dec Feb March 1966 March 1966 April/May Sept Oct Nov Dec Feb May The year

4 4 items 1 20 Malcolm 1 21 L'il Abner Christmas package 7 items 1 23 Much Ado About Nothing 14 items 1 24 Oedipus Rex 3 items 1 25 The Contrast 1 26 The year 4 items 1 27 Commedians 7 items 1 28 Escurial and Act Without Words 9 items 1 29 Gammer Gurton's Needle 1s 1 30 Christmas package 0 items 1 31 Silent Night, Lonely Night 9 items One-acts. Hughie; The Hungerers; Sandbox 1 33 Long Day's Journey Into Night (1of2) 13 items Nov Dec Dec Feb./March 1968 March 1968 May Nov Nov Dec Jan Feb./March Long Day's Journey Into Night (2of2) Feb./March

5 1 35 The Chalk Garden (Community Theatre) 1 36 Little Mary Sunshine 1s 1 37 The Philadelphia Story 1 38 The Fantasticks 1 39 The year 1 40 Under the Gaslight (Palace Revival) 2 items 1 41 Black Comedy In the Shade 50 items 1 43 Christmas package 1 44 Androcles and the Lion by Kopit 13 items 1 46 A Taste of Honey 9 items 1 47 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 23 items 1 48 A Moon for Misbegotten (Studio Series) March(?) 1969 March 1969 May 1969 May Oct Nov Dec Jan Jan Feb./March 1970 March 1970 April The Good Women of Setzuan May

6 1 50 Our Empire Standing Up 2 items 1 51 Come Summer 1 52 The year 1 53 Callboard 50 items 1 54 Orphans and Shaughraun (Palace Revivals), Fall 1 55 Lovers (Final Stage) 3 items 1 56 Tartuffe 1 57 Tom Paine 40 items 1 58 Christmas package 2 items 1 59 Summertree 7 items 1 60 Reynard the Fox 3 items 1 61 (The) Andersonville Trial 1 62 The Queen and the Rebels 1 63 The Importance of Being Earnest May 1970 May Oct Oct./Nov Nov Dec Dec Jan Feb March 1971 April/May Land of the Dragon May

7 19 items 1 65 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 4 items 1 66 Next Time I'll Sing For You 1 67 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Plaza Suite You're a Good Man Charlie Brown The Hobbit 1s 1 71 Hedda Gabler Scuba Duba 14 items 1 73 Box office 40 items 1 74 Peg O' My Heart 7 items 1 75 Summer and Smoke 9 items 1 76 A Midsummer Night's Dream 43 items 2 77 Ice Wolf 2 78 Dirty Old Man Calm Down Mother 19 items May 1971 Nov Dec Jan Feb March 1972 May 1972 May Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb The Rivals March

8 13 items 2 80 Endgame 2 81 The Tavern 2 82 Joe Egg 2 83 Quartet 2 84 Box office 4 items 2 85 Ah, Wilderness 2 86 H.M.S. Pinafore (Palace Revival) 2 87 Our Town 9 items 2 88 ACTF/NWDC Stop the World I Want To Get Off The Bacchae 13 items 2 91 Peter Pan Exit the King (Final Stage) 4 items 2 93 The Boys in the Band 1 April 1973 May 1973 May 1973 May Nov Nov Dec Feb Feb March 1974 May 1974 May 1974 May For My People (The Black Ensemble) Oct./Nov

9 2 95 The Philanthropist 14 items 2 96 Godspell 7 items 2 97 Winnie-the-Pooh 2 98 The Little Foxes 2 99 Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (The Black Ensemble) 19 items A Delicate Balance 1s The Imaginary Invalid 34 items I Never Sang For My Father We Have Always Lived In the Castle (Palace Revival) 7 items The Boy Friend 7 items Story Theatre Purlie Victorious (The Black Ensemble) 47 items Tingalary Bird A Thurber Carnival 2 Nov Dec Jan Feb./March 1975 March 1975 April 1975 May 1975 May 1975 Oct Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb The House of Bernarda Alba March

10 Trouble In Mind 13 items Hot L Baltimore The Ballad of Baby Doe Cat On A Hot Tin Roof 3 items University Theatre publicity A Portrait In Trilogy (Stage II) 2 items Fiddler on the Roof (Palace Revival) 33 items The House of Blue Leaves 22 items The Iceman Cometh 24 items An Evening of One-acts (Stage II) Paperwork and information: American College Theatre Festival, Portland, Oregon Trudi and the Minstrel 24 items Born Yesterday (Stage II) 19 items Scapino 1 April 1976 April/May 1976 April/May 1976 May Oct Nov Dec Dec Jan 1977 Jan Feb March

11 2 124 Woyzeck (Stage II) Oklahoma! Scrap of Paper (Stage II) 40 items And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little (Stage II) A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum 1s The Public Eye and The Private Ear A Doll's House 2s Light Up the Sky. 22 items The Frog Prince (Stage II) The Architect Emperor of Assyria 9 items Vanities (Stage II) 32 items MacBeth 44 items A Shot In the Dark (Stage II) 3s Picnic 19 items Cosi Fan Tutti 1 April 1977 April/May 1977 May 1977 May 1977 Sept./Oct Oct Nov Dec Dec Jan Feb March 1978 April 1978 April/May 1978 April/May

12 3 139 Equus (Stage II) Man of La Mancha (Palace Revival) Two by the Bard (Palace Revival) Arms and the Man 33 items Tobacco Road 37 items May 1978 Oct Oct Nov Dec II: Pullman's New Summer Palace productions;, Subject File Box Folder Summer Palace, undated/unreferenced Attendance records from past years 3s n.d Theatre (Summer Palace) promotion General information, history, concepts... 3 items Casting and program information 39 items Material concerning "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Promotion, dramacard, season 9 items 12

13 th century readings th century acting-manuals, methods Scenic (ideas, drawings, etc.) 1s Make-up Music Production File Box Folder Caste, no date 3 items Gen'l 2 items Variety Show photos Under the Gaslight 29 items Gen'l 3 items Horizon The Old Homestead Ticket-of-Leave-Man 2 items July-Aug

14 Our American Cousin / My Partner Camille The Rivals July Box and Cox / Trial By Jury Season programs and materials Correspondence, current year Publicity 13 items The Bells Charley's Aunt H.M.S. Pinafore The Front Page The Man Who Came To Dinner Under the Gaslight 40 items Peg O' My Heart July-Aug June-Aug July-Aug June-Aug Pirates of Penzance I Remember Mama 1 July-Aug

15 3 176 We Have Always Lived In the Castle The Boy Friend 22 items The Fantasticks The Time of Your Life 19 items July-Aug July-Aug July-Aug July-Aug Season programs and materials Bad Seed Spoon River Anthology 27 items Life With Father 20 items Godspell Fiddler on the Roof The Mikado The Barretts of Wimpole Street Blithe Spirit Arsenic and Old Lace A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 20 items July-Aug July-Aug July-Aug July-Aug July-Aug July-Aug July-Aug July-Aug July-Aug June-Aug

16 3 190 Our Town H.M.S. Pinafore 20 items Man of La Mancha 19 items June, Aug Aug June-July 1978 Names and Subjects Subject Terms : College and school drama, American--Washington (State)--Pullman--Archives Corporate Names : Washington State University. Dept. of Speech. University Theatre. Washington State University. University Theatre. Summer Palace Productions. Washington State University. University Theatre. Summer Palace--Records and correspondence Washington State University. University Theatre--Archives Washington State University. University Theatre--Records and correspondence Finding aid prepared by Mashall D. Pittenger This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: