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Homosexuality in the theater

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

John Callahan papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2022-008
Abstract

John Callahan was an activist, educator, actor, producer, director, and co-founder of the gay and bisexual rap group Age of Consent. His collection, 1930-2013, consists of personal papers, theatrical production materials, teaching materials, photographs, and audio recordings for Age of Consent.

Dates: 1930-2013

Celebration Theatre collection

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 2
Identifier: Coll2007-017
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.

Dates: 1982-2018

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) theater committee collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2012-163
Abstract

Programs, playbills, fliers, agendas, clippings, notes and promotional photographs (1968-2008) collected by the Los Angeles theater committee of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) for its annual Media Awards. The annual ceremony honors outstanding representations in news, entertainment, and social media that have portrayed the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in just, precise and all-encompassing representations.

Dates: 1968 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1995 - 2008

Jeff Hagedorn papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1
Identifier: Coll2008-006
Abstract

Scripts, journals, correspondence, flyers, programs, press releases, reviews, research materials, photographic negatives, publicity stills, and other materials, 1979 to 1995, relating to playwright Jeff Hagedorn, his production company, SYZYGY, and his internationally produced theatrical works and video productions.

Dates: 1979-1995

Ivy Theatre Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2013-059
Abstract

Press material, theater production files, contracts, correspondence, clippings, financial records, photographs, a promotional videocassette (VHS) and other material, 1996-2006, from the Ivy Theatre, a lesbian theatre founded in 1998 in Los Angeles and named in honor of lesbian feminist activist, Ivy Bottini. Marian Jones served as artistic director.

Dates: 1996 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1998 - 2000

Clint Jefferies theater scripts and recordings

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2008-058
Abstract

This collection consists of scripts of plays and musicals written by Clint Jefferies and recordings of performances of these pieces by Wings Theatre Company of New York City.

Dates: 1991-2002

Naked Boys Singing records

 Collection — Box 1-7
Identifier: Coll2013-098
Abstract Correspondence, scripts, sheet music, contracts, production notes, photographs, clippings, publicity material, theater administration files, DVDs, audiocassettes, posters, promotional objects and other material from Naked Boys Singing!, bulk 1998-2004, an off-Broadway musical revue of gay experiences told through song and dance, co-created by Robert Schrock. The collection includes recording demos from the show's composers, as well as administrative files...
Dates: 1968 - 2007

James Carroll Pickett Papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2013-058
Abstract Scripts, theater production records, promotional material, bylaws and incorporation records, tax and financial records, correspondence, medical records, photographs, an audiocassette and other material, 1976-1994, from writer and AIDS activist James Carroll Pickett. Best known for his plays Bathhouse Benediction, Dream Man and Queen of Angels, Pickett also co-founded Artists Confronting AIDS...
Dates: 1976 - 1994