Records, 1963-1977.

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Records, 1963-1977.

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Extensive records of Theatre Genesis encompass business files including material about Actors' Equity Association; awards, bylaws and minutes; Creative Arts for Alienated Youth Project which viewed "social work with theatre as a tool," 1967-1968; correspondence, and theater information and descriptions; listing of plays produced; budget information; minutes of theater and workshop meetings; and partial listing of rejected plays, 1964-1968. Also, media coverage consisting of articles pertaining to Theater Genesis, Genesis plays and playwrights, and Off-Off Broadway theater. In addition, scripts primarily of plays produced by Theatre Genesis, some unproduced, production photographs, and program materials for produced plays. Also, general files containing material on Theatre Genesis workshop and concert performances. Video tape of Murray Mednick's ARE YOU LOOKIN'; and tape recording of Mednick's THE BOX and Tom Sankey's OUT OF TOWN TRAFFIC. Some of the more prominent playwrights whose works were produced by Theatre Genesis are Sam Shepard, Murray Mednick, Tom Sankey, Michael McClure, Maria Irene Fornes, and Megan Terry.

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McClure, Michael.

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Michael McClure was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist, and part of the Beat Generation of poetry. He was one of five authors who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading, and became close with Jack Kerouac, being immortalized as Pat McLean in Big Sur. He is known as the Prince of the Frisco Scene. From the guide to the Michael McClure letter to Diane di Prima, September 1968, (Ohio University) San Francisco-based ...

Sankey, Tom.

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Mednick, Murray

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Shepard, Sam, 1943-....

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Sam Shepard, playwright and screenwriter. From the description of Silent tongue: screenplay, 1992 January - February 22. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122608353 Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and actor Sam Shepard is perhaps best known for his play and film, Paris, Texas, as well as his acting roles in such films as Raggedy Man (1981), Steel Magnolias (1989), All the Pretty Horses (2000), and Black Hawk Down (2001). From the description ...

Fornes, Maria Irene, 1931-

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Maria Irene Fornes, playwright. From the description of Letters from Cuba: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485755 ...

St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Theatre Genesis.

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Founded in 1964 and active until 1977. One of the original Off-Off Broadway theaters, served to showcase new playwrights. Over 100 new productions were presented. From the description of Records, 1963-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155528980 ...

Terry, Megan.

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Actors' Equity Association

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The Paul Robeson Award is presented annually by Actors' Equity Association to honor an individual for both artistic achievement and exemplary humanitarian service. From the description of Paul Robeson award ceremonies collection [sound recording], 1978-1996. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 123489015 Actors' Equity Association (AEA) is the union of professional legitimate stage actors and stage managers. AEA negotiates contracts and agreements that often affect...