Manuscripts

Events and Environs

Description: Includes photographs of special events, some identified, and various views of buildings and grounds, including exterior views dated approximately 1935-1945. Also includes prints of artists' renderings of the then-newly-constructed Playhouse by an unidentified artist, 1925, and a metal printing plate depicting the fountain.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1921-1956, undated
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.

Events and projects

Manuscripts

Includes Annual Drama Clinics; Cue Gardens; dance projects; Playhouse Day; special and holiday events; Showcases; College of Theatre Arts, Advanced extension project, 1954-1955; various student productions; Pasadena Playhouse College Repertory Company, and R.E.P. (Repertory Exists in Pasadena).

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Articles of incorporation, bylaws, and organization

Manuscripts

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.

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Production data and calendars of events

Manuscripts

Includes Pasadena Community Playhouse chronological list of productions from November 1917-July 1934; statistics regarding performers, 1938-1940; Pasadena Playhouse Association chronological list of productions from July 1934-circa 1937; activities records 1947-1952; and theater program data sheets from 1952-1953 and circa 1960. Also includes calendars of events dated 1950-1956, 1958-1963, and 1965-1968.

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Playhouse Scrapbook of Mrs. A. H. Palmer, approximately 1925

Manuscripts

Contains clippings, circa 1925, about all aspects of the newly-established Pasadena Community Playhouse, plus an undated list of Community Playhouse of Pasadena founders on front cover verso.

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Student rosters and directories

Manuscripts

Contains student rosters, directories, and class registration books, circa 1936-1941; 1945-1953, 1955, 1966, and undated (including undated "players in profile"). Also includes School of the Theatre student newsletter, 1935; one student letter to another student, 1951; a sample of student coursework (bibliography); and ephemera.

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Playhouse Playbill, Curtain Call

Manuscripts

Contains Playhouse Playbill: Programs, October 1937-August 1941; Mainstage playbills, 1940-1945, 1955; Curtain Call, programs and playbills, 1951-1963, undated; and assorted programs, 1960s.

mssPlayhouse

Events and Environs

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