Scope and arrangement
The Dixie Sheridan photographs, dating 1982 to 2017 (bulk dates, 1997 to 2015), reflect her photographic work for Off-Broadway and Off Off-Broadway productions; the Powerhouse Summer Theater Program and of individuals.
The photographic works are mostly images used for playbills, postcards and posters. Many of the images are slides, with photographs and contact prints to a lesser extent.
Other files include printed matter, correspondence, legal and financial documents, posters, media and electronic records.
The Off-Broadway and the Off Off-Broadway companies represented are primarily the Axis Theatre Company, Classic Stage Company, and the festival FringeNYC. Other independent companies represented include Jean Cocteau Repertory, and Rude Mechanicals. Related material includes financial, notes and programs.
The Directors and Playwrights material holds files for productions by Beth Henley (see: Powerhouse Summer Theater Program), Kate Moira Ryan, Erica Schmidt, and Kay Turner. Files include portrait sessions of Ryan, her production Hadley's Mistake, and Shakespeare's As You Like It directed by Erica Schmidt.
The Portraits files reflect an eclectic group of subjects such as The Clarion Music Society; Margaret Edson's play Wit starring Kathleen Chalfant; William Finn's Songbook, and cover art for the book entitled The Room Lit by Roses by Carole Maso.
The Powerhouse Summer Theater Program at Vassar College files spans the first productions in Vassar's theater building (officially the Hallie Flanagan Davis Powerhouse Theater) to the 2000s. There are images from the productions; behind-the-scene rehearsals; and of noted actors, students, and other individuals in the performing arts. Sheridan also retained programs, publicity materials, and printed matter.
Sheridan's files of her one-woman exhibitions include shows at Pulse Art in Manhattan; the College Center Gallery, and the Beech Tree Gallery (both in Poughkeepsie).
The collection holds larger prints of some of her work. These prints were categorized as exhibition quality, professional (for potential clients), and not selected prints.
The collection also holds biographical data and clippings.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following sections: Off-Broadway and Off Off-Broadway files; Directors and Playwrights files; Portraits files; Powerhouse Summer Theater Program at Vassar College files; Publicity and Theatrical clippings; Exhibitions and Guest Books; Exhibition Quality, Professional, and Not Selected prints; Assorted files; Artwork; and Posters.