Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Processing Information note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Goodman Theatre archives
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Goodman Theatre archives
- Identifier
- BMRC.HWLC.GOODMAN
- Repository
- CPL- Harold Washington Library Center
- Language
- English
- Size
- 204.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1925-Present
- Creator
- Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.).
Historical note
The Goodman Theatre was established in July, 1922, by a gift of $250,000 from William and Erna Goodman to the Art Institute of Chicago for the purpose of building a theater to memorialize their son, Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. Before his death at the age of 35 in the influenza epidemic of 1918, Kenneth Sawyer Goodman had written, published and produced a number of plays in non-commercial productions in Chicago, and had expressed his vision of an ideal theater, one that would combine professional training with the highest possible performance standards.
Scope and Contents note
The collection documents the theater's early production history through promotional materials such as programs, press releases and reviews and clippings. Materials for the last 30 years of productions include an extensive collection of prompt books, production research and technical information. Other series in the collection include the papers of Artistic Director John Reich, dramaturg Tom Creamer, the Graff Family Papers, and the Producing and Artistic Directors Files.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 July 19 by Lisa Calahan and Andrew Steadham.