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Paul Sills and Viola Spolin Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS198
Abstract
Paul Sills and Viola Spolin Oral History Collection is a project to collect oral histories documenting improvisational theatre, particularly in the Chicago region.
Dates:
2020 - 2021
Records of the Piven Theatre Workshop
Collection
Identifier: 55/53
Abstract
The Piven Theatre Workshop, a theatre educational center and professional theatre company in Evanston, Illinois, was founded by Joyce and Byrne Piven. The Records include the Piven Theatre Company’s production and events files, photographs, teaching materials, public relations material, Joyce Piven’s subject files, audiovisual recordings, project grant files, and posters.
Dates:
1977-2013
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
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
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
David Shepherd (1924-2018) Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS199
Abstract
The David Shepherd (1924-2018) Papers consists of 36 boxes and 24.1 gigabytes of born-digital files containing materials related to his work in improvisational theater.
Dates:
1934 - 2019
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