University of Washington School of Drama records, 1912-2004

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, financial records, news releases, curriculum files, personnel files, publications, subject files, scripts, scrapbook, playbills and posters. Includes a script collection compiled by the Drama School. These are divided into the following categories: American Educational Theatre Association Manuscript Play Project; American Manuscripts; British Manuscripts; and a grouping called the "Sherman Collection."

Scope and Content: Newspaper clippings and scrapbook of clippings.

Scope and Content: Chiefly correspondence of Gregory Falls. Some correspondence of Donal Harrington.

Scope and Content: Correspondence of the School of Drama Chairman.

Scope and Content: Records of the Touring Theatre, 1947-1951; actor and actress photos, no date; Tryout Theatre, 1945-1951; plays from the collection of Barrett H. Clark, no date; miscellaneous announcements, programs, etc., 1930-1970; Showboat Theatre Twentieth Anniversary, 1958; miscellaneous blueprints, plans, drama class projects, etc., no date.

Scope and Content: Promptbooks.

Scope and Content: Programs and photographs (prints) of School of Drama productions. This accession includes many, but not all, of the productions from this period of time.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, subject series, committee files.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, reports, curriculum and planning files, subject files. Accession includes the administrative correspondence of Executive Directors of the Drama School during this period.

Scope and Content: Motion picture film, "Toward a Dramatic Performance", 1967. Film describes the services, activities, facilities, and personalities at the Drama School. It runs 27 min., 45 seconds.

Scope and Content: Masks (painted selastic) used in March 1985 production of Brecht's "The Good Person of Szechwan". This production was directed by Jack Sydow in Meany Hall. These masks are for the minor characters. The masks for the three or four lead characters were not transferred.

Scope and Content: Costume designs (watercolor drawings and fabric samples), no date. These renderings were done as a class project for Drama 105 (no date) by Les Green. Designed for a production of William Congreve's "Love for Love" and probably never used.

Scope and Content: Minutes, correspondence and reports.

Scope and Content: Photographs.

Scope and Content: History of the Penthouse Theater, 1983. This history was prepared by Candace Jean Kern, a UW student in the Masters of Art History program in 1983. It was edited by Susan Boyle in 1990 in preparation for the movement of the building to a new site.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, scholarship files, clippings, subject series, and faculty biographical files. M.E. (Betty) Comtois was Executive Director during this period.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, curriculum files, grant files, publications, quarterly planning files, reports, subject series.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, subject files, programs, photographs, production files, scrapbooks, posters.

Scope and Content: Scripts for plays and list of books used to start the Drama Library. All of the plays other than those authored by Glenn Hughes were produced in conjunction with Dr. Carr's playwriting class.

Scope and Content: Constitution and by-laws of Arena (Drama fraternity) and a touring announcement.

Scope and Content: Prompt books.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, handbook, brochure, budget files, annual reports, architectural drawings for the Laboratory Theatre.

Scope and Content: Floorplans, drawings, play scripts.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, gift files and other series.

Scope and Content: Correspondence between Professor Emeritus Marion E. Marts (Geography) and the School of Drama regarding the historical accuracy of an article in FOLIO.

Scope and Content: Executive Director's correspondence, faculty correspondence, search committee records, minutes, scholarship files, curriculum files, awards, calendars and subject files, documenting the administration of the Drama School. Betty Comtois (ca. 1984-6/30/89) and Barry Witham (7/1/89-6/30/94) served as directors of the School of Drama during most of the period.

Scope and Content: Scripts by local playwrights or UW Drama faculty which received a production or staged reading on campus, and scripts by UW Drama students performed by the School of Drama.

Scope and Content: Draft copies of play scripts by national and international playwrights, sent to Betty Comtois or the School of Drama by the playwrights' agents.

Scope and Content: Unpublished scripts by student playwrights. Playwrights were matriculated students in the University of Washington Drama School's MFA Playwriting Program.

Scope and Content: Administrative correspondence, executive director's correspondence, financial records, course change application records, faculty meeting minutes, subject files, flyers. Records document the school's administration during the period, particularly Sarah Nash Gates' tenure as executive director.

Scope and Content: Videotapes, primarily of a program on February 15, 1998 dedicating a commemorative plaque in the UW Playhouse Theatre to founders of the Seattle Repertory Playhouse, Florence and Burton James and Albert Ottenheimer, and then featuring recollections and comments by survivors of the 1948 anti-communist hearings in Seattle and their descendants. Former University of Washington President William B. Gerberding dedicated the plaque. Also includes excerpts of these events and a KCTS "Currents" program, February 1998.

Scope and Content: Floorplan of the stage set for "Absent Friends", undated.

Scope and Content: Bibliographies, research files.

Includes course reading lists for courses offered by the Drama School and reserve materials held by the Drama Library. Also includes clippings, photographs, notes, and additional materials related to John Ashby Conway's research on theatre architecture while serving as faculty in the Drama department.

Scope and Content: Prompt books including scripts, contact sheets, rehearsal schedules, costume and prop lists, publicity, and additional materials related to productions by the UW School of Drama. Also includes computer diskettes, audio cassettes, and open-reel recordings related to plays

Scope and Content: Programs of University of Washington School of Drama productions.

Scope and Content: Production files (includes programs, newspaper clippings and photographs).

Scope and Content: Production publicity and photographs, faculty meeting minutes, program review and accreditation documentation, facilities reports, and Director's correspondence from the University of Washington School of Drama.