Guide to the Arena Stage scrapbooks, 1949-1987 Arena Stage scrapbooks C0017


Descriptive Summary
Repository	George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives.
Creator	Arena Stage
Title	Arena Stage scrapbooks
Date	1949-1987
Physical Characteristics	33 linear ft.; 11 boxes
Abstract	The collection contains bound binders containing press clippings, photographs, and Arena Stage promotional materials.
Collection number	C0017
Language	English

Historical Information

Arena Stage was an early leader in the resident theater movement. One of the first not-for-profit theaters in the United States as well as a pioneer of the regional theater movement the Arena Stage was the first regional theater to transfer a production to Broadway, the first invited by the U.S. State Department to tour behind the Iron Curtain and the first to receive a Tony Award. Co-founded in 1950 by Edward Mangum a teacher from the George Washington University, and Zelda Fichandler one of his students, Arena Stage was opened in Washington D.C. to fill the void left by the closing of the National Theater in 1948. Deriving it's name from the idea of "theater in the round," Arena Stage became one of the first resident theaters in the United States, beginning with a company of only eight actors. Today, Arena performs to over 250,000 patrons during a September to June season and employs nearly 200 theater professionals and craftpersons, who are responsible for all the costumes and scenery seen on stage. Many now- famous actors took part in Arena Stage productions during the early part of their careers. Some of them include Robert Prosky, Morgan Freeman, Dianne Weist, James Earl Jones, Kevin Kline, Christopher Guest, Yeardly Smith and Samuel L. Jackson.

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Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

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Related Material

Special Collections and Archives holds the Arena Stage records.

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Index Terms

Corporate Names:

Arena Stage (Organization : Washington, D.C.)

Subjects:

Theater--Washington (D.C.)

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Arena Stage scrapbooks

Box	Volume
1	1	1949 - July 1951

	2	August 1951- August 1952

	3	August 1952 - August 1953

	4	August 1953 - August 1954

	5	September 1954 - June 1955

	6	September 1956 - August 1957

	7	September 1957 - August 1958

Box	Volume
2	1	September 1960 - February 1961

	2	March 1961 - August 1961

	3	August 1961 - January 1962

	4	February 1962 - September 1962

	5	August 1962 - February 1963

	6	March 1962 - September 1963

Box	Volume
3	1	September 1963 - February 1964

	2	March 1964 - September 1964

	3	September 1964 - February 1965

	4	March 1965 - October 1965

	5	September 1965 - January 1966

	6	February 1966 - June 1966

Box	Volume
4	1	August 1966 - February 1967

	2	March 1967 - August 1967

	3	August 1967 - January 1968

	4	1967-1968 The Great White Hope

	5	Februdary 1968 - August 1968

	5	June 1968 - July 1969

Box	Volume
5	1	June 1975 - February 1976

	2	March 1976 - July 1976

	3	1975 - 1976 Tony Award

	4	August 1976 - January 1977

	5	February 1977 - July 1977

	6	August 1977 - January 1978

	7	February 1978 - July 1978

Box	Volume
6	1	August 1978 - January 1979

	2	February 1979 - August 1979

	3	August 1979 - December1979

	4	January 1980 - July 1980

	5	August 1980 - December 1980

	6	January 1981 - April 1981

	7	May 1981 - August 1981

Box	Volume
7	1	September 1981 - December 1981

	2	Janurary 1982 - May 1982

	3	June 1982 - August 1982

	4	September 1982 - December 1982

	5	January 1983 - April 1983

	6	May 1983 - September 1983

	7	October 1983 - December 1983

Box	Volume
8	1	January - March 1984

	2	April 1984 - June 1984

	3	June 1984 - November 1984

	4	December 1984 - February 1985

	5	March - May 1985

	6	June - September 1985

	7	October - December 1985

Box	Volume
9	1	September 1958 - July 1959

	2	August 1959 - January 1960

	3	February 1960 - August 1960

	4	June 1969 - August 1970

	5	September 1970 - August 1971

Box	Volume
10	1	January - March 1986

	2	April - July 1986

	3	July - September 1986

	4	October - December 1986

	5	January - March 1987

	6	March 1987 - May 1987

Box	Volume
11	1	misc 1950's

	2	Russia Tour book 1, 1973

	3	Russia Tour book 2, 1973

	4	photographic record of Arena Stages history

	5	photos of visitors to the theatre

	6	Russian Tour book 3, 1973

	7	misc. Arena Stage mailings and promotion items

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