Washington State University Theatre and Dance Records

Washington State University Theatre and Dance Records, 1980-2011

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Washington State University. School of Music and Theatre Arts
Title: Washington State University Theatre and Dance Records
Dates: 1980-2011 (inclusive)
19802011
Quantity: 2 Linear feet of shelf space, (2 Boxes)
Collection Number: Archives 308 (collection)
Summary: This collection consists of materials from plays and theatrical/dance productions produced by the Washington State University School of Music and Theatre Arts. It also contains materials related to a forthcoming school year, and printed news articles about the discontinuation of the Department of Theatre and Dance.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Department of Speech of Washington State University, established in 1923, has produced numerous plays since 1925 as a function of that department. Maynard Lee Daggy headed the Speech Department from its inception in 1923 until 1946 and directed many of the earlier productions. Departmental theatrical finances, publicity, and publications were the responsibility of the University Theatre office located in Bryan Hall. In the early 1970s a new site for University Theatre productions and the Department of Speech was constructed and subsequently named Daggy Hall. Circa 1988-1989, theatre was moved from Speech and joined with the Department of Music to create the School of Music and Theatre Arts. In 2008, Theatre Arts and Dance were separated from Music, and in May of 2011 the Department of Theatre and Dance closed as a result of budget cuts.

In addition to regular theatre productions, special production units including Children's Theatre, Stage II Productions, Final Stage, The Black Ensemble, Pullman's New Summer Palace, and Stage One have existed. With the exception of Summer Palace, most of these appear to have been sporadic, and were occasionally short lived.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of materials from plays and theatrical/dance productions produced by the Washington State University School of Music and Theatre Arts. It also contains materials related to a forthcoming school year, and printed news articles about the discontinuation of the Department of Theatre and Dance.

Each play or theatrical/dance production is given its own folder, and may contain some or all of the following: programs, posters, cast or production photographs, budgetary summaries, review clippings, production notes, and promotional materials. A few folders contain materials related not to a specific production but rather to a forthcoming school year and these are identified as "Season program" and located at the start of the appropriate school year. Similarly, the final folder in the collection is printed news articles about the discontinuation of the Department of Theatre and Dance.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Washington State University Theatre and Dance Records, 1980-2011 (Archives 308)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Materials in this collection are organized chronologically.

Acquisition Information

This collection was transferred to the Washington State University (WSU) Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) on May 10th, 2011 by Arwen Bloomsburg of WSU's Department of Theatre and Dance. The collection was received as accession UA2011-07. An additional box was tranferred on June 8th, 2011 and incorporated into this collection.

Processing Note

This collection was processed by University Archivist Mark O'English in May of 2011 and additional material by Library Masters student Katrina Burch in June of 2011.

Related Materials

State College of Washington Theatre Records, 1925-1965 (Archives 42)

Washington State University Theatre Records, 1965-1978 (Archives 105)

Washington State University Theatre Records, 1966-1981 (Archives 209)

Washington State University Theatre Records, 1979-1986 (Archives 251)

Washington State University Theatre and Dance Records, 1924-2011 (Archives 387)

Washington State University Publications: Theatre Posters, 1957-2011 (WSU 112)

Washington State University Theatre Slides, 1950-2001 (PC 146)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Theatre Production at WSU (pamphlets), undated
1	2	N.E.D.I.T./Up Stage/Undergraduate group, 1980-1981
1	3	Medieval Yuletide Feast, 12/22/1984
1	4	Publicity, 1985-1989
1	5	Budget Allocations, 1985-1990
1	6	Misc. Shows, 1986-1987
1	7	The Sound of Music Revival, 9/11-13/1986
1	8	Rashomon, 10/2-4, 9-11/1986
1	9	Redneck Girl, 11/6-8, 13-15/1986
1	10	Dark of the Moon, 2/19-21, 26-28/1987
1	11	Gianni Schicchi (Puccini), 2/19-21/1987
1	12	Light Opera: Face on the Barroom Floor, 2/19-21/1987
1	13	Footlight Frenzy, 2/19-21, 26-28/1987
1	14	Marvelous Mark, 3/26-28/1987
1	15	Romeo and Juliet, 4/9-11, 16-18/1987
1	16	Why Hanna's Skirt Won't Stay Down, 4/9-11, 16-18/1989
1	17	Little Shop of Horrors, 6/25-24/1987, 7/2-4/1987
1	18	Camelot (Summer Palace), 7/9-11, 16-18/1987
1	19	The Music Man, 9/3-5/1987
1	20	Deathtrap, 10/1-3, 8-10/1987
1	21	I Never Saw Another Butterfly, 11/5-7, 12-14/1987
1	22	To Gillian on her 37th Birthday, 11/11-14/1987
1	23	Carousel, 1988-1989
1	24	Strange Snow, 4/7-9, 14-19/1988
1	25	Three Sisters, 4/7-9, 14-16/1988
1	26	Man of La Mancha [Arthur E. McCartan Artist Series], 4/20/1988
1	27	Annie, 6/30-7/2, 7-9/1988
1	28	Jesus Christ Superstar, 9/9-10/1988
1	29	The Unseen Hand, 9/29-10/1, 10/6-8/1988
1	30	Dark of the Moon, 11/3-5, 10-12/1988
1	31	Northwest Drama Conference Materials, 1988
1	32	Misc. Theatre Material, 1988-1994
1	33	Medieval Feast, 1988
1	34	Terra Nova, 3/1-4/1989
1	35	Divorce Play, 3/1989
1	36	Shivaree, 4/13-15, 20-22/1989
1	37	Paint Your Wagon, 4/20-23/1989
1	38	A Lovely Light, 4/20-23/1989
1	39	The Unseen Hand - Spokane Benefit, 6/2-3/1989
1	40	Angry Housewives, 6/29-30, 7/1,6-8/1989
1	41	Arsenic and Old Lace, 7/13-15, 20-22/1989
1	42	Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, 10/5-7, 12-14/1989
1	43	Dreams, 11/30, 12/2, 7-9/1989
1	44	Summer Challenge, 1989
1	45	Edinburgh, Scotland Festival-Spokane Benefit, 1989
1	46	Visual Performing and Literary Arts Committee, 1990
1	47	Creative Drama Class, 1990
1	48	End of the World, 2/22-24, 3/1-3/1990
1	49	Helping of Health, 3/1990
1	50	Pinocchio, 1990
1	51	Morning's at Seven, 4/12-14, 19-21/1990
1	52	Pippin (Summer Palace), 7/12-14, 19-21/1990
1	53	Where's Charley? (Summer Palace), 7/26-28, 8/2-4/1990
1	54	Kiss Me Kate, 9/6-8/1990
1	55	Garden of Delights, 10/18-20, 25-27/1990
1	56	Mixed Nuts, 11/29-30, 12/1, 6-8/1990
1	57	Medea, 2/21-23, 28, 3/1-2/1991
1	58	Endgame, 4/4-6, 11-13/1991
1	59	Tartuffe, 4/11-13, 18-20/1991
1	60	Someplace Else, 4/19-20/1991
1	61	Life With Father, 6/26-29, 7/3, 5-6/1991
1	62	The Foreigner, 7/10-13, 17-20/1991
1	63	Sexual Perversity in Chicago, 9/25-28/1991
1	64	The Boys Next Door, 10/3-5, 10-12/1991
1	65	On the Verge, 11/7-9, 14-16/1991
1	66	Eros and Psyche, 12/6-7/1991
1	67	The Mikado, 4/9-11/1992
1	68	Fefu and Friends, 4/9-11, 16-18/1992
1	69	The Skin of Our Teeth, 6/24-27, 7/1-4/1992
1	70	The Miss Firecracker Contest, 7/8-11, 15-18/1992
1	71	Brigadoon, 7/23-25, 29-8/1/1992
1	72	The Hostage, 10/15-17, 22-24/1992
1	73	Life Under Water/Orpheus, 12/2-5/1992
1	74	Historical Masters Degree Material 1992-1997
1	75	Third Wave, 2/4-7/1993
1	76	Showcase on the Arts, 2/19/1993
1	77	Streetcar Named Desire, 2/25-27, 4/4-6/1993
1	78	The Miracle Worker, 4/14-17/1993
1	79	God's Country, 4/15-17, 22-24/1993
1	80	Steel Magnolias, 6/23-26, 30, 7/1-3/1993
1	81	Anything Goes, 7/22-24,28-31/1993
1	82	The Visit, 10/14-16, 21-23/1993
1	83	Shooting Stars, 12/1-4/1993, 1/8, 14/1994
1	84	Holy Harlot of Alexandria, 2/24-26, 3/3-5/1994
1	85	Laughter, Hope, Sock in the Eye, 3/3-5/1994
1	86	Small Craft Warnings, 4/14-16/1994
1	87	Mystery of Edwin Drood, 4/14-16, 22-23/1994
1	88	Bye Bye Birdie, 7/21-23, 27-30/1994
1	89	Missing Faces, 10/20-22, 27-29/1994
1	90	Julian, 11/6/1994
1	91	Holiday Festival, 12/1-3/1994
1	92	Naga-Mandala, 2/16-18, 23-25/1995
1	93	A Comedy of Errors, 4/6-8, 13-15/1995
1	94	The King and I, 9/8-9/1995
1	95	Fool for Love, 10/5-7, 12-14/1995
1	96	The Tempest, 11/30-12/2, 7-9/1995
1	97	Peter and the Wolf, 2/2-3/1996
1	98	Spirit of Golem, 3/7-9/1996
1	99	Guys and Dolls, 4/18-20, 26-27/1996
1	100	Moonnot August, 4/18-20/1996
1	101	Picnic, 10/3-5, 10-12/1996
1	102	WYSIWYG, 11/14-16, 12/5-7/1996
1	103	Summer Palace Season Programs, 1996-2000
2	104	The Women Who Turned to Soap, 2/20-22, 27/1997
2	105	Talley's Folly, 4/9-12/1997
2	106	Grapes of Wrath, 4/10-12, 17/19/1997
2	107	Season Program and Faculty/Staff Photos, 1997-1998
2	108	Summer Palace Headshots, 1997
2	109	A Doll's House, 10/9-11, 16-18/1997
2	110	Of Mice and Men, 11/13-15, 12/4-6/1997
2	111	Othello, 2/11-14/1998
2	112	Prometheus the Unrepentant, 2/26-28, 3/5-7/1998
2	113	Night of the Iguana, 4/9-11, 16-18/1998
2	114	Season Program, 1998-1999
2	115	Everyman, 11/12-14, 12/3-5/1998
2	116	Getting Out, 10/8-10, 15-17/1998
2	117	Sweeney Todd, 4/8-10, 15-18/1999
2	118	Season Program, 1999-2000
2	119	RUR 2000, 10/28-30, 11/4-6/1999
2	120	Stage One, 11/10-13/1999
2	121	for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, 2/10-12/2000
2	122	The Good Doctor, 4/6-8, 13-15/2000
2	123	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, 4/12-15/2000
2	124	Dance Recitals, 2000-2001
2	125	Season Program, 2000-2001
2	126	Godspell, 9/9-10/2000
2	127	Stage One, 10/18-21/2000
2	128	A Midsummer Night's Dream, 11/30-12/2, 7-9/2000
2	129	The Colored Museum, 2/8-10/2001
2	130	Performing Arts Gala, 3/28/2001
2	131	Scapin, 4/18-21/2001
2	132	The Secret Garden, 4/12-14, 19-21/2001
2	133	Stage One, 9/26-29/2001
2	134	Macbeth, 11/29,30, 12/1, 6-8/2001
2	135	A Raisin in the Sun, 2/13-16/2002
2	136	Dancing at Lughnasa, 4/11-13, 18-20/2002
2	137	A Flea in her Ear, 11/7-9, 14-16/2002
2	138	Stage One, 10/23-26/2002
2	139	Johnny B. Goode, 2/12-15/2003
2	140	Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, 4/10-13, 17-19/2003
2	141	Just Dance, 4/23/2003
2	142	Stage One, 10/15-18/2003
2	143	Equus, 11/6-8, 13-15/2003
2	144	Dance Carnival, 12/5-6/2003
2	145	Six Degrees of Separation, 2/11-14/2004
2	146	Taming of the Shrew, 4/8-10, 15-17/2004
2	147	Dance and all its Colours, 4/23-24/2004
2	148	Crimes of the Heart, 10/7-9, 14-16/2004, 2/5/2005
2	149	Dance For My Father, 10/29-30/2004
2	150	Stage One, 11/10-13/2004
2	151	Death and the King's Horsemen, 2/3-6, 10/12/2005
2	152	Tales of the Lost Formicans, 4/7-9, 14-16/2005
2	153	A Dance Extravaganza, 4/22-23/2005
2	154	Stage One, 10/5-8/2005
2	155	Romeo and Juliet, 10/27-29, 11/3-5/2005
2	156	Silhouettes, 12/2-3/2005
2	157	Dragonwings, 2/8-11/2006
2	158	The Elephant Man, 4/6-8, 13-15/2006
2	159	Viva La Dance, 4/21-22/2006
2	160	Stage One, 10/4-7/2006
2	161	A Lie of the Mind, 10/12-14, 19-21/2006
2	162	Metamorphoses, 12/1-2/2006
2	163	The Golden Age, 2/8-10, 15-17/2007
2	164	The Miss Firecracker Contest, 4/5-7, 12-14/2007
2	165	DancEmotion, 4/20-21/2007
2	166	Stage One, 10/3-7/2007
2	167	The Andronicus, 10/25-27, 31, 11/1-3/2007
2	168	Awakenings, 11/30, 12/1/2007
2	169	The Exonerated, 2/7-9, 14-16/2008
2	170	Passion, 4/3-5, 10-11/2008
2	171	Let the Good Times Roll, 4/18-19/2008
2	172	Stage One, 10/2-4, 9-11/2008
2	173	Hedda Gabler, 10/23-25,30-31, 11/1/2008
2	174	Transitions, 12/13/2008
2	175	Raised in Captivity, 1/29-31, 2/5-7/2009
2	176	Melancholy Play, 4/1-5/2009
2	177	The Heidi Chronicles, 4/2-4, 9-11/2009
2	178	Dance in Concert, 5/1-2/2009
2	179	Stage One, 10/7-10/2009
2	180	Dracula, 10/22-24, 29-31/2009
2	182	Just Move, 11/14-15/2009
2	183	Glass Menagerie, 1/28-30, 2/4-6/2010
2	184	End Days, 4/8-9, 15-17/2010
2	185	Barefoot in the Park, 4/8-10/2010
2	186	United We Dance, 4/24-25/2010
2	187	Stage One, 10/14-17/2010
2	188	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 10/28-30, 11/4-6/2010
2	189	Play it Again, Sam, 1/27-29, 2/3-5/2011
2	190	The Shape of Things, 4/7-9, 14-16/2011
2	191	The Laramie Project, 4/7-11, 14-16/2011
2	192	Articles about Program Cancellation, May 2009-April 2010

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

College and school drama, American -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence
Dance -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence
Theater -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence

Corporate Names

Washington State University. Department of Theatre and Dance -- Records and correspondence
Washington State University. School of Music and Theatre Arts -- Records and correspondence
Washington State University. University Theatre -- Records and correspondence

Other Creators

Corporate Names
- Washington State University. Department of Theatre and Dance (creator)
- Washington State University. University Theatre (creator)

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