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Arena Stage records 369.5 Linear Feet 739 boxes

Arena Stage (Organization : Washington, D.C.)
The Arena Stage records consist of material that spans the theater's history from its beginnings in 1950 to the present, including production notebooks, photographs, audiotapes, videotapes, playbills, scrapbooks, scripts, handwritten correspondence, and other production materials, as well as administrative records.
  1. George Mason University

Edward Payson Call Arena Stage papers .75 Linear Feet 2 boxes, 1 map case

Call, Edward Payson
Materials collected and created by director Edward Payson Call while directing productions of The Front Page, The Tot Family, and Catsplay at Arena Stage in the 1970s.
  1. George Mason University

Frank Mack papers 4.5 Linear Feet 9 boxes

Mack, Frank
Collection contains correspondence, memos, reports and other papers generated by Frank Mack.
  1. George Mason University

Garrick Players photograph collection .01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Garrick Players
28 photographs and 2 negatives that document the Garrick Players, a theatre group that performed in the 1960s at Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown in Washington, D.C. They moved to the Wayside Theatre in Middletown, Virginia in 1968. The photographs include images of Sylvia Soares and Chris Sarandon, two of the actors, and Gerald Slavet, the director.
  1. George Mason University

J. Burke Knapp papers 3.45 Linear Feet 8 boxes

Knapp, J. Burke (Joseph Burke), 1913-2009
This collection contains materials related primarily to financial matters generated during J. Burke Knapp's work with Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.
  1. George Mason University

Jean M. Lander collection 0.5 Linear Feet 1 box

Lander, J. M. (Jean Margaret), 1829-1903
This collection contains eleven hand-written letters from Jean M. Lander and others dated between the years of 1837-1896.
  1. George Mason University

Ken Kitch papers 1.5 Linear Feet 3 boxes

Kitch, Kenneth
This collection contains materials generated during Ken Kitch's time serving as Associate Director of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.
  1. George Mason University

L. Claire Kincannon theatre collection 20 Linear Feet 88 boxes

Kincannon, Lois Claire
The L. Claire Kincannon theatre collection contains promotional materials for theatre productions attended by theatre critic and radio journalist Lois Claire Kincannon in Washington D.C., Dayton, Ohio, New York City, London, Paris, and other areas across the United States and Europe, dating from 1941-2015. Materials include programs, playbills, photographs, press kits, newspaper articles, drafted and published reviews, and articles, as well as visual and audio materials from a project in Hungary and Kincannon's radio show Behind the Scenes.
  1. George Mason University

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