ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives

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.

From the guide to the Celebration Theatre collection, 1982-2007, (ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.)

Administrative History

This collection was assembled from scripts removed from various other collections acquired by ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives and its predecessors prior to 2006.

From the guide to the Gay and Lesbian Drama Scripts Collection, circa 1938-2005, 1980-2000, (ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.)

Administrative History

This collection was assembled from scripts removed from various collections acquired by ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives and its predecessors prior to 2006.

From the guide to the Gay and Lesbian Television Scripts collection, 1965-2001, 1986-1997, (ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.)

Administrative History

The core of this collection consists of performing arts materials from the collection of Ken Dickmann, supplemented by materials from the Purple Circuit, an information clearinghouse for gay and lesbian theater, founded Bill Kaiser.

From the guide to the Performing Arts collection, 1937-2003, 1980-2000, (ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.)