Guide to Central Washington University Theater Department Collection 1967-2008 Guide to Central Washington University Theater Department Collection Finding aid prepared by Carlos Pelley and M.R. Blackson Central Washington University Archives and Special Collections 2019 Finding aid encoded by M.R. Blackson 2019 Finding aid written in English English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). 2023 Added 19 posters Central Washington UniversityArchives and Special Collections
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RG081-18-01 Central Washington University Theatre Department Central Washington University Theater Department Collection 1982-2008 5 cubic feet 1 map drawer, 3 letter sized hollinger boxes, and 3 oversized boxes Collection contains photographs of past Theater productions, poster, programs, and correspondence and official documents related to the program. English Historical Note>

The CWU Theatre Arts Department, was founded by Dr. Milo Smith, who directed the department for 34 years (1956-1989). He produced 55 shows, including Broadway musicals and operas, and initiated the first children's theatre tour at CWU. As project manager and designer, he directed the 1980 construction of the department's black box theatre, which was officially named in his honor the Milo Smith Tower Theatre on Nov, 13, 2003.

This collection contains photographs and documents and correspondence from the CWU Theater Department from the years 1967-2006

Additional Theatre Department Collections can be found online here. https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/cwu_theatre_arts/

Arranged Chronologically

Open to the public for education purposes.

Note: A significant portion of this collection contains materials from The Laughing Horse Theatre, a professional repertory group of actors and theater professionals from around the region. The group performed four plays a every summer at the Milo Smith Tower Theatre on the Central Washington University campus since 1980.

Some folded documents flattened during processing.

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.

Theatre Department Archives Smith, Milo Central Washington University Ellensburg, Washington Theatre Arts Higher Education Artifacts Washington (State) Performing Arts 1-1 Three-Penny Opera, Sussanna, Tiny Alice 1967- 1-2 The Fantastics, Galileo, The Tempest 1969-1970 1-3 Finian's Rainbow 1960- 1-4 A Comedy of Errors 1966-1995 1-5 Saint John 1967- 1-6 Beyond the Horizen 1968- 1-7 Carmen 1969- 1-8 The Roar of the Greasepaint- the Smell of the Crowd 1970- 1-9 Slow Dance on the Killing Ground 1970- 1-10 She Stoops to Conquer, Private Lives 1970-1972 1-11 Hamlet 1971- 1-12 Man of La Mancha 1971- 1-13 Celebration 1971- 1-14 Of the I sing 1972- 1-15 Hansel and Gretel 1972- 1-16 You Can't Take It With You 1973- 1-17 Land of the Dragon 1973- 1-18 How the Other Half Lives 1973- 1-19 Summer Love 1973- 1-20 Happy Birthday Wanda June 1974- 1-21 Taming of the Shrew 1974- 1-22 Madame Butterfly 1975- 1-23 Wizard of Oz 1975- 1-24 Equus 1977- 1-25 A Little Night Music 1977- 1-26 Fiddler on the Roof 1980- 1-27 Heart is Where the Home is 1980- 1-28 Seascape 1981- 1-29 Candide 1982- 1-30 The Time of Your Life 1983- 1-31 A Toby Show 1984- 1-32 Wiley and the Hairy Man 1985- 1-33 The Philanthropist 1980- 1-34 1980s Productions 1980- 1-35 Ali Baba 1982- 1-36 A Halloween Night to Remember 1985- 1-37 Arkansaw Bear 1983- 1-38 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1983- 2-1 Our Country's Good 1992- 2-2 Tartuffe 1991- 2-3 Romeo and Juliet 1983- 2-4 American Masters 1992- 2 -5 The Magic Flute - 2-6 Little Shop of Horrors 1988-1989 2-7 The Grapes of Wrath 1994- 2-8 The Wind in the Willows 1992- 2-9 The Merchant of Venice 1992- 2-10 Master Harold and the boys 1993- 2-11 Quilters 1992-1998 2-12 Giannachi Schicchi and The Impresario 1993- 2-13 Cinderella 1993- 2-14 The Best little Whorehouse in Texas 1993- 3-1 Grease 1993- 3-2 Angry Housewives 1993- 3-3 Godspell 1994- 3-4 Colored Museum 1994- 3-5 God's Country 1994- 3-6 The Elves and the Shoe Cobbler 1994- 3-7 The Misanthrope 1994- 3-8 Oleanna 1994- 3-9 Servant of Two Masters 1994- 3-10 The Baby Dance 1994- 3-11 Independence 1995- 3-12 For Colored Girls 1995- 3-13 13,Rue D'Lamour 1995- 3-14 Tom Sawyer 1995- 3-15 What I did last Summer 1995- 3-16 Dracula 1995- 3-17 Robin Hood 1995- 4-1 Workshop 1995- 4-2 Biloxi Blues 1996- 4-3 The Crucible 1997- 4-4 Pump Boys and Dinettes 1997- 4-5 My Name is Alice 1996- 4-6 Romeo and Juliet 1997- 4-7 Peter Pan 1997- 4-8 Down the Road Dugan 1996- 4-9 Taro 2001- 4-10 Odyssey 1999- 4-11 Oh, coward! 1999- 4-12 Student showcase 1998-2001 4-13 Chalk Circle 1999- 4-14 Translations 2000- 4-15 Beauty and the Beast 2001- 5-1 Central Theater company Constitution 1990-2003 5-2 Oklahoma 1998- 5-3 True West 1999- 5-4 Ah, Wilderness 1997- 5-5 Tortoise 1998- 5-6 A Midsummer Night's Dream 1999- 5-7 Graduate projects 2001- 5-8 Fool of the world 2000- 5-9 Picasso 2003- 5-10 Concrete Dreams 2003- 5-11 Bird Woman 2004- 5-12 Llyod's Prayer 2005- 5-13 How I learned to Drive 2004- 5-14 Westside Story 2003- 5-15 Pinocchio 2003- 5-16 Bus Stop 2004- 5-17 Italian American Reconciliations 2001- 6-1 Newspaper Clippings 1995-2006 7-1 Costume sketches - 8-1 Production Posters - 9-1 Theater Department Audit 2000- 9-2 Theater Department Policies and procedures 2000- 9-3 theater Department Policies and procedures 2002- 9-4 Theater Department Policies and procedures 2003- 9-5 Theater Department Policies and procedures 2004-2005 9-6 Theater Department Policies and procedures 2005- 9-7 Theater Department Policies and procedures 2006- 9-8 Laughing Horse theater 1983-1991 9-9 Cinderella costume design 1993- 9-10 Theater Department Ephemera 2000- 9-11 Down the Road dugan: Script 1982- 9-12 Performing Arts Sign Language Interpretation Fees - 9-13 Contributions and Donations 2014- 9-14 Scholarships 2012-2014 9-15 Board of Trustees Theatre Memos - Map Drawer 10- Blankity-Blank! 2007- Book, Music, and Lyrics by Scott Warrender. Additional Lyrics by Tom Orr. Directed By Teri L. Brown. Map Drawer 10- Pecos Bill and The Ghost stampede By: Eric Coble 2007- Directed By Elise forier. (Pecos Bill and the ghost stampede (spring 2007)) Map Drawer 10- Mama tomcat's flying school by spring hermann 2009- Directed by Michael J. Smith. Map Drawer 10- The Foreigner By Larry Shue 2005- Directed by Michael J. Smith. Map Drawer 10- Seven Brides for seven Brothers 2009- Book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay, Jyrics by Johnny Mercer, Music by Gene De Paul, new songs sang by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn Map Drawer 10- The Two Gentlemen of Verona By William Shakespeare 2008- Directed by Brenda Hubbard, Assistant director/ Text coach by Kristl Miller Map Drawer 10- Hard times By Stephen Jefferies 2006- adapted from the ovel by Charles Dickens. Directed by brenda Hubbard Map Drawer 10- The Adventures of Don Quixote by Steven Fogell 2008- Directed by Elise Forier Map Drawer 10- A Christmas Carol by Ken Jones - Adapted from the novel by charles dickens. Directed by George Bellah 3rd. Musical director David Brown. (no date listed ) Map Drawer 10- A Christmas Carol. - Directed by Brenda Hubbard. (no date listed) Map Drawer 10- The importance of Being Earnst by Oscar Wilde - Directed by Michael J. Smith. Map Drawer 10- A Postcard from L.A. By: Evan Bleiweiss dave whatley Directed by Elise Forier Map Drawer 10- Working 2005- Book by Stephen Schwartz and nina Faso, Based on a bok by Studs Terkel. Directed by George Bellah 3rd. Map Drawer 10- Fool of the World 2006- Directed by Elise Forier, Play by John Urquhart, Rite Grossberg Grauer, and Paul Picus Map Drawer 10- Nanawatai - Directed by George W. Bellah 3rd, play by William Mastrosimone Map Drawer 10- Peter Pan - A musical based on the play by James M. Barrie. Directed by Terri L. Brown. Map Drawer 10- Vietnam 101: The war on Campus 2007- A Theatrical documentry by Rich Orloff. Directed by Michael J. Smith. Map Drawer 10- Noh Telling 2007- An Evening of Japanese one-acts. Directed/ Sound designer by George Bellah 3rd