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Theater

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Dramatics ; Histrionics ; Professional theater ; Stage ; Theatre

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Children's theatre, October 1959

 Item — Case 2, Carton: 12
Identifier: 019.02.12.01
Scope and Contents

Depicts several children sitting on stage in costume. Many of their costumes involve a head covering. In the audience, Alice Onque watches on.

Dates: October 1959

Fool for Love, circa 1985

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 013.01.01.6
Scope and Contents

Professional black and white portrait depicting four actors, three men and one woman, dressed in cowboy/entertainer costumes, on set.

Dates: circa 1985

Jelly Belly Don't Mess with Nobody, April 1986

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 013.01.01.14
Scope and Contents

Black and white photo of four actors on a stage. Three of the actors are gathered around one who is counting money. The following is a typed caption for the image:

Marion McClinton (lower left), Abdul Razzac (standing), Latifu, and Walter Pridgen in a scene from Charles Smith's prizewinning Jelly Belly Don't Mess With Nobody, closing April 27 with performances at Penumbra Theater, 8 p.m. Thursday thru Sunday.

Dates: April 1986

List-in II: A Shade of Black, 1972

 Item — Box 11, Folder: 6
Identifier: 001.11.06.6
Scope and Contents

Blue flyer from HQB Cultural Arts department. Program includes the following performers:

Michael Bailey and Alan Cogshell; Robert McLain; Renee Sickman and Margaret Dolan; Michael Bailey and Roberta Davis; and Mount Olivet Choir.

Dates: 1972

Selma, circa 1985

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 013.01.01.9
Scope and Contents

Black and white photo of 10 adults and one child actor, standing side-by-side in costume, linking arms.

Dates: circa 1985

Series VI: Penumbra Theater Company

 Series
Scope and Contents

This series contains slides which center on plays produced by Penumbra Theatre Company.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1965 - 1980; 1955 - 1996

Soldiers in the field, circa 1985

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 013.01.01.6
Scope and Contents

Black and white portrait depicting four actors dressed in military uniforms, posing for a photo in a wooded area, in-character.

Dates: circa 1985

Split Second, circa 1985

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 013.01.01.11
Scope and Contents

Black and white photo of a white man grasping at a chain-link fence while another man stands behind him, holding him up.

Dates: circa 1985

To Hardy Wright, Summer 1986

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 013.01.02.06
Scope and Contents

Yellow postcard flyer addressed to Hardy Wright, advertising Songhai, a play-production by Penumbra Theater Co.

Dates: Summer 1986

"Unlikely Comedy: 'Some of My Best Friends Are'", April 10, 1966

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: 014.01.15.1a
Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper article reads as follows: Some of My Best Friends Are, an original musical comedy, will be presented Friday, Saturday, and Sunday by the fledgling Hallie Q. Brown Little Theater company. The play was written by a young composer, Bob Williams, who is also a guidance counselor for the Minneapolis public school system. [Mary Ann Grossmann] met Williams and the enthusiatic little theater group last week when they gathered for a meeting and rehearsal...
Dates: April 10, 1966