Firehouse Theater Company records, 1963-1974.

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Firehouse Theater Company records, 1963-1974.

The collection includes scripts, scores, director's notes, posters, programs, photographic prints, films, workshop notebooks, reviews, correspondence, legal and financial documents, blueprints, and promotional material.

4.7 linear ft.

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University of California, Davis. Library

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Mostly 19th and early 20th century programs, including a large group of souvenir programs. From the description of Theatre programs collection: United States, 1800-2005. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 77008484 Material was collected by the Department of Special Collections as part of the African American History Collection. From the description of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statements, speeches, and other material, 1963-1969. (University ...

Faber, James F.

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Walter, Nancy, 1939-

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Firehouse Theater Company.

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In the summer of 1963, University of Minnesota graduate student Marlow S. Hotchkiss, artist James F. Faber, actor John Shimek, and actor and director Charles Morrison III renovated an 1894 fire station in Minneapolis, Minnesota as the Firehouse Theater. The group conceived the theater as a venue for avant-garde drama and as a vehicle for new playwrights in the Twin Cities area. The company relocated to San Francisco in 1969. From the description of Firehouse Theater Company records, ...

Morrison, Charles Clayton, 1874-1966

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Walter, Sydney Schubert.

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Hotchkiss, Marlow

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Online Archive of California

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Shimek, John.

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