Scope and arrangement
The collection provides a record of the company's performance and publicity activities from 1987 to 2012. The paper files are composed of programs; scripts; photographs; flyers, mailings and posters; contracts and financial records (including annual reports for 2001 to 2007); lighting plots; and some staging and costume notes. There is a small amount of administrative correspondence. The majority of the files are organized by theatrical season, and are arranged under the title of the production or event. The collection also contains audio and moving image recordings, arranged chronologically.
Files for productions in the early years often only contain programs and scripts. Files for performances from the late-1990s onwards are more robust and may include a production book. These were created for internal use, and are a compilation of the administrative, casting, script, set, costume, and financial records from a particular production. The files from the 1980s to the late 1990s have less administrative and financial material than those that follow.
There is an abundance of photographs and contact sheets, especially in the electronic records. The photographs document performances, rehearsals, readings, and benefit events, with some candid images of company members.
The sound and video recordings include a large component of non-commercial footage. This includes benefit events (such as "Fish Fry," a roast of Fisher Stevens), table reads, and actual productions, such as "Naked TV" plays. Commercial footage includes promotional material and television spots, podcast episodes, and radio advertisements. These recordings are unavailable pending digitization.