Delaware Theatre Company records 1979-2000

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Delaware Theatre Company records 1979-2000

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The Delaware Theatre Company (DTC) is the largest professional theater in Delaware. Since its inception in 1978, DTC has served the cultural, educational, and artistic needs of the Wilmington community. Under the guidance of co-founder Cleveland Morris, who served as Artistic Director from 1978 to 1998, DTC developed into a community service organization that currently boasts numerous education and youth outreach programs, in addition to producing a number of plays each theater season. The Delaware Theatre Company records provide a behind-the-scenes look at the operation of a regional professional theater company. The papers include administrative materials, such as meeting minutes, agendas and correspondence from DTC's Board members and committees. Financial documentation such as annual budgets and donations are also represented, as well as resources for grants and fundraising information. There is a significant amount of material relating to DTC's development and outreach efforts; this includes marketing and publicity materials, press and news clippings, and community outreach projects. A bulk of the collection is made up of material relating to play production, including production files, director's notes, playbills, actor's information and season planning. Artistic Director, Cleveland Morris', professional papers are also included in this collection.

38 linearfeet; (37 boxes and 2 oversize boxes)

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The Delaware Theatre Company (DTC) was founded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1978 with a mission to create theater of the highest professional quality in Delaware and thereby enrich the vitality of the area through artistic programming, education and community service. The largest professional theater in Delaware, DTC was the collective brainchild of Cleveland Morris, Peter DeLaurier and Ceal Phelan. The three friends founded DTC "to revive a city that had fallen victim to the race rio...

Morris, Cleveland.

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