How to Use This Online Research Repository

ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES

• This online repository is organized chronologically. Research is documented as 10 year periods of theatrical production. 

• In the TAB BAR at the top you see "Production History" Hoover over that tab, select the drop down, then click on one of the decade date ranges.

• For each decade you will find when available, documentation of: 

  • • • • • Production play bill covers, Production posters, Production season fliers

          • Production breakdown, including production dates, names of director, cast, creative/design team, stage management/production team

          • Production photos (limited at present)

          • Production related articles from collegiate and local and/or national newspapers 

          • Cultural and social information that reflect the given decade

          • Season theme & Dramaturgy information

          • Names of: Dean, Associate Dean(s), Department Chair, Faculty with rank, Staff (for each year when available)

          • Selected brief comments excerpted from the Theatre/Drama annual report and/or the Fine Arts annual report

          • Student majors and Areas of Concentration under the Theatre Major/Drama Major along with documented shifts in area concentration offerings over the years

          • Former faculty and alumni Oral History interview excerpts (video, audio and text based)

          • Notation of anniversary celebrations through the years and other special events which don't occur on an annual basis

      • "PRODUCTION STATS by DECADE" - CLICK Here to view chronological production stats all in one location

        • • Kinds of Performances

          • Gender and race of Director and Playwrights

          • Division of plays: Classical, Greek, Black playwrights, White playwrights, African Diasporic plays

          • Gender of Chairs

          • Queer-centered productions

          • Howard Players

          • Multiple years a play/musical has been produced

          • Special Events