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Description

1. .25 lf (1 box)

Summary

1. The Signature Theatre Company ephemera consists of clippings, fliers, photocopies, programs, press releases, photographs and other documents pertaining to the company.

Subject

1. Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011
2. Wilson, August
3. Vogel, Paula
4. Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005
5. Irwin, Bill, 1950-
6. Guare, John
7. Fornés, María Irene
8. Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017
9. Linney, Romulus, 1930-2011
10. Kennedy, Adrienne
11. Foote, Horton
12. Blessing, Lee
13. Albee, Edward, 1928-2016
14. Programs
15. Printed ephemera
16. Theater > New York (State) > New York
17. Houghton, James
18. Clippings
19. Dramatists, American
20. Signature Theatre Company (New York, N.Y.)
21. Fliers
22. Photographic prints

Genre/Form

1. Clippings.
2. Programs.
3. Printed ephemera.
4. Fliers.
5. Photographic prints.

Call number

1. MWEZ+ n.c. 30508

Source (note)

1. Billy Rose Theatre Collection

Biography (note)

1. New York's Signature Theatre Company devotes each season to the works of one contemporary playwright, who is directly involved in the productions throughout the season as playwright-in-residence.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Signature Theatre Company (New York, N.Y.)

Title

1. Signature Theatre Company ephemera, 1991-2001.

Biography

1. New York's Signature Theatre Company devotes each season to the works of one contemporary playwright, who is directly involved in the productions throughout the season as playwright-in-residence. Founded in January 1991 by artistic director James Houghton, the company was originally located in the East Village for several years before finding a permanent home on West 42nd Street. The company invites each of its chosen playwrights to be involved in all creative decisions: the selection of plays, directors, designers, actors, etc. Playwrights chosen to present a season's worth of work by the Signature Theatre Company include Romulus Linney, Lee Blessing, Edward Albee, Horton Foote, Adrienne Kennedy, Sam Shepard, Arthur Miller, John Guare, Maria Irene Fornes, Lanford Wilson, Bill Irwin, Paula Vogel, and August Wilson.

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Research call number

1. MWEZ+ n.c. 30508