Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Archives 105
Washington State University. University Theatre
Washington State University Theatre Records
1965-1978
3 Linear feet of shelf space
3 Boxes
The records are related to productions staged by the Washington State University University Theatre department.
Collection materials are in English
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.
Many terms historically used to describe individuals and communities with
disabilities are offensive and were used to dismiss, discount and dehumanize these
individuals and communities. Terms often focused on a perceived impairment and not
the person. MASC recognizes the harm caused by these terms. We retain the language
in this finding aid to document history and preserve context.
The records are related to productions staged by the Washington State
University University Theatre department. The first series is comprised of records
from the regular department's productions. The second series consists of the records
from productions of Summer Palace, the summer theater series run by the department.
In addition to productions performed for a given year, folders may contain such
things as programs, ticket/attendance records, photographs, scenic design, rehearsal
schedules, and correspondence.
The original order of the records was retained. They are organized in two series, each arranged chronologically by date of production.
This collection is open and available for research use.
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[Item description]
Washington State University Theatre Records, 1965-1978 (Archives 105)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
University Theatre records were transferred to the University Archives, Washington
State University, by the theatre office in June 1981, in accordance with the
approved records schedule (UA 81-16). Five folders of materials (163.1, 165.1-165.2,
174.1, and 179.1) were added to the collection in 2011.
The records of the University Theatre were processed from December 1982 through
February 1983 by Marshall D. Pittenger.
In 2022, in response to evolving standards regarding the language used to describe
individuals and communities with disabilities, Gayle O’Hara added a Historical Note
to this finding aid.
State College of Washington Theatre Records, 1925-1965 (Archives 42)
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, 1980-2011 (Archives 308)
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)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Washington State University. University Theatre -- Records and correspondence
Washington State University. University Theatre Summer Palace Productions -- Records and correspondence
Washington State University. University Theatre Summer Palace Productions
College and school drama, American -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence
Theater -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence
Performing Arts
Colleges and Universities
Washington (State)
University Theatre Productions
I
1965-1978
Undated, unreferenced, etc.
11 items
n.d.
1
1
University Theatre: budget
summaries
50 items
1970-1978
1
2
Greensleeves Magic
6 items
Jan. 1965
1
3
Dracula
6 items
Oct. 1965
1
4
Mr. Roberts
10 items
Nov. 1965
1
5
The Christmas Nightingale
24 items
Dec. 1965
1
6
Afoot and Lighthearted
12 items
Feb. 1966
1
7
Servant of Two Masters
6 items
March 1966
1
8
Anna Christie
12 items
March 1966
1
9
Teahouse of the August Moon
4 items
April/May 1966
1
10
The year
1 item
1966-1967
1
11
Many Moons (Studio Theatre)
1 item
1966-1967
1
12
East Lynne (Palace Revival)
5 items
Sept. 1966
1
13
Outward Bound
10 items
Oct. 1966
1
14
Slow Dance on the Killing
Ground
17 items
Nov. 1966
1
15
Guys and Dolls
5 items
Dec. 1966
1
16
The Caretaker
25 items
Feb. 1967
1
17
Ring Around the Moon
27 items
May 1967
1
18
The year
4 items
1967-1968
1
19
Malcolm
8 items
Nov. 1967
1
20
L'il Abner
35 items
Dec. 1967
1
21
Christmas package
7 items
Dec. 1967
1
22
Much Ado About Nothing
14 items
Feb./March 1968
1
23
Oedipus Rex
3 items
March 1968
1
24
The Contrast
10 items
May 1968
1
25
The year
4 items
1968-1969
1
26
Commedians
7 items
1968-1969
1
27
Escurial and Act Without Words
9 items
Nov. 1968
1
28
Gammer Gurton's Needle
11 items
Nov. 1968
1
29
Christmas package
0 items
1968
1
30
Silent Night, Lonely Night
9 items
Dec. 1968
1
31
3 One-acts. Hughie; The Hungerers;
Sandbox
8 items
Jan. 1969
1
32
Long Day's Journey Into Night
(1of2)
13 items
Feb./March 1969
1
33
Long Day's Journey Into Night
(2of2)
1 item
Feb./March 1969
1
34
The Chalk Garden (Community
Theatre)
12 items
March(?) 1969
1
35
Little Mary Sunshine
11 items
March 1969
1
36
The Philadelphia Story
10 items
May 1969
1
37
The Fantasticks
1 item
May 1969
1
38
The year
1 item
1969-1970
1
39
Under the Gaslight (Palace
Revival)
2 items
Oct. 1969
1
40
Black Comedy
26 items
Nov. 1969
1
41
110 In the Shade
50 items
Dec. 1969
1
42
Christmas package
1 item
1969
1
43
Androcles and the Lion
5 items
Jan. 1970
1
44
3 by Kopit
13 items
Jan. 1970
1
45
A Taste of Honey
9 items
Feb./March 1970
1
46
Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?
23 items
March 1970
1
47
A Moon for Misbegotten (Studio
Series)
12 items
April 1970
1
48
The Good Women of Setzuan
17 items
May 1970
1
49
Our Empire Standing Up
2 items
May 1970
1
50
Come Summer
10 items
May 1970
1
51
The year
10 items
1970-1971
1
52
Callboard
50 items
1970-1971
1
53
Orphans and Shaughraun (Palace Revivals),
Fall
5 items
1970
1
54
Lovers (Final Stage)
3 items
Oct. 1970
1
55
Tartuffe
5 items
Oct./Nov. 1970
1
56
Tom Paine
40 items
Nov. 1970
1
57
Christmas package
2 items
Dec. 1970
1
58
Summertree
7 items
Dec. 1970
1
59
Reynard the Fox
3 items
Jan. 1971
1
60
(The) Andersonville Trial
10 items
Feb. 1971
1
61
The Queen and the Rebels
17 items
March 1971
1
62
The Importance of Being
Earnest
8 items
April/May 1971
1
63
Land of the Dragon
19 items
May 1971
1
64
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest
4 items
May 1971
1
65
Next Time I'll Sing For You
12 items
Nov. 1971
1
66
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are
Dead
18 items
Dec. 1971
1
67
Plaza Suite
16 items
Jan. 1972
1
68
You're a Good Man Charlie
Brown
36 items
Feb. 1972
1
69
The Hobbit
11 items
March 1972
1
70
Hedda Gabler
16 items
May 1972
1
71
Scuba Duba
14 items
May 1972
1
72
Box office
40 items
1972-1973
1
73
Peg O' My Heart
7 items
Oct. 1972
1
74
Summer and Smoke
9 items
Nov. 1972
1
75
A Midsummer Night's Dream
43 items
Dec. 1972
1
76
Ice Wolf
12 items
Jan. 1973
2
77
Dirty Old Man Calm Down Mother
19 items
Feb. 1973
2
78
The Rivals
13 items
March 1973
2
79
Endgame
17 items
April 1973
2
80
The Tavern
10 items
May 1973
2
81
Joe Egg
5 items
May 1973
2
82
Quartet
6 items
May 1973
2
83
Box office
4 items
1973-1974
2
84
Ah, Wilderness
5 items
Nov. 1973
2
85
H.M.S. Pinafore (Palace
Revival)
5 items
Nov. 1973
2
86
Our Town
9 items
Dec. 1973
2
87
ACTF/NWDC
15 items
Feb. 1974
2
88
Stop the World I Want To Get
Off
18 items
Feb. 1974
2
89
The Bacchae
13 items
March 1974
2
90
Peter Pan
15 items
May 1974
2
91
Exit the King (Final Stage)
4 items
May 1974
2
92
The Boys in the Band
15 items
May 1974
2
93
For My People (The Black
Ensemble)
10 items
Oct./Nov. 1974
2
94
The Philanthropist
14 items
Nov. 1974
2
95
Godspell
7 items
Dec. 1974
2
96
Winnie-the-Pooh
1 item
Jan. 1975
2
97
The Little Foxes
8 items
Feb./March 1975
2
98
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (The Black
Ensemble)
19 items
March 1975
2
99
A Delicate Balance
11 items
April 1975
2
100
The Imaginary Invalid
34 items
May 1975
2
101
I Never Sang For My Father
16 items
May 1975
2
102
We Have Always Lived In the Castle (Palace
Revival)
7 items
Oct. 1975
2
103
The Boy Friend
7 items
Oct. 1975
2
104
Story Theatre
28 items
Nov. 1975
2
105
Purlie Victorious (The Black
Ensemble)
47 items
Dec. 1975
2
106
Tingalary Bird
15 items
Jan. 1976
2
107
A Thurber Carnival
26 items
Feb. 1976
2
108
The House of Bernarda Alba
16 items
March 1976
2
109
Trouble In Mind
13 items
April 1976
2
110
Hot L Baltimore
17 items
April/May 1976
2
111
The Ballad of Baby Doe
85 items
April/May 1976
2
112
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
3 items
May 1976
2
113
University Theatre publicity
35 items
1976-1977
2
114
A Portrait In Trilogy (Stage
II)
2 items
1976-1977
2
115
Fiddler on the Roof (Palace
Revival)
33 items
Oct. 1976
2
116
The House of Blue Leaves
22 items
Nov. 1976
2
117
The Iceman Cometh
24 items
Dec. 1976
2
118
An Evening of One-acts (Stage
II)
5 items
Dec. 1976
2
119
Paperwork and information: American
College Theatre Festival, Portland, Oregon
36 items
Jan 1977
2
120
Trudi and the Minstrel
24 items
Jan. 1977
2
121
Born Yesterday (Stage II)
19 items
Feb. 1977
2
122
Scapino
15 items
March 1977
2
123
Woyzeck (Stage II)
6 items
April 1977
2
124
Oklahoma!
8 items
April/May 1977
2
125
Scrap of Paper (Stage II)
40 items
May 1977
2
126
And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little (Stage
II)
8 items
May 1977
2
127
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The
Forum
11 items
Sept./Oct. 1977
2
128
The Public Eye and The Private
Ear
8 items
Oct. 1977
2
129
A Doll's House
21 items
Nov. 1977
2
130
Light Up the Sky.
22 items
Dec. 1977
2
131
The Frog Prince (Stage II)
8 items
Dec. 1977
2
132
The Architect Emperor of
Assyria
9 items
Jan. 1978
3
133
Vanities (Stage II)
32 items
Feb. 1978
3
134
MacBeth
44 items
March 1978
3
135
A Shot In the Dark (Stage II)
31 items
April 1978
3
136
Picnic
19 items
April/May 1978
3
137
Cosi Fan Tutti
16 items
April/May 1978
3
138
Equus (Stage II)
17 items
May 1978
3
139
Man of La Mancha (Palace
Revival)
16 items
Oct. 1978
3
140
Two by the Bard (Palace
Revival)
8 items
Oct. 1978
3
141
Arms and the Man
33 items
Nov. 1978
3
142
Tobacco Road
37 items
Dec. 1978
3
143
Pullman's New Summer Palace
productions;
II
1969-1978
Subject File
1969-1978
Summer Palace,
undated/unreferenced
55 items
n.d.
3
144
Attendance records from past
years
31 items
1969-1978
3
145
Theatre (Summer Palace)
promotion...
35 items
3
146
General information, history,
concepts...
3 items
3
147
Casting and program
information
39 items
3
148
Material concerning "Uncle Tom's
Cabin"
17 items
3
149
Promotion, dramacard,
season
9 items
3
150
19th century readings
8 items
3
151
19th century acting-manuals,
methods
6 items
3
152
Scenic (ideas, drawings,
etc.)
11 items
3
153
Make-up
6 items
3
154
Music
6 items
3
155
Production File
1969-1978
Caste, no date
3 items
3
156
Gen'l
2 items
1969
3
157
1969 Variety Show photos
6 items
3
158
Under the Gaslight
29 items
July-Aug.
1969
3
159
Gen'l
3 items
1970
3
160
Horizon
15 items
1970
3
161
The Old Homestead
1 item
1970
3
162
Ticket-of-Leave-Man
2 items
1971
3
163
Our American Cousin / My
Partner
1971
3
163.1
Camille
6 items
July 1971
3
164
The Rivals
1 item
1972
3
165
Box and Cox / Trial By
Jury
1972
3
165.1
Season programs and
materials
1972-1973
3
165.2
Correspondence, current
year
5 items
1973
3
166
Publicity
13 items
1973
3
167
The Bells
12 items
July-Aug.
1973
3
168
Charley's Aunt
17 items
June-Aug.
1973
3
169
H.M.S. Pinafore
8 items
July-Aug.
1973
3
170
The Front Page
6 items
June-Aug.
1973
3
171
The Man Who Came To Dinner
5 items
1974
3
172
Under the Gaslight
40 items
1974
3
173
Peg O' My Heart
15 items
1974
3
174
Pirates of Penzance
1974
3
174.1
I Remember Mama
18 items
July-Aug.
1975
3
175
We Have Always Lived In the
Castle
12 items
July-Aug.
1975
3
176
The Boy Friend
22 items
July-Aug.
1975
3
177
The Fantasticks
8 items
July-Aug.
1975
3
178
The Time of Your Life
19 items
July-Aug.
1975
3
179
Season programs and
materials
1975
3
179.1
Bad Seed
10 items
July-Aug.
1976
3
180
Spoon River Anthology
27 items
July-Aug.
1976
3
181
Life With Father
20 items
July-Aug.
1976
3
182
Godspell
10 items
July-Aug.
1976
3
183
Fiddler on the Roof
8 items
July-Aug.
1976
3
184
The Mikado
17 items
July-Aug.
1977
3
185
The Barretts of Wimpole
Street
18 items
July-Aug.
1977
3
186
Blithe Spirit
16 items
July-Aug.
1977
3
187
Arsenic and Old Lace
12 items
July-Aug.
1977
3
188
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to
the Forum
20 items
June-Aug.
1977
3
189
Our Town
25 items
June, Aug.
1977
3
190
H.M.S. Pinafore
20 items
Aug. 1978
3
191
Man of La Mancha
19 items
June-July
1978
3
192