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Arts Administration, 1935-1998 (continued)
Subject Files, 1950-1997 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 51/1 Stevens Center for the Performing Arts, dedication scrapbook, 1978
BOX-FOLDER 51/2-4, 397/13 Stevens Center for the Performing Arts, 1978-1993 and undated
Includes: Correspondence from Hernando Courtright and Herman Wouk in Box 51, Folder 2
Includes: Correspondence from Barry Bingham, Richard Coe, Hume Cronyn, Gordon Davidson, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Alan K. Simpson, Jean Kennedy Smith, and Tom Stoppard in Box 51, Folder 3
Includes: Photographs in Box 51, Folder 3
MAPCASE FOLDER 7 Stevens Center for the Performing Arts, gala opening poster and poster, 1978 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 51/5 O'Neill Theater Center, 1976-1988
BOX-FOLDER 51/6 Opera Review, 1978
BOX-FOLDER 51/7 Performance Laboratory, Inc., 1964-1965
BOX-FOLDER 51/8 The Phillips Collection, 1979-1989
BOX-FOLDER 51/9 Poets and Writers, 1978-1984
BOX-FOLDER 51/10 Princeton University - McCarter Theatre, 1959-1960
BOX-FOLDER 51/11 Pyramid Publications Inc., 1965
BOX-FOLDER 51/12 The Rockefeller Foundation, 1955, 1974
Includes: Herman E. Krawitz, "American Music Recording Project in Commemoration of the Bicentennial"
BOX-FOLDER 52/1 Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1963, 1980, 1991
BOX-FOLDER 52/2 The Royal Society of Arts, 1968-1975, 1989-1991
BOX-FOLDER 52/3, 411/5 Saturday Review, 1963-1970
BOX-FOLDER 52/4 Seattle Opera, undated
BOX-FOLDER 52/5 Seattle World's Fair, 1961-1962
BOX-FOLDER 52/6 The Shakespeare Institute, 1970-1971
BOX-FOLDER 52/7 Study of the New York Theater, 1971
BOX-FOLDER 52/8 Sydney Opera House Trust, 1973-1976
BOX-FOLDER 52/9 Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation, 1974
BOX-FOLDER 52/10 Theatre Communications Group - Advisory Board, 1961-1963, 1974, 1983
BOX-FOLDER 52/11 Theatre Development fund, 1976-1981, 1991
BOX-FOLDER 52/12 Theatre for a New Audience, 1988-1994
BOX-FOLDER 52/13 Theatre Guild Inc. - American Theatre Society, 1951-1977, 1993
BOX-FOLDER 52/14 Theater meeting in Cleveland, 1958
BOX-FOLDER 52/15 Theatre of Latin America, Inc., 1977-1978
BOX-FOLDER 52/16 Treaty of Paris Bicentennial Committee, 1982-1985
BOX-FOLDER 53/1 Trinity Square Repertory Company, 1990-1994
BOX-FOLDER 53/2 The Twentieth Century fund, 1969-1970
BOX-FOLDER 53/3-4 UNESCO Advisory Committee for Venice, 1969-1973
BOX-FOLDER 53/5 University of California, 1969-1971, 1978, 1986-1991
BOX-FOLDER 53/6 University of Michigan, 1957-1964, 1970-1991
Includes: Roger L. Stevens 1963 speech on production and financing of plays
BOX-FOLDER 53/7 University of Washington, 1958-1964, 1970
BOX-FOLDER 53/8 University Resident Theatre Association, 1972-1974
BOX-FOLDER 53/9 Vineyard Theatre and Workshop Center, Inc., 1989-1990
BOX-FOLDER 53/10 Williamstown Theatre Festival, 1976, 1985, 1992-1993
Writings and speeches by others
BOX-FOLDER 53/11 Bakel, Richard. "Ticket Exchange Offered as a Solution for Abuses," 1964 January 26
BOX-FOLDER 53/12 Bloom, Kathryn. "Arts Organizations and Their Services to Schools: Patrons or Partners," 1974 January
BOX-FOLDER 54/1 Blount, Winston M. Nancy Hanks lecture, 1995 March 13
BOX-FOLDER 54/2 Cole, Edward C. "Valedictory Remarks," 1965
BOX-FOLDER 54/3 Garrett, Ethel. [The arts in Washington], 1969
BOX-FOLDER 54/4 Hartford, Huntington. "The Public Be Damned?," undated
BOX-FOLDER 54/5 Johnson, Lyndon B. "National Council on the Arts," 1966-1968
BOX-FOLDER 54/6 Kook, Edward F. The present State of the Broadway theatre ..., 1963
BOX-FOLDER 54/7 London, George. The Concept of a National Center ... - excerpt, 1969 May
BOX-FOLDER 54/8 Mander, Reginald. "The Old Vic Story," 1977
BOX-FOLDER 54/9 Mayer, Martin. "Brick and Mortar and the Arts," undated
BOX-FOLDER 54/10 Meacham, Roy. "The Brussels November of Simone," undated
BOX-FOLDER 54/11 Meacham, Roy. "While Lee Slept Quietly," undated
BOX-FOLDER 54/12 Plant, Ed. "A Prospectus to Structure the Future Success of Liberal Political Activities," undated
BOX-FOLDER 54/13 Ross, Nancy Wilson. "How Books Happen to Authors: A Personal Story" The Clark Lecture, Scripps College, 1973 April 10
BOX-FOLDER 54/14 Sarnoff, David. address "At the Presentation of Yeshiva University's Distinguished Science Award," 1964 May 24
BOX-FOLDER 54/15 Sloane, J. C. "Notes for a New Humanism," undated
BOX-FOLDER 54/16 Statements by members of the House of Representatives in Support of the National Endowment for the Arts, 1966
BOX-FOLDER 54/17 Symington, James W. "Echoes of Rodo," Americans, 1968 March
BOX-FOLDER 54/18 Udall, Stewart L. "America and the Search for a Quality Society," 1964 April 18
BOX-FOLDER 54/19 Udall, Stewart L. "The Arts as a National Resource," 1964 March 28
BOX-FOLDER 54/20 Wadsworth. "Birthday Present," undated
BOX-FOLDER 54/21 Welch, G. Harold "It's a Rewarding Experience to Travel Behind the Iron Curtain," 1963
BOX-FOLDER 54/22 Welch, G. Harold "Reflections on a Dream," 1957 April 15
BOX-FOLDER 54/23 Wharton, John F. "Some Forgotten Facets of Theatrical Financing," Report to the Legitimate Theatre Industry Exploratory Committee, undated
BOX-FOLDER 54/24 Wolf, Alfred L. "Total Distribution: The Dream and the Reality," 1974 May 15
BOX-FOLDER 54/25 Wolff, Ruth. "Writing the Biographical Play," 1996
BOX-FOLDER 54/26 Young Presidents Organization, Inc., 1975-1976
BOX-FOLDER 54/27 Young Women of the Arts, 1977
BOX-FOLDER 54/28 Zev Bufman Theatre Partnership, circa 1995
BOX 55-109, 397, 401, 404, 411, 426, 432-433 Theatrical Production Files, 1908-1997 (bulk 1949-1990)
Stevens produced a considerable number of shows, both on- and off-Broadway. He also financially backed productions, often without attribution in the program. He was actively involved in his productions at all levels, from selecting scripts to obtaining backers to hosting opening night parties and sending gifts to his casts. This series documents Stevens's myriad productions, as well as the many works submitted to his office for consideration. Materials related to specific production companies are located under Arts Administration in the Producing Organizations subseries and within the Kennedy Center Productions, Inc. folder in the National Cultural Center - Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts sub-subseries.

Organized alphabetically as three subseries.
BOX 55-102, 397, 401, 404, 411, 426, 432-433 Production Files, 1908-1997 (bulk 1949-1990)
This subseries documents more than 400 plays and other staged events produced, backed, or supported by Roger L. Stevens as an individual or through the various entities with which he was connected, including: American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Playwrights' Theatre, Producers' Theatre, Stevens Productions, and Whitehead-Stevens. Also included here are plays produced in England and France.

Materials consist of actor and crew contracts, audition and casting materials, budgets, box office reports, clippings, correspondence, financial reports, invoices and check stubs, play company contracts, posters, programs, production stills, rehearsal schedules, reviews, scrapbooks, and scripts.

Most productions lack extensive documentation; some are only represented through a program or single production still. Well-documented productions include 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Candide, The Cocktail Hour, Conduct Unbecoming, Double Cross, Jockey Club Stakes, Jumpers, Mary, Mary, A Piece of My Heart, The Pleasure of His Company, She Loves Me, and Sheep on the Runway.

Programs and photographs are typically located in the front of a folder or the first folder where there are multiple files for a production. Programs for British and French productions of plays are included regardless of whether Stevens was involved in the production, as he often attended these performances prior to mounting his own.

Arranged alphabetically by production title.
BOX-FOLDER 55/1 Stevens Production Lists, undated
BOX-FOLDER 55/2-3 2, 1989, 1991-1993
BOX-FOLDER 55/4-8 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 1975-1976, 1992
BOX-FOLDER 55/9 to 56/4 1776, 1969-1977
BOX-FOLDER 56/5 The 1940s Radio Hour, 1979-1989
BOX-FOLDER 56/6 A la Creole, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 57/1 The Abdication, 1969-1971
BOX-FOLDER 57/2 Absurd Person Singular, 1973-1974
BOX-FOLDER 57/3 The Admirable Crichton, 1957 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 57/4 The Affair Blum, 1962-1965
BOX-FOLDER 57/5 Alfie, 1964-1965
BOX-FOLDER 57/6 All Over Town, 1974
BOX-FOLDER 57/7 Amphigorey, 1992-1994
BOX-FOLDER 57/8 Andorra, 1962-1966
Includes: Correspondence from Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Crawford, Max Frisch, and Peter Hall
BOX-FOLDER 57/9 Angelic Avengers, 1957-1958
BOX-FOLDER 57/10-11, 426/5 Annie, 1977-1982
Includes: Framed photograph of Sandy with paw print in Box 57, Folder 11
Includes: Slides of production poster in Box 57, Folder 10 and production poster in Box 426, Folder 5
BOX-FOLDER 57/12 Annie II, 1989-1992
BOX-FOLDER 57/13 Anthony and Cleopatra, 1990-1991
BOX-FOLDER 57/14 The Apollo of Bellac, 1957
BOX-FOLDER 57/15 Arcadia, 1993
BOX-FOLDER 57/16 Arsenic and Old Lace, 1986-1988
BOX-FOLDER 57/17 The Art of Dining, 1980
BOX-FOLDER 58/1 Artist Descending a Staircase, 1989-1992
BOX-FOLDER 58/2 Assassination, 1865, 1972
BOX-FOLDER 58/3 Asylum, 1963
BOX-FOLDER 58/4 At the Grand, 1958-1959
BOX-FOLDER 58/5 Auntie Mame, 1957-1958
BOX-FOLDER 58/6 Back to Methuselah, 1958
BOX-FOLDER 58/7 The Bad Seed, 1954-1960
BOX 433 The Bad Seed - medallion, 1956 June 30
Engraved on verso: R.S. from N.K. "Bad Seed"
BOX-FOLDER 58/8 The Ballad of Baby Doe, 1957-1958
BOX-FOLDER 58/9 Ballet Ballads, 1960-1961
BOX-FOLDER 58/10 Banderol, undated
BOX-FOLDER 58/11 Bedroom Farce, 1976
BOX-FOLDER 58/12 Beekman Place, 1964-1965
Includes: Correspondence from Constance Cummings and Samuel Taylor
BOX-FOLDER 58/13 Bells are Ringing, 1956-1961
BOX-FOLDER 58/14-15 The Best Man, 1960-1961
Includes: Correspondence from Hume Cronyn; Melvyn Douglas; Randolph Hale; Mike Moroney; Adlai E. Stevenson; Franchot Tone; Lee Tracy; and Gore Vidal
BOX-FOLDER 59/1 The Best of Friends, 1988
Includes: Photograph of Blythe Danner, Raul Julia, and Roy Scheider
BOX-FOLDER 59/2 Betrayal, 1978-1980
Includes: Slides of production poster
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