Manuscripts

Articles of incorporation, bylaws, and organization

Description: Includes Historical and Organization Outline of the Pasadena Playhouse (1938) and specimen articles of incorporation and bylaws for Little Theater organizations; court rulings establishing the Playhouse as a non-profit, collegiate-grade institution (1945, 1950); and an undated copy of the Pasadena Playhouse Players' Manual.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1933-1950
Call number: mssPlayhouse
Creator: Pasadena Playhouse(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Pasadena Playhouse Alumni and Associates,; Additional gifts have been supplemented by former affiliates of the Playhouse over the years.

Padua Players, El Pablo Players, others

Manuscripts

Includes chronological list of plays performed at various venues, 1919-1941, including Workshop plays, Little Theatre in Padua Hills, Outside Productions, and Special Productions. Other venues include the Little Theatre of the Huntington Hotel and several high school stages. Contains several programs featuring the Junior Players, 1921-1922; programs featuring the Padua Players, 1933-1935; and the El Pablo Players, 1940-1941. Also includes Playhouse players presented by the U.S. military and other programs from tours. Additionally includes programs from the Padua Hills Theatre and from the Mexican Players, plus a few programs from other Gilmor Brown productions outside of the Playhouse, 1921-1922, 1924, and 1933.

mssPlayhouse

Image not available

Photographs

Manuscripts

Contains photograph depicting the laying of the cornerstone of the Community Playhouse of Pasadena, May 31, 1924. Also includes one broadside from the Los Angeles Sunday Times with photos from a Pasadena Community Players production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, staged at Brookside Park (undated); a painted poster providing the Pasadena Playhouse Late Winter Play Schedule, after 1942; and a handwritten broadside featuring verse honoring Gilmor Brown, approximately 1937.

mssPlayhouse

Image not available

Fairfax Walkup, others

Manuscripts

Contains Walkup's work on a production of the Oresteia (1961-1963) and on a television series (Impressions, 1965); her writings on the history of theater (Outline history of costume, 1928-1929, 1933) and the play, Jade Bracelet (1949); files documenting her work as a teacher at the Playhouse, including notes and a class grade book for a course on Manner and Customs; a press release regarding an outside teaching commitment; and topical files.

mssPlayhouse

Image not available

Articles, brochures, and fliers

Manuscripts

Contains articles from the publicity office, headed by Joan Caldwell; School of the Theater and College of Theatre Arts brochures, fliers, and other materials; brochures and fliers for other courses of study (high school teachers, evening extension classes); and Pasadena Theatre Academy brochures. Also includes two issues of Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatre Arts News (newsletter) and one issue of Playhouse News, Pasadena Playhouse School of the Theatre.

mssPlayhouse

Image not available

Alumni files

Manuscripts

Contains a few pages of a Players Directory (loose scrapbook pages); drawings and a memoir by Jack Chick; alumni directories; permissions to use photographs; booklets, clippings, lists, and article about alumni trained at Pasadena Playhouse; and photographs.

mssPlayhouse

Image not available

State Theatre Players and others

Manuscripts

Chiefly contains programs from plays featuring the State Theatre Players. Also includes materials reflecting the Playhouse's association with the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation and the Pasadena Playhouse at Catalina, as well as fliers and a coursebook from educational outreach efforts.

mssPlayhouse

Articles of incorporation, bylaws, and organization

Opening Hours

Admission Info and Tickets

You might also be interested in

Padua Players, El Pablo Players, others

Photographs

Fairfax Walkup, others

Articles, brochures, and fliers

Alumni files

State Theatre Players and others