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Alice B. Theatre records, approximately 1980-1995

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Alice B. Theatre (Seattle, Wash.)
Title
Alice B. Theatre records
Dates
approximately 1980-1995 (inclusive)
Quantity
36.69 cubic feet (43 boxes including 89 sound cassettes, 4 sound tape reels, 51 videocassettes, 16 photographs, 1 hanging object, and around 1300 slides)
Collection Number
4199
Summary
Records of a Seattle gay and lesbian theater
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.

Request at UW

Languages
English
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Historical Note

When the Alice B. Theatre was founded in 1984, it became Seattle’s first theater ensemble focused solely on work by gay and lesbian playwrights. The company would go on to produce radical and high-camp material, while also employing a mix of styles to make the seasons accessible to all theatergoers. Alice B. Theatre never owned a theater facility but produced full seasons of diverse programming at both the Broadway Performance Hall and at Theatre Off Jackson. The Alice B. Theatre was disbanded in the spring of 1996 and briefly reorganized under the title Alice B. Arts, but the company ceased operations fully in 1997.

The Hidden History project was a nine month collaboration between director Patricia Van Kirk and playwright Drew Emery. Volunteers interviewed over forty Seattle gays and lesbians older than fifty and other volunteers transcribed the tapes. Five of the interviews were used for the hour-long play "Hidden History: True Stories from Seattle's Gay and Lesbian Elders," presented in Seattle, June 10-21, 1992.

Source: https://www.seattleu.edu/artsecosystem/organizations/alice-b-theatre/

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Content Description

Oral history tapes, transcripts, and logs recorded by the Hidden History project, playscripts, script evaluations, card file, Board of Directors minutes, historical/biographical features, policy statements, prompt books, financial records, production records, development and fundraising files, donor records, publicity, sound recordings, programs, correspondence, props and other related files. Also includes videocassettes, sound cassettes, slides, proofs, photographs. Sound recordings, moving and still images document the productions of the Alice B. Theatre. Also includes Minutes and related records from Tamara Turner's association with Alice B. Theatre, mainly as a Board member and secretary.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Any user wishing to produce one of these plays is expected to contact the playwright or the Dramatists' Guild in New York City.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 9 accessions.

  • Accession No. 4199-001, Alice B. Theatre records, 1991-1992
  • Accession No. 4199-002, Alice B. Theatre playscripts, circa 1980-1992
  • Accession No. 4199-003, Alice B. Theatre records, 1989-1993
  • Accession No. 4199-004, Alice B Theatre scripts, 1986-1994
  • Accession No. 4199-005, Alice B. Theatre records, 1985-1995
  • Accession No. 4199-006, Alice B. Theatre records, 1987-1991
  • Accession No. 4199-007, Alice B. Theatre records, 1994
  • Accession No. 4199-008, Alice B. Theatre records, 1994-1995
  • Accession No. 4199-009, Alice B. Theatre records, undated

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Gay theater
  • Lesbian theater
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Theatrical companies--Washington (State)--Seattle

Personal Names

  • Abrams, Doreen
  • Bisson, Carl-Louis
  • Blair, Stephen R. (Stephen Richard), 1917-1997
  • Blanes, Nola
  • Carter, Robert L
  • Emery, Drew
  • Enders, John W
  • Engel, Kay
  • Faucher, Vertie
  • Glover, Ellsworth William
  • Holifield, Karl Lewis
  • Hunt, Glen
  • Joiner, Allie
  • King, Margaret
  • Kosbab, Richard F
  • Lyons, Jean
  • McKay, Malcolm
  • McPherron, Robert
  • Morgan, Bobby
  • Paulson, Don
  • Rencken, Joan
  • Riopelle, Robert A
  • Rule, William F
  • Styles, Hurdie C
  • Van Kirk, Patricia

Corporate Names

  • Alice B. Theatre (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • Alice B. Theatre Oral History Project--Archives (creator)
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