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Mary Lavigne programs collection 2 Linear Feet 4 boxes

Lavigne, Mary
A collection of opera, ballet, concert, art exhibition, and theatrical programs for performances and events in New York City, Richmond, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and various international locations attended by Mary Lavigne.
  1. George Mason University

Mint Theater Company records 4 Linear Feet 1 Hollinger box and 2 oversize folders

Mint Theater Company was formed at William & Mary by Anya Ruzicka, William & Mary (W&M) class 2025, in 2022. Ruzicka was inspired to create the group following discussions with Paul Hardin (W&M class 2020) and others involved in Hardin's April 2022 production "Spectacular!" This collection includes a program from "Spectacular!", as well as a program and poster from Mint Theater's first production, "Something Real" in April 2023, and digital materials.

  1. College of William and Mary

Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings collection 1.25 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
This collection contains LP phonograph albums containing a variety of music, oral history, and musical scores. This box was found unlabeled and might be associated with another collection.
  1. George Mason University

North American 19th century theatre broadside collection 2 Linear Feet 1 box

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
This collection contains around 100 theatre broadsides from the mid-nineteenth century. Nearly all of the broadsides were published in Boston, advertising theatre, opera, and lighter fare in various Boston venues.
  1. George Mason University

Parke Shepherd Rouse, Jr. Papers 18.50 Linear Feet

Rouse, Parke Shepherd, Jr.

Professional and personal papers of Parke Shepherd Rouse, Jr. who was a newspaper writer and columnist and an author of books on Virginia.

  1. College of William and Mary

Porgy and Bess poster collection 84 posters; poster mock-ups and artwork

George Mason University. Special Collections Research Center.
Content warning: Racist imagery. This collection contains posters promoting the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA)-sponsored production of the Gershwin opera "Porgy and Bess" as it toured various countries - mostly European - during the mid-1950s. It also contains poster mock-ups and artwork related to the production.
  1. George Mason University

Reston Players collection 0.75 Linear Feet 2 boxes

Matthews, Frank E.
The Reston Players collection consists of two boxes of materials. Materials relate to the production "The Greatest Game in Town," a show put on at the theater in the late 1960s, as well as production and financial information. Included are three scrapbooks with newspaper clippings about the company.
  1. George Mason University

Robert and Wilva Breen papers 80.5 Linear Feet 207 boxes, 1 map case

Breen, Robert
The Robert and Wilva Breen papers consists of correspondence, memoranda, newsclippings, photographs, notebooks, and audiovisual materials largely related to the creation and running of the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA), as well as Robert and Wilva Breen's long-term involvement with the organization. The bulk of the collection originates from 1933 - 2000s, with an outlier date of 1834 from an antique newspaper.
  1. George Mason University

Robert C. Schnitzer papers 6.75 Linear Feet 9 boxes

Schnitzer, Robert C.
Included in the Robert C. Schnitzer Papers are textual materials (subject files, correspondence, memoranda) about ANTA overseas productions, photographs of ANTA theater troupe and other ANTA personnel in Europe 1951 and 1955, 1950s and 1960s promotional posters for ANTA overseas productions, newspaper clippings about ANTA performances in Europe, prompt script to the play Skin of Our Teeth starring Helen Hayes, and working papers and other materials about Schnitzer's work with the University of Michigan Professional Theatre Program.
  1. George Mason University

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