Manuscripts

Student rosters and directories

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: Approximately 1935-1966
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.

Sample mailings, forms, and related

Manuscripts

Contains a binder also including student rosters and promotional materials, approximately 1934-1950.

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Form Records, 1942-1948

Manuscripts

Contains blank and sample forms including for rules, registration books, directors' assignments, office funds, and the like.

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Negatives: Various productions and related photographs

Manuscripts

Folder 1 contains negatives from productions including Autumn Leaves (1938), And So They Perish (undated), and unidentified productions, including ones labeled "Workshop" and and "Lab"; also included are negatives labeled "Barrie Festival book." Folders 2-3 contain images from a Third-Year student production of Mine Eyes Have Seen (1955) and unidentified student productions (possibly a pageant). Folders 4-5 contain negatives from unidentified productions, circa 1917-1925, and rehearsals, undated. Folder 6 contains negatives from various productions.

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Seniors, Postgraduate, Summer, others

Manuscripts

Includes programs for the Senior Players, 1942-1946; Postgraduate programs, 1936-1942; Summer Sessions (Recital Hall), 1930, 1934-1946; Recital Hall programs, including for Summer Sessions, Laboratory Theatre, Junior, and Senior Players (bound, 1943-1946); Technical Class, 1938-1939; Theater demonstration programs, 1935-1939; and visiting student productions, 1938, 1944.

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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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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.

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Student rosters and directories

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Admission Info and Tickets

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