Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). University Theatre
Organization
Biography
For a history of the Northwestern University School of Speech's University Theatre, Studio Theatre, and Theatre Workshops, see Lynn Miller Rein, Northwestern University School of Speech: A History ([Evanston, IL]: Northwestern University, 1981).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Records of the Practical Theatre Company
Collection
Identifier: 55/47
Abstract
The Practical Theatre Company (PTC) was a Chicago-based theatre company founded by Northwestern University students and active throughout the 1980s. Its productions included new plays, satiric agitprop, rock and roll events, and a series of successful improvisational comedy revues. The PTC, whose motto was “Art is Good”, is notable for the fact that the entire cast of its 1982 improvisational comedy revue, “The Golden 50th Anniversary Jubilee” (Brad Hall, Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus,...
Dates:
1979 - 2011; Other: Majority of material found within 1979 - 1989; Other: Date acquired: 04/09/2012