Celebration Theatre collection
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains early executive board minutes, budgets, performance flyers and programs collected from the theater's inception by Jim Kepner. It also contains records collected from 1985 by Bill Kaiser, first in his role as promotions director and and later for his performing arts information clearing house, the Purple Circuit, as well as performance and administrative documents of former artistic director Robert Schrock.
Dates
- 1982-2018
Creator
- ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives (Corporate Entity)
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Publication Rights
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the physical owner. Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in the materials. Note that ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).
Administrative History
Celebration Theatre incorporated in 1982 as a community theater to celebrate the positive creative and cultural aspects of the gay and lesbian community of greater Los Angeles. The theater has been in continuous operation since its first production in Jim Kepner's National Gay Archives located on North Hudson Street in Hollywood. The theater later rented space in the Scorpio Theatre on Hoover Street in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles before moving to a West Hollywood-adjacent location on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Extent
7.4 Linear Feet (10 boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Early executive committee minutes, performance budgets, programs, flyers, press kits, photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, including reviews, documenting the activities of the Celebration Theatre, 1982-2006. The collection consists of materials from the collections of Jim Kepner, the first Vice Chairman, of Robert Schrock, a former artistic director, and of the Purple Circuit, an information clearinghouse for gay and lesbian theater, founded by Bill Kaiser.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series: Administrative Records, Theatrical Performances, and Memorabilia. The arrangement of the administrative records reflects the order in which they were found. The theatrical performance files are arranged alphabetically by play or performance title. The documents of multiple short plays or one-acts performed as a show are arranged alphabetically under the performance title followed by a list of the individual plays and playwrights.
Acquisition Information
Records collected by Bill Kaiser and from the collections of Jim Kepner and Robert Schrock.
Processing Information
The collection was formerly housed in box 103-006, in folders of the Performing Arts Collection (Coll2007-016), and in the collection Robert Schrock. Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira, with the assistance of Jim D. Deaton and Sócrates Silva, in December 2007; in February 2008, materials relating to the Celebration Theatre reclaimed from the Gay & Lesbian Drama Scripts Collection (Coll2008-003) and returned to the Celebration Theatre collection.
Collection was transferred to records boxes and finding aid revised during July 2008.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Index
- Abrami, Robert
- Adams, Joseph K.
- Alfaro, Luis
- Allen, Claudia
- Amzen, Nic
- Appalloosa, Rex
- Araiza, Albert Antonio
- Baker, John Roman
- Barnett, Robert
- Bateman, Lane (pseudonym L. Lane)
- Beard, Tom
- Bedonna, Isaac
- Bentley, Eric
- Besecker, Joe
- Besset, Jean-Maire
- Beswick, Jordan Sidney
- Beverly, Nancy
- Bierman, Bruce
- Black, Laura
- Bly, Majorie
- Bock, Adam
- Boehnlein, Frank
- Boito, David
- Bommer, Lawrence
- Buford, Loren
- Callahan, John
- Cariello, Christopher
- Casey, Mary F.
- Chambers, Jane
- Chandler, Kate
- Cherryholmes, H. L.
- Chesley, Robert
- Cohen, Jaffee
- Cotter, Patricia
- Cronin, Harry
- Crowe, Bill
- Cruz, Migdalia
- Cunningham, Eric
- Daniels, Sarah
- del Valle, Peter
- Dickler, Gloria
- Disner, Don
- Dreher, Sarah
- Elizabeth, Maire
- Epperson, John
- Fairchild, Mark S.
- Fell, Blair
- Foley, Rudy Thomas
- Forrest, Pamela
- Fulford, Robin
- Galligan, David
- Gardner, Layce
- Giantvalley, Scott
- Gilbert, William S.
- Goldstein, Robert
- Golvin, Sandra
- Gray, Pamela
- Green, Wayne
- Greer, Michael
- Grieg, Noël
- Griffith, Drew
- Griffith, Drew
- Grimsley, Jim
- Hagedorn, Jeff
- Hall, Richard
- Hampton, Christopher
- Hanes, Ken
- Harding, Alex
- Harris, Larry Dean
- Harry, Phillip Brooks
- Harry, Robert Stephen
- Hoffman, Keith
- Hoffman, Ken
- Holsclaw, Doug
- Honnet, Mark
- Hughes, Holly
- Jackson, Colette
- Jacobs, Jason
- Jacobson, Tom
- Jones, Ross
- Kane, Patricia
- Kaufman, Moises
- Kearns, Michael
- Keegan, Tom
- Kelly, Tim
- Kinchi, John
- Kluger, Steve
- Knoll, Jim
- Kramer, George
- Kulp, Laurence R.
- Lane, L. (pseudonym for Lane Bateman)
- Leigh-Coleman, Denis
- Littell, Phillip
- Lloyd, Davidson
- Lord, Albert
- Lotman, Loretta
- Ludlam, Charles, 1943-1987
- Lynch, Lee
- McClellan, Michael
- McLane, Robert
- Macofsky, Tod
- Martin, William
- Masterson, Kelly
- Mello, Rob
- Miller, Isabel
- Miller, Patti R.
- Miller, Susan
- Milliner, Todd
- Mitchell, Kevin M.
- Montley, Patricia
- Moore, Pauline
- Moore, Steven
- Moraga, Cherrie
- Moskowitz, Jerome
- Motel, Doug
- Mullen, Claudia
- Nagy, Phyllis
- Nanin, Odalys
- O'Hara, Robert
- O'Neil, Tom
- Palacios, Monica
- Patrick, Robert
- Paul, Rick
- Peters, Robert
- Pfanner, Jim
- Picket, James Caroll
- Pinter, Harold
- Pliura, Vytautas
- Podolsky, Robin
- Prestininzi, Ken
- Pulner, Alan
- Rabushka, Jerry
- Racelis, Felix
- Ranberg, Chuck
- Ranson, Rebecca
- Ravenhill, Mark
- Real, Philip
- Reconco, Oscar
- Reyes, Guillermo
- Roome, Douglas
- Rosen, Sybil
- Ross, Justin
- Rubin, Amy
- Sadownick, Doug
- Sanchez, Edwin
- Savage, Mark
- Schiowitz, Josh
- Schoenfeld, Jeff
- Schrock, Robert
- Seppala, Eric
- Shairp, Mordaunt
- Sheiness, Marsha
- Shere, Michael Stuart
- Shinn, Christopher
- Simpson, Marita
- Smith, G. Bruce
- Smith, Scott Edward
- Snyder, David
- Sofronski, Ken
- Somsen, Pennell
- Specchio, Jake
- Spillers, Michael
- Stampalia, Giancarlo
- Sterner, Steve
- Stewart-Brown, Christi
- Stowe, Ayofemi
- Sullivan, Arthur
- Swanson, Jim
- Terrell, Dan Martin
- Tower, Michael Thomas
- Trasandes, Monica
- Upton, Phyllis
- Van Duzer, Michael
- Vanatta, J. S.
- Velazquez, G.
- Vertucci, June
- Vincent, Barry
- Ward, Bruce
- Waren, Mark Grant
- Weathers, Carolyn
- Wells, Win
- Winkler, Mark
- Winslow, Christopher
- Witt, Michael
- Wolcott, Peyton
- Wolman, Karen Dale
- Yew, Chay
- ZeOeh, Ruchele
- Celebration Theatre (Los Angeles, CA.)
- Comedy
- Drag shows
- Drama
- Entertainers
- Gay actors
- Gay dramatists
- Gay theater
- Historical drama -- Archival resources
- Homosexuality and theater
- Homosexuality in the theater
- Kaiser, Bill (William Kaiser)
- Kepner, Jim (James Lynn Kepner, Jr.)
- Lesbian actresses
- Lesbian dramatists
- Lesbian theater
- Monologue
- One-act plays
- Schrock, Robert
- Stage adaptations -- Archival resources
- Title
- Finding aid of the Celebration Theatre collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Michael C. Oliveira
- Date
- © 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in: English
- Edition statement
- Revised edition.This edition reflects substantial editions to the collection in 2008 & 2018.
Repository Details
Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles California 90007 United States
(213) 821-2771
askone@usc.edu