Found 2 collections related to Mabou Mines (Theater group)

Richard Meyer was technical director for the Mabou Mines production of Through the Leaves. The show was produced at the Women's Interart Center (1984) and the Public Theater (1985 and 1990), and was also presented at the Festival de Théâtre des Amériques in Montreal in 1985 and the Israel Festival in Jerusalem in 1986. The show's set design was by Douglas Stein and lighting design was by Frances Arsonson. The Richard Meyer production files for Through the Leaves date from 1984 to 1990 and document the technical aspects of constructing, maintaining, and reproducing the show in different venues. Documents in the collection include lighting hookups and cues, sound cues, stage manager's checklists, and technical drawings such as light plots and ground plans. The collection also contains programs from the Festival de Théâtre des Amériques and the Israel Festival. less

Patricia Spears Jones (born in 1951 in Forrest City, Arkansas) is a Black American poet, playwright, writer, educator, editor, and publisher. Her papers date from the 1970s to the 2010s, and chronicle Jones' career and personal life through correspondence; publishing contracts; drafts of poems; notebooks; ephemera; interviews; press clippings; photographs; and recorded poetry readings and performances. The collection illuminates her development as a social justice and environmental activist through her work as a poet, educator, volunteer, and non-profit development officer and administrator. less