Bathhouse Theatre records, 1971-1998

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Bathhouse Theatre (Seattle, Wash.)
Title
Bathhouse Theatre records
Dates
1971-1998 (inclusive)
Quantity
45.35 cubic feet (38 boxes and 1 OS)
Collection Number
4358
Summary
Programs, press releases, one publicity poster related to Seattle theatre, located in the former bathhouse adjacent to Green Lake
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

Accessions 4358-001, -002, -004, and -005 are open to all users. Accession 4385-003: Access restricted. For terms of access, contanct repository.

Request at UW

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

A Seattle theatre company founded in 1980 when Arne Zaslove moved the Floating Theatre Company into the former bathhouse in Green Lake Park and changed the company's name to Bathhouse Theatre. Notable productions include holiday performances and versions of Shakespeare's plays set to modern music. The company ceased operations in 1999.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Programs, press releases, posters, play scripts, videotapes, correspondence, publicity materials, education materials, annual reports, budgets, photographs, development files, board minutes, floor plans for productions, clippings, press kits, administrative files, marketing files, planning files, set designs, publicity, resumes, budget files, contact sheets,subject files, and literary study guides.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Accessions 4358-001, -002, and -003: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries. Accession 4358-004: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries. Accession 4385-005: Some restrictions exist on copying, quotation or publication. Contact Repository for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in 5 accessions:

  • Accession no. 4358-001, Bathhouse Theatre records, 1971-1973
  • Accession no. 4358-002, Bathhouse Theatre records, 1990-1993
  • Accession no. 4358-003, Bathhouse Theatre records, 1986-1998
  • Accession no. 4358-004, Bathhouse Theatre records, 1978-1998
  • Accession no. 4358-005, Bathhouse Theatre records, 1986-1998

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 4358-001: Bathhouse Theatre records, 1971-1973Return to Top

0.35 cubic feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder)

Scope and Content: Programs, press releases, one publicity poster; ca. 1971-1973. Poster is for a Bathhouse production of "Herringbone".

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Acquisition Info: Donor: Terry Healy, Public Relations Director, December 13, 1991.

Accession No. 4358-002: Bathhouse Theatre records, 1990-1993Return to Top

1 cubic foot (1 box)

Scope and Content: Play scripts from the Bathhouse Theatre's literary library; ca. 1990-1993. Some are by Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. playwrights. Also includes one videotape cassette of a play.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Acquisition Info: Donated by the UW Drama Library, August 25, 1994.

Container(s) Description Dates
Series 1: Scripts
Box Accession
1 4358-002
Angel, Leonard - The Misanthrope
1992 January 01
1 4358-002
Angel, Leonard - Painting Faces
1992 September 04
1 4358-002
Antonov, Oleg - Egorushka
1990 July
1 4358-002
Arrow, David and Danielsen, Carl - At the Cabaret Chat Noir
1992 April 08
1 4358-002
Belville, Lance S. and Ellis, Dolan - Cowgirls
approximately 1989
1 4358-002
Bierman, James - The Fabulous Life and Death Adventures of Don Juan Tenorio
1984
1 4358-002
Bierman, James - The School for Fiance(e)s
1990
1 4358-002
Bottrell, David and Jones, Jessie - Dearly Departed
approximately 1991
1 4358-002
Crowther, John - Affective Memories
1993
1 4358-002
Esposito, Christopher - Aleria Bishop
undated
1 4358-002
Futterman, Don - How to Build Utopia
1991 September 19
1 4358-002
Hardin, Herschel - The New World Order
1992
1 4358-002
Henry, Stan and Harris, Michael - Hibiscus
approximately 1990
1 4358-002
Holberg, Ludvig - Erasmus Montanus Or Rasmus Berg
approximately 1990
1 4358-002
Homan, Richard L. - Someone Missing
undated
1 4358-002
Jeffries, Stephen - Hard Times
undated
1 4358-002
Krieger, Nancy - Queen of the Bolsheviks
approximately 1982
1 4358-002
Librandi, Geraldine - Emma
undated
1 4358-002
Martin, Jennifer & Mildener, Leslie - Red Channels
1987
1 4358-002
May, Frederick D. - Laundromat
undated
1 4358-002
Mildener, Leslie - Last Watch
1991 October 31
1 4358-002
Moses, Carolyn - Judas (synopsis and sample)
1994
1 4358-002
Mossman, Tam - Paradise Lost
1990
1 4358-002
Sackett, Pamela - Crazy in the Mainstream
approximately 1990
1 4358-002
Sobol, Joshua - Soul of a Jew: Otto Weininger's Last Night
1989
1 4358-002
Walton, Michael Andrew - Leonardo Da Vinci and the Possibility of Human Flight
1993 April
1 4358-002
Weitzner, Kobi - Karpilevski or What is To Be Done With Him?
approximately 1990
1 4358-002
Weitzner, Kobi - Will You Marry Me? Videocassette
1991 October
1 4358-002
Yayih, Germa - Yellowman in New York
undated
1 4358-002
Anonymous - The Pointer (fragment)
undated
Series 2: Promotional Packet
Box Accession
1 4358-002
Brew posters, photos, reviews
1983
Series 3: Report
Box Accession
1 4358-002
Imagine the Difference: Building to Save Our Children - paper for the National Conference, March 1993, hosted by the Living Stage
1993 March

Accession No. 4358-003: Bathhouse Theatre records, 1986-1998Return to Top

33 cubic feet (25 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, publicity materials, education materials, annual reports, budgets, photographs, development files, Board minutes, floorplans for productions, and related records, almost entirely from the later period when the Artistic Director was Arne Zaslove; bulk 1986-1998.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted. For terms of access, contact repository.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Acquisition Info: Source: unknown

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 4358-003
Burke Clippings
1 4358-003
Programs
1 4358-003
Photographs of Bathhouse Theatre
1 4358-003
Publicity including snapshots
1 4358-003
Board of Directors Annual Reports and Bylaws
2 4358-003
Production Notebooks
2 4358-003
Scripts - mostly xeroxed for notation
2 4358-003
Scripts - some with lines marked out
2 4358-003
Scores
3 4358-003
Board of Directors - Monthly Lists
Mid 1990s
3 4358-003
Board of Directors - Agenda and Minutes
1996-1998
3 4358-003
Board of Directors - Candidates for the Board
3 4358-003
Cast Contact Sheets
1994-1995
3 4358-003
Volunteer Manual
3 4358-003
History
3 4358-003
Miscellaneous Statements
3 4358-003
Brew Fest
1998
3 4358-003
Financial Records
1998-1999
3 4358-003
Public Relations
3 4358-003
Advertising
4-5 4358-003
Managing Director
5 4358-003
Miscellaneous Development
6 4358-003
Managing Director's Office
6 4358-003
Miscellaneous including development - Corporate and Corporate Council for the Arts
approximately 1989-1998
7 4358-003
Managing Director
7 4358-003
Development, especially Corporate Contributions
7 4358-003
Audience Surveys
7 4358-003
Financial Records
8-9 4358-003
Education Director - Program Files, Study Guides, Teacher/Student Evaluations, Literacy
1985-1990s
10-11 4358-003
Publicity
12 4358-003
Marketing - Miscellaneous Series
12 4358-003
Marketing - Big Broadcast
12 4358-003
Marketing - Reports
12 4358-003
Marketing - Financial Records
12 4358-003
Marketing - Miscellaneous Production Files
13 4358-003
Miscellaneous Marketing
Early 1990s
14 4358-003
Marketing - Objects: Cups and T-shirts
14-15 4358-003
Development
16-17 4358-003
Sound Recordings
18 4358-003
Sound Recordings, mainly open reel; one film
19 4358-003
Videotapes
20-21 4358-003
Photographs
22 4358-003
Posters - Architect's Elevations by Mesher Shing & Associates for the Bathhouse Theatre Remodel
22 4358-003
Posters - Artwork and Materials used in printing posters
23-25 4358-003
Floorplans

Accession No. 4358-004: Bathhouse Theatre records, circa 1978-1998 (bulk circa 1981-1998)Return to Top

10.00 cubic feet (10 boxes)

Scope and Content: Programs, press releases and clippings, press kits. Also includes some administrative files, ca 1997-1998, some production photos, 1979, 1985, and some marketing files.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Acquisition Info: Donor: Arne Zaslove, July 17, 2001.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 4358-004
Marketing, Publicity (by Production), Administration, Fundraising, Minutes
1991, 1994, 1998
2 4358-004
Administration, Fundraising, Minutes, Production Photographs, Press Releases, and Miscellaneous
1979, 1981, 1996-1998
3 4358-004
Production Photographs, Press Releases, Programs, Clippings, Press Kits, and Miscellaneous
1979, 1981, 1984-1987
4 4358-004
Press Releases, Programs, Clippings, Press Kits
1986-1988, 1992, 1996-1997
5 4358-004
Press Releases, Programs, Flyers, Press Kits
1987-1990, 1992
6 4358-004
Press Releases, Programs, Flyers, Press Kits, Clippings, Miscellaneous
1982, 1987-1993
7 4358-004
Programs, Clippings, Miscellaneous
1992-1993
8 4358-004
Programs, Clippings, Publicity, Production Photographs, Clippings by Production
1978-1991, 1995
9 4358-004
Clippings by Production
1978-1991
10 4358-004
Clippings by Production
1991-1998

Accession No. 4358-005: Bathhouse Theatre records, 1986-1998Return to Top

1.00 cubic foot (1 box)

Scope and Content: Planning files, set designs, publicity, resumes, budget files, contact sheets, subject files, photographs, and literary study guides.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Some restrictions exist on copying, quotation or publication. Contact Repository for details.

Photographers retain copyright in their photos.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Arne Zaslove, September 1, 2001.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Theaters--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives

Personal Names

  • Zaslove, Arne

Corporate Names

  • Bathhouse Theatre (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives