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)
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

Copyright restrictions may apply.

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)