University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0378Bathhouse Theatre (Seattle, Wash.)Bathhouse Theatre
photograph collection1969-1990720 photographic prints (3 boxes)Collection materials are in
English.Photographs of
events, personnel, and productions of Bathhouse Theatre in SeattleA 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.
Photographs of Bathhouse Theatre events, personnel, and productions,
many by prominent Seattle photographers. Includes some
administrative/non-production related photographs including facilities,
personnel, special events; Bumbershoot Productions; and identified and
unidentified productions.
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Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Zaslove, ArneBathhouse Theatre (Seattle, Wash.)--ArchivesTheater--Performance--Washington (State)--Seattle--PhotographsTheatrical companies--Washington (State)--Seattle--ArchivesPhotographic printsPhotographsPerforming ArtsSeattle
Events, facilities, and personnel1/1Facilities exterior1/2Facilities interior1/3–1/4Personnel1/5Unidentified personnel1/6Company 69 cast photosMay 1969From accompanying material: [...] a rec dept dramatic group
[...] cast for two shows: "Not Fit for Man or Beast" and "Passion, Poison and
Petrifaction or the Fatal Gazogene."
1/7Summer Stage company cast photos19711/8Summer Stage company cast photos1973From accompanying material: Bathhouse Theatre presents Summer
Stage [...] in Herbert Swayne's The Curse of an Aching Heart or Trapped in the
Spider's Web [...].
1/9Various events and partiesbetween 1970 and 1985?Probably related to productions held during Bumbershoot festival
between 1973 and 1979.
Productions1/10I Remember MamaMay 19701/11Going to Pot and
The Measures Taken (Die Maßnahme)between June and August 19701/12The Death and Life of Sneaky
FitchOctober
19701/13And Then There Were None (Ten
Little Indians)February
19711/14LootApril
19711/15Ah, Wilderness!April
19711/16The Man Who Came to
DinnerNovember
19711/17The InnocentsJanuary
19721/18A Taste of
HoneyMarch
19721/19The Thirteen
Clocksbetween April and July 19721/20The Importance of Being
EarnestAugust
19721/21Guys and Dollsbetween June and August 19721/22ColombeFebruary
19731/23Schubert's Last
SerenadeMarch
19732/1Room ServiceMarch
19732/2–2/5TartuffeApril 1973Production translation or version not recorded.
2/6Dark of the
MoonOctober
19732/7The Voice of the
TurtleDecember
19732/8Ladies in
RetirementFebruary
19742/9The Beauty PartSeptember
19742/10A Peculiar
PositionMarch
19752/11The Thirteen
ClocksMay 19752/12The Tempestbetween September and November 19752/13Out of the Frying
Panbetween September and November 19752/14The MiserNovember
1976Production translation or version not recorded.
2/15The Fool19772/16Beauty and the
BeastFebruary
1977?3/1What the Butler
SawFebruary
19783/2HerringboneSeptember
19783/3Les
Belles-soeursMarch
19793/4Bay City BluesJune 1979Not 1983 television production of same name.
3/5Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of
the Sign of FourOctober
19793/6The Ballad of Mary
ReadeJune 19803/7The Coleen Bawn19813/8A Midsummer Night's
Dream19813/9The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. HydeSeptember
19813/10Leave It to
Jane19843/11Waiting for
Godotbetween April and May 19873/12Twelfth Nightbetween March and April 19893/13Anna Christie19893/14The Play's the
Thingbetween March and April 19903/15Macbeth19903/16The Bellsbetween 1970 and 1989?3/17–3/18The
Torch-Bearersbetween 1965 and 19793/19The Pit and the
Pendulumbetween 1970 and 1979?4/2The Innocentsbetween 1970 and 1985?No prints available.
4/4The Man Who Came to
Dinnerbetween 1970 and 1985?No prints available.
4/5The Merchant of
Venicebetween June and August 1971No prints available.
Unidentified productions3/20Production with actor in devil half-maskbetween 1970 and 1979?Possibly The Tempest.
3/21Production with actors holding white flower
bouquetsbetween 1970 and 1979?3/22Production with Fourth of July set piecesbetween 1970 and 1979?3/23Production with medieval fantasy costumingbetween 1970 and 1985?3/24Production with puppet theaterOctober
19743/25Various productionsbetween 1970 and 1985?4/1Production with barrel and lean-tobetween 1970 and 1985?From accompanying materials: Dark of the Moon?.
No prints available.
4/3Production with room divider and tablebetween 1970 and 1985?From accompanying material: Loot (?).
No prints available.
4/7Production with actors outside in fieldbetween 1970 and 1985?From accompanying material: Fourth of July Encounter
Theater.
No prints available.
Oversize photographsOS3Actors embracing on stage during production of
Dark of the Moon1973?William R. MonroeOS3Actors surrounding barrel during production of
Dark of the Moon1973?William R. MonroeOS3Actor in wheelchair entering scene during production of
The Man Who Came to Dinner1971Written on verso: Roger Downey dir.
OS3Actors reviewing document during production of
Something's AfootDecember 1988