Joe Stockdale collection, 1921-2002.

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Joe Stockdale collection, 1921-2002.

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Photocopies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, playbills, photographs, various publications, and first drafts of Joe Stockdale's book, The man in the spangled pants: Jack Ragotzy and the first 50 years of the Barn Threatre. The collection includes audo cassettes of interviews with various individuals involved with the Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan.

1.1 cu. ft.

Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8078920

Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Ragotzy, Jack

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Stockdale, Joe,

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The Barn theatre, Augusta, Michigan, has been in operation as a summer stock threatre since 1949. The building was erected in 1943 and served as an active dairy barn until Jack and Betty Ragotzy from Richland, Michigan, began renting it as The Village Players, a group they formed in 1946. Betty died in 1995 and Jack died in 2004. Their son, Brendan and his wife, Penelope now own and operate the theater. From the description of Joe Stockdale collection, 1921-2002. (Western Michigan Un...

Barn Theatre (Augusta, Mich.)

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