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It has since been thriving and expanding with many departments including Music, Art and Visual Technology, Dance and Theater. The College of Visual and Performing Arts was established on July 1, 2001 with William F. Reeder serving as the founding dean for 14 years. He was later followed by Rick Davis starting in 2015. As of 2018 there 1,400 active majors within the college with three of the newer programs being Arts Management, Film and Video Studies and Computer Game Design. The college, along with the Center for the Arts and Hylton Performing Arts Center serves more than 300,000 patrons anually as of 2018.","Processing completed by Amy Blake in December 2018. EAD markup completed by Amy Blake in December 2018.","The Special Collections Research Center holds several other collections related to George Mason Performing Arts such as the , the , and the","The materials contained in this colection are varied and include: posters, playbills, programs, faculty paperwork and meeting minutes, colour and black and white photographs, negatives, slides, Life Magazines, VHS tapes, CD-Rs, cassette tapes, flyers, tickets, memorandum, invitations to Mathy House, scripts and playbooks.","Series 1: International Arts Festival, dated 1980s-2005, is comprised of paperwork, flyers and memorandum related to George Mason University's International Arts Festival.","Series 2: Theater Department/GMU Players, dated 1962-2011, is comprised of paperwork, flyers, memoranda, playbills and posters related to George Mason University's Theater Department and the GMU/Mason Players.","Series 3: Arts Center Associates (ACA) dated 1980-1999, is comprised of paperwork and flyers related to George Mason University's Arts Center Associates (ACA).","Series 4: \"In The Wings,\" dated 1990s, is issues of the George Mason University magazine, \"In The Wings\".","Series 5: Center for the Arts/Institute of the Arts, dated 1987-2013, is compromised of paperwork, flyers, memorandum, playbills and degree information related to George Mason University's Center for the Arts.","Series 6: Department of Music, dated 1978-2001, is compromised of paperwork, flyers, degree information, faculty paperwork, playbills and memoranda related to George Mason Univeristy's music department and the faculty of the department.","Series 7: Photographs/Negatives/Slides, dated 1949-2003, is comprised of photographs, negatives and slides related to the College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University. There are three damaged photographs within these materials and both color and black and white materials are included.","Series 8: Jane Pearson Papers, dated 1987-2004, is comprised mostly of invitations to Mathy House from the President and his wife and were donated by Jane Pearson.","Series 9: Playbills/Programs, dated 1982-2012, is comprised of playbills and programs from various George Mason University plays, musicals, music productions and events.","Series 10: CD-Rs/AV, dated 1970s-2015, is comprised of AV materials and CD-Rs, the AV materials are VHS tapes and Cassettes containing performances and snippets of recordings.","Series 11: Outside the GMU Theater, dated 1930s-1980, the materials contained in this series are unrelated to George Mason University and are comprised of Life Magazines and programs from old performances from the 1930s and 1940s as well as scrapbooks filled with clippings from programs and playbills of the same era.","Notable people in this collection are Jane Pearson, Colonel Arnald Gabriel, and Doc. 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There are three damaged photographs within these materials and both color and black and white materials are included.","The materials contained in this series are comprised mostly of invitations to Mathy House from the President and his wife and were donated by Jane Pearson.","The materials contained in this series are comprised of playbills and programs from various George Mason University plays, musicals, music productions and events.","The materials contained in this series are comprised of AV materials and CD-Rs, the AV materials are VHS tapes and Cassettes containing performances and snippets of recordings.","The materials contained in this series are unrelated to George Mason University and are comprised of Life Magazines and programs from old performances from the 1930s and 1940s as well as scrapbooks filled with clippings from programs and playbills of the same era."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions on personal use. 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It has since been thriving and expanding with many departments including Music, Art and Visual Technology, Dance and Theater. The College of Visual and Performing Arts was established on July 1, 2001 with William F. Reeder serving as the founding dean for 14 years. He was later followed by Rick Davis starting in 2015. As of 2018 there 1,400 active majors within the college with three of the newer programs being Arts Management, Film and Video Studies and Computer Game Design. The college, along with the Center for the Arts and Hylton Performing Arts Center serves more than 300,000 patrons anually as of 2018.","Processing completed by Amy Blake in December 2018. 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There are three damaged photographs within these materials and both color and black and white materials are included.","Series 8: Jane Pearson Papers, dated 1987-2004, is comprised mostly of invitations to Mathy House from the President and his wife and were donated by Jane Pearson.","Series 9: Playbills/Programs, dated 1982-2012, is comprised of playbills and programs from various George Mason University plays, musicals, music productions and events.","Series 10: CD-Rs/AV, dated 1970s-2015, is comprised of AV materials and CD-Rs, the AV materials are VHS tapes and Cassettes containing performances and snippets of recordings.","Series 11: Outside the GMU Theater, dated 1930s-1980, the materials contained in this series are unrelated to George Mason University and are comprised of Life Magazines and programs from old performances from the 1930s and 1940s as well as scrapbooks filled with clippings from programs and playbills of the same era.","Notable people in this collection are Jane Pearson, Colonel Arnald Gabriel, and Doc. Severinsen. John F. Kennedy and Carol Burnett are featured in some of the material unrelated to George Mason Theater.","It is important to note that this collection contains materials that are from George Mason Music, Dance and Theater departments that pre-date the creation of the College of Visual and Performing Arts. CVPA was established in 1990, and several pieces from George Mason date from the 1960s-1980s.","This collection also contains several pieces that are unrelated to the College of Visual and Performing Arts and George Mason University. These pieces are Life Magazines from the 1960s when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, as well as many programs, some in scrapbooks, dating from the 1930s to the 1950s, that feature famous celebrities and works such as \"Hello, Dolly!\" and Carol Burnett.","The materials contained in this series are comprised of paperwork, flyers and memorandum related to George Mason University's International Arts Festival.","The materials contained in this series are comprised of paperwork, flyers, memoranda, playbills and posters related to George Mason University's Theater Department and the GMU/Mason Players.","The materials contained in this series are comprised of paperwork and flyers related to George Mason University's Arts Center Associates (ACA).","The materials contained in this series are issues of the George Mason University magazine, \"In The Wings\".","The materials contained in this series are compromised of paperwork, flyers, memorandum, playbills and degree information related to George Mason University's Center for the Arts.","The materials contained in this series are compromised of paperwork, flyers, degree information, faculty paperwork, playbills and memorandum related to George Mason University's music department and the faculty of the department.","The materials contained in this series are comprised of photographs, negatives and slides related to the College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University. There are three damaged photographs within these materials and both color and black and white materials are included.","The materials contained in this series are comprised mostly of invitations to Mathy House from the President and his wife and were donated by Jane Pearson.","The materials contained in this series are comprised of playbills and programs from various George Mason University plays, musicals, music productions and events.","The materials contained in this series are comprised of AV materials and CD-Rs, the AV materials are VHS tapes and Cassettes containing performances and snippets of recordings.","The materials contained in this series are unrelated to George Mason University and are comprised of Life Magazines and programs from old performances from the 1930s and 1940s as well as scrapbooks filled with clippings from programs and playbills of the same era."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions on personal use. 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Even though Fordism may have been grudgingly accepted in the GDR as necessary for economic growth and the ultimate progress of the state, the assimilation of America's cultural barbarism through media imports was fiercely resisted. The state may have resisted America's cultural barbarism, but young people did not. Attending productions of the American media was a chance for them to distance themselves from their parents, from National Socialism, and from the failures of World War II. By the 1970s, changes in the performing arts community occurred, particularly in theatre, that included artists leaving as a result of increased censorship and smaller venues opening in cities and towns outside of Berlin.","Processed by Lauren Schutt and Friedgard Cowan in 2010-2011. EAD markup completed by Jordan Patty in 2011. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in July 2022 and October 2023.","Processing supported by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.","The East German poster collection contains other series, including the , , , and .","In 2021, GMU Professor Samuel Huneke led the completion of the \n, a project funded by a Fenwick Fellowship. The posters from each of the East German poster collection series can be searched in this database.","This series contains posters advertising theater, opera, concert and dance performances in Berlin and other East German cities. This collection consists of 941 posters of various sizes. They range in size from 28 x 58 cm to 86 x 60 cm. The majority of posters measure 57 x 81 cm. The performing arts posters present a complex and nuanced view of performance in the German Democratic Republic during the cold-war years. Most of the posters advertise performances in various venues in Berlin such as the Deutsches Theater, the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, the Komische Oper Berlin or the Palast der Republik, but performances in theaters in Leipzig, Dresden, Rostock, Erfurt, Halle, Gera, and Magdeburg are also included. The works advertised on the posters are predominantly classics: plays by Friedrich Schiller, Heinrich von Kleist, Georg Büchner, Shakespeare and Chekhov; operas by G. F. Handel, Mozart, Wagner, Puccini and Verdi, and ballets by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. However, contemporary playwrights like Maxim Gorki, Heiner Müller and Peter Weiss are also represented. Examples include posters from the Berliner Ensembles's premiere production of Bertolt Brecht's \"Mother Courage\"; Deutsche Theater Kammerspiele's \"Der Blaue Boll\" by the Expressionist playwright, Ernst Barlach; Landes Theatre Halle's cutting-edge production of \"Tamerlan\"; Ballet Company of Leipzig's historic performance of \"Bilder Der Liebe\"; and Maxim Gorki Theatre's \"Sinulja\" by Alexander Gelman. The majority of the posters consist of drawings or paintings that reflect the artist's interpretation of the works to be performed.","See the External Documents note for a poster inventory with brief descriptions.","There may be restrictions on reproduction. Contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.","This series contains posters advertising theater, opera, concert and dance performances in Berlin and other East German cities. This collection consists of 941 posters of various sizes. They range in size from 28 x 58 cm to 86 x 60 cm. 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Work on the opera began in 1979 after Kay and Dorr received a National Endowment for the Arts grant the previous year. The opera's story focuses on the final year in the life of abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglass after the marriage to his second wife Helen Pitts Douglass. The opera was completed in 1985, but did not premiere until over 5 years later. The opera's world premiere starred Kevin Maynor as Frederick Douglass and Klara Barlow as Helen Pitts Douglass and took place on April 12, 1991 at Newark Symphony Hall performed by the New Jersey State Opera.","Ulysses S. Kay was born in Tucson, Arizona on January 7, 1917. The nephew of jazz musician King Oliver, Kay studied music both domestically and internationally, spending four years in Rome, Italy (1949-1953) through support from a Fulbright Scholarship, the Rome Prize, and a Julius Rosenwald Fellowship. Known for his neoclassical style symphonic and choral compositions, Kay won multiple awards and recognitions throughout his career, including the third annual George Gershwin Memorial Contest. In 1968 he was appointed distinguished professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York where he taught for 20 years, until his retirement. Kay also wrote five operas, with Frederick Douglass being his last. He passed away on May 20, 1995 at the age of 78 due to complications of Parkinson's disease.","Donald L. Miller was born on June 30, 1923 in Jamaica. An artist and illustrator, Miller is best known for his large painted mural in Washington, D.C.'s Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library which depicts Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other activists and events during the Civil Rights movement. Miller also worked as a cartoonist for The Adakian newspaper, a children's book illustrator, and served as an art professor at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. 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The plot centers around two retired husbands, Colonel Wilberforce Walker and Commodore Van Gütt, both of whom enjoy frequent leisure visits to London. While the Commodore's wife provides him with very little money for these excursions, the Colonel reveals that he is always able to receive ample funds because of an elaborate lie he told his wife 26 years ago: that he needs to support a child he fathered out of wedlock prior to their marriage. However, this comfortable arrangement soon becomes much more complicated when the Colonel's wife demands to meet the \"baby\" she has been supporting, which just so happens to overlap with a surprise visit by a 26-year old suitor who wishes to marry the couple's actual daughter. The play had its initial premiere on Easter Monday, April 6, 1896 at the Gaiety Theatre in Hastings, before opening at London's Royalty Theatre later that month. Sometime circa 1899 the play was produced in the United States by David de Wolf (listed on the posters as the play's \"chaperone\") who may have been the leader of a traveling theatre company.","Arthur Bourchier was born in Speen, Berkshire England on June 22, 1863 and educated at Eton and Oxford University. While at Oxford he began acting in an amateur theatre group and soon after founded the Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS). Bourchier continued acting professionally across both England and the United States and in 1893 performed opposite actress Violet Vanbrugh who he would go on to marry the following year. In 1895, Bourchier became lessee of London's newly reconstructed Royalty Theatre where he staged numerous productions, including several adaptations of his own including The New Baby and the highly successful The Chili Widow which reopened the theatre and ran for over 300 performances. Bourchier passed away on September 14, 1927 at the age of 64 after falling ill while on tour in South Africa.","The U.S. Lithographic Company was founded in January 1867 as Russell, Morgan \u0026 Company [Co.] by printers A.O. Russell and Robert J. Morgan and financial backers James M. Armstrong and John F. Robinson, Jr. following purchase of The Cincinnati Enquirer's printing section. The company initially printed posters for theatrical and circus productions, as well as placards and labels. In 1880, Russell proposed expanding their manufacturing to include playing cards, with the company's first deck completed the following year on June 28, and by 1894 the playing card portion of the business had grown large enough that it separated into The United States Playing Card Company, which is still in operation today. 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