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Chocolate Bayou Theater Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-026
Scope and Contents The Chocolate Bayou Theater Company Collection consists of 3 boxes of materials dating from 1979-1988. The collection is divided into two series: Administrative Papers and Productions.
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

Infernal Bridegroom Productions and The Catastrophic Theatre Records

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Identifier: 2017-013
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials documenting productions presented by Infernal Bridegroom Productions during their operations from 1993 to 2007 and those of Catastrophic Theatre from its founding in 2007. These materials consist of production notes, playbills, postcards, scripts, photographs, posters, news clippings, and press relating to these productions. Additionally, there is a small series of documents relating to the company as a whole, including press, gala invitations, and...
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

Willis Knapp Jones Latin American Theatre Programs

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Identifier: 2007-017
Scope and Contents This collection contains theatre programs from 1939-1961.
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

Jose Quintero Papers

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Identifier: 1998-009
Scope and Contents The Jose Quintero Papers consist largely of materials related to Quintero's directing and teaching, supplemented by professional and personal correspondence, manuscripts, and other theater memorabilia. The papers are arranged in five series: Theater Papers, 1950-1996 (6 boxes), Correspondence, 1949-1999 (2 boxes), Works, (1 box), Career (1 box), and Posters.The papers arrived at University of Houston Special Collections directly from Jose Quintero and Nicholas Tsacrios. They were...
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

H. David Kaplan Performing Arts Collection

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Identifier: 1986-001
Scope and Contents The H. David Kaplan Performing Arts Collection contains correspondence, publicity photographs, photographs taken by Kaplan, programs, various arts publications, autographs, and miscellaneous items such as ticket stubs and clippings. There are more than 1,000 color 35mm slides taken by Kaplan of opera performances and rehearsals by the Houston Grand Opera. Additional oversized collages, posters, showcards, and artwork, along with several framed items, are housed separately. A large part of the...
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

Sylvan Karchmer Papers

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Identifier: 1983-001
Scope and Contents The collection is organized into four series: I. Correspondence, 1933-1985 (1.5 boxes), II. Works - Short Stories, 1940-1982 (4 boxes), III. Works - Plays, 1953-1977 (2 boxes), and IV. Career and Personal (1 box). The Correspondence series consists mainly of outgoing letters written to Miss Gladys Moore, a lifelong friend and correspondent. The two Works series include published and unpublished drafts. Career and Personal series includes book reviews by Karchmer, clippings, play production...
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

Main Street Theater Records

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Identifier: 2011-004
Scope and Contents This collection contains programs, playbills, fliers, photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, reviews, and other memorabilia from Main Street Theater productions, along with materials relating to the theater’s educational programs, administrative records, and financial records. The collection is divided into eight series: Productions, Publicity/Press, Board of Directors and Committees, Development, Finances, Facilities, and Houston Arts Organizations. This collection was processed...
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

Professor Ruth Pennybacker Papers

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Identifier: 1969-044
Scope and Contents The Ruth Pennybacker Collection consists of the teaching aids she used in class, photocopies of plays, news clippings, and programmes. Included in the collection is a scrapbook crafted in 1967 by her students, colleagues, and friends as a tribute to Miss Pennybacker.
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

Charles and Suzanne Riepe Theater Program Collection

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Identifier: 2016-010
Scope and Contents This collection contains a series of programs and playbills from various theaters, symphonies, operas and orchestras gathered by Charles and Suzanne Riepe from 1965 and 2015 . While the bulk of the collection is from the Houston area, other states and countries are represented.
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

Nina Vance Alley Theatre Papers

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Identifier: 2000-004
Scope and Contents The Nina Vance Alley Theatre Papers document Nina Vance's career developing and directing the Alley Theatre and also contains personal items from her life. The collection is divided into three series: Personal Papers, Correspondence, and Alley Theatre Papers. The collection includes correspondence, production materials, scripts, programs, sound recordings, clippings, speeches, scrapbooks, date books, and miscellaneous items such as receipts and ephemera.
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

Robert Weinberger Theatre Playbills Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-001
Scope and Contents The collection contains drama, dance, opera, and symphony programs from performances given in North America and Europe. The programs are arranged chronologically from 1947 to 2001 and are housed in sixty-three binders. Ticket stubs and review clippings are attached to most of the programs with a few bearing autographs.
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

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