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Guide to the

Lake Charles Little Theatre Records

1927- 2009

54.22 linear feet

Collection Number 004

Prepared by Patricia A. Threatt

April 2011

CITATION: The Lake Charles Little Theatre Records, Collection No. 4, Series name, Box

number, Folder number, Archives and Special Collections Department, Frazar Memorial Library,

McNeese State University.

Archives and Special Collections Department

Frazar Memorial Library

McNeese State University

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Historical Sketch

The Lake Charles Little Theatre (LCLT) began around 1927 when Annabel Essary Dees,

Emma Michie, Mrs. J. W. Gardiner, Mary Gayle Porter, and Rosa Hart met to establish a new

community theater group. The first play, Moonshine, opened on February 24, 1927 with Rosa

Hart directing. Early productions were sporadic due to the Great Depression and the Second

World War. After 1946, the LCLT began to increase its offerings to four or five productions

each year.

The Theatre group used several buildings to stage its productions. The groups used local

churches, civic buildings, and schools, for its earliest productions. In 1939, the LCLT took

over the old Wells Fargo building on Bilbo Street with Outward Bound. After a fire in 1958,

the LCLT again found itself homeless. The group moved to the Arcade Theater on Ryan

Street. In 1966, the LCLT moved to the abandoned chapel at the Chennault Air Force Base

and christened it the “Memorial Theater Center.” Another disastrous fire occurred in 1975,

leaving the LCLT scrambling to find a new stage. The group moved its production of Juliet in

Mantua to the Lake Charles Civic Center Theater. After years of staging productions on

various stages throughout the area, the LCLT moved into its new home on Enterprise

Boulevard, the New Stable Playhouse, on September 26, 1986.

For further information see:

Hart, Rosa. “Assert the Stage.” The McNeese Review, vol. 1 # 1, Spring 1948, p. 67-83.

Downer, Brett, Editor. On With the Show, Published by the Lake Charles Little Theatre, Lake

Charles, Louisiana, 2001.

Martin, Charles Placide. Rosa. Foreword by Marion Keats Reed Copyright 1965 by Grace

Martin Printed by Lake Charles Letter Shop.

Heidt, Patsy Ruth. The History of the Theatre in Lake Charles, Louisiana from 1920 to 1950.

Key, Nancy Martin. A Narrative History of the Lake Charles Little Theatre Lake Charles,

Louisiana, 1927-1982.

Smythe, Ann Quilty, Editor. Final Curtain. Lake Charles? 1964.

The Rosa Hart Papers: http://ereserves.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/pdfs/Hart001.pdf.

http://library.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/rosa%20article%20assert%20the%20stage.htm

http://library.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/FTBooks/heidt.htm

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Scope and Content Note

The records consist of material relating to the productions of the Lake Charles Little Theatre

from its beginning in 1927, primarily playbills, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The

records also contain other material relating to the organization and management of the theatre,

including membership lists, correspondence, legal documents, clippings, and photographs.

Container List

Series - Little Theatre Productions

Box Folder Description

1 1 Photograph from four 1927 productions: Moonshine, Rickey (Ricky) Runs Amok,

Overtones, and Suppressed Desires; one unidentified photograph from an early

production, ca. 1927-28; photocopies of newspaper articles about the first three

seasons.

Playbills:

- LCLT presents the Beaumont Little Theatre in The Ship, Feb. 7, 1929

- Beaumont Little Theatre presents The LCLT in The Giant's Stair, May 29-30,

1929

- The LCLT Third Season, November 8, 1928, You and I

- Third Season, December 18, 1928, The Vanishing Princess, The Giant's Stair,

and The Mayor and the Manicure

- Third Season, May 7, 1929, for A Cup of Tea, The Eldest, and The Twelve

Pound Look

2 Three Cornered Moon - April 6, 1936 - playbills

3 The Ghost Train - May 25, 1936 - playbills, photograph

4 Cock Robin - Sept. 28, 1936 - playbills

5 The Drunkard - October 22, 1936 - photograph

6 The Barker - Dec. 14, 1936 - playbills, photographs

7 A Bill of Divorcement - Feb. 22, 1937 - playbills, photograph

8 The Revealing Moment - April 19, 1937 - playbills, photograph

9 Lightnin' - May 17, 1937 - playbills, photograph

10 First Lady - Oct. 4, 1937 - playbills, a copy of the play, clippings

11 Kind Lady - Nov. 22, 1937 - playbills, photograph

12 Ceiling Zero - Feb. 28, 1938 - playbills

13 Stage Door -May 9, 1938 - playbills

14 Night of January 16th - Oct. 10, 1938 - playbills

15 Outward Bound - Feb. 6-7, 1939 - photographs, telegrams, newsletters, clippings,

ticket

16 Personal Appearance - Mar. 27-28, 1939 - ticket, playbills

17 Cradle Snatchers - May 22-23, 1939 - playbills, photographs

18 You Can't Take it With You - Oct. 16-17, 1939 - playbills, clippings

19 Night Must Fall - Dec. 4-5, 1939 - playbills, clippings, ticket

20 Room Service - April 8-9, 1940 - playbill, clippings

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Series - Little Theatre Productions [continued]


1 21 The Bat - May 20-21, 1940 - playbills, note on cast

22 Candle Light - Oct. 14-15, 1940 - playbills

23 Whistling in the Dark - Dec. 16-17, 1940 - playbills

24 Old Man Taterbug, Backstage, and The Minuet - playbills of three plays by the

LCLT Junior Members - March 31, April 1, 1941

25 Elizabeth the Queen - April 28-May 1, 1941 - playbills (Bundles for Britain benefit)

26 Here Today - June 9-10, 1941 - playbills

2 1 The Man Who Came to Dinner - Nov. 10-11, 1941 - playbills

2 What a Life - Feb. 11-12,1942 - playbills

3 Reserve Two for Murder - June 11-12, 1942 - playbills

4 My Sister Eileen - Nov. 16-17, 1942 - playbills, list of cast and acts

5 Boy Meets Girl - Oct. 14-17, 1946 - clippings, newsletter, tickets

6 I Remember Mama - Dec. 9-12, 1946 - clippings, tickets, playbills

7 Mary of Scotland - Feb. 17-20, 1947 - playbills, clippings, ticket

8 Biography - March 8, 1947 - playbills, clippings, ticket (play presented by Le Petit

Theatre du Vieux Carre, New Orleans)

9 Arsenic and Old Lace - April 21-24, 1947 - playbills, clippings, postcard

10 State of the Union - Oct. 13-17, 1947 - playbills, clippings, ticket

11 Barretts of Wimpole Street - Dec. 15-19, 1947 - playbills, clippings, postcard, ticket

12 Dear Ruth - Jan. 31, 1948 - playbills, clippings (play presented by the Little Theatre

of Shreveport)

13 Death Takes a Holiday - Mar. 15-19, 1948 - playbills, clippings, ticket

14-15 The Great Big Doorstep - May 17-22, 1948 - playbills, one autographed by the cast,

copy of script, photographs, including Life photographs

16 Life with Father - Oct. 20-26, 1948 - playbills (one autographed by cast), clippings,

ticket, photographs

17 Seven Keys to Baldpate - Dec. 13-18, 1948 - playbills, clippings, ticket, worksheet

18 Lovers and Madmen - Jan. 29, 1949 - playbills, clippings (play presented by the

Houston Little Theatre)

19 The Glass Menagerie - Mar. 14-20, 1949 - playbills, clippings

20 Blithe Spirit - May 9-16, 1949 - clippings, ticket, Stable Talk (newsletter), playbill

for Blithe Spirit from Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre from 1945)

21 Over Twenty-One - Oct. 10-15, 1949 - playbills, ticket

22 The Pursuit of Happiness - Dec. 12-17, 1949 - playbills, postcard

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2 23 The Fatal Weakness - Feb. 4, 1950 - playbills, postcard (play presented by the

Memphis Little Theatre)

24 The Little Foxes - March 27-April 1, 1950 - playbills, postcard, ticket

25 Two Blind Mice - May 29-June 5, 1950 - playbills (one autographed by cast),

postcard, tickets, clipping

26 Light Up the Sky - Oct. 5-11, 1950 - playbills

27 Peter Pan - Jan. 15-20 and Feb. 23-24, 1951 (extra performances) - playbills,

clippings, notes, postcard, ticket

3 1 Goodbye, My Fancy - Mar. 17, 1951 - playbills, postcard (play presented by the

Tulsa Little Theatre)

2 Medea - Apr, 2-7, 1951 - playbills, photographs

3 The Silver Whistle - May 21-26, 28, 1951 - playbills (one autographed by cast),

postcard, ticket

4 The Voice of the Turtle - Oct.18-25, 1951 - Stable Talk (newsletter), clippings

5 Rain - Feb. 2, 1952 - photograph (good photograph of Rosa Hart), postcard, notes,

playbills, clippings (play presented by the University of Houston)

6 The Twentieth Century - Feb. 18-24, 1952 - photograph, postcards, clippings,

playbills

7 The Snow Queen - May 5, 1952 - playbills, clippings, notes, Dixie Roto Magazine

article (Kenneth Gaburo, Composer and Margery Wilson, Librettist)

8 The Happy Time - Oct. 20-25, 1952 - playbills, clippings, photographs, notes

9 Come Back Little Sheba - Dec. 6, 1952 - playbills, clipping, postcard (play presented

by New Orleans Little Theatre Productions in association with Tulane University

according to playbill), (playbill in folder from the play when presented by the Le

Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre in November 1952)

10 Darkness at Noon - Jan. 22-28, 1953 - playbills, notes, postcard, ticket

11 Remains to be Seen - Mar. 18-21, 23-24, 1953 - playbills, photographs, clippings,

postcard

12 Bell, Book, and Candle - May 4-9, 1953 - playbills, ticket, notes, dues and

membership reminder

13 Mr. Roberts - Oct. 19-24, 1953 - playbills, photographs, clippings, ticket, cast notes

(photographs of guest star Jeffrey Lynn)

14 Born Yesterday - Jan. 14-20, 1954 - playbills, notes, script, postcards, ticket

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3 15 King Henry the Fourth: First Part - Feb. 19-20, 1954 - playbills, photographs, notes,

clippings, postcard (play presented by the Bayou Players of McNeese State College)

4 1 The Hasty Heart - Mar. 24-30, 1954 - playbills, notes, clippings, ticket, postcard,

information on costumes

2 Out of the Frying Pan - May 24-30, 1954 - playbills, photograph, clippings, postcard,

ticket (also notices about a Theatre Party)

3 Detective Story - Oct. 26 - Nov. 1, 1954 - playbills, photographs, clippings, notes,

ticket, correspondence (photographs of guest star Steve Cochran)

4 My Three Angels - Dec. 30, 1954 - Jan. 5, 1955 - playbills (one autographed by cast),

clippings, postcard, ticket (also playbills from presentation at LaGrange Middle

School on Nov. 4-5, 11-12

5 The Man - Jan. 29, 1955 - playbills, clippings, postcard (play presented by the Sam

Antonio Little Theatre)

6 Androcles and the Lion and Le Carnaval - Apr. 20-26,1955- playbills, clippings,

postcard, photographs (Le Carnival presented by Ida Clarke's Ballet Group)

7 The Fourposter - May 26, - June 1, 1955 - playbills, photographs, clippings, postcard

8 Stalag 17 - Oct. 17-23, 1955 - playbills, photographs, clippings, ticket,

correspondence (photographs of guest star Hurd Hatfield)

9 Quality Street - Dec. 12-18, 1955 - playbills, clippings, postcard, ticket

10 Happy Birthday - Jan. 7, 1956 - playbills, postcard (play presented by the Baton

Rouge Little Theatre)

11 High Ground - Mar. 5-11, 1956 - playbills, clippings, ticket

12 Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker - May 14-20, 1956 - playbills, clippings, ticket,

postcard

13 Solid Gold Cadillac - Nov. 5-11, 1956 - playbills, clippings, postcard

14 Fifth Season - Dec. 1956 - playbills, clippings, postcard, notes (play presented by

Stage, Inc., Beaumont, Texas)

15 The Lark - Feb. 24, - Mar. 2, 1957 - playbills, photographs, clippings, notes, postcard

16 Barefoot in Athens - May 11-15, 1957 - playbills, clippings, notes

5 1 The Teahouse of the August Moon - Oct. 7-13, 1957 - playbills (including two

autographed by the cast), clippings, notes, postcard (also a playbill from the Martin

Beck Theatre for Teahouse)

2 The Teahouse of the August Moon - Oct. 7-13, 1957 - photographs

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5 3 Bus Stop - Dec. 14, 1957 - playbills, notes, clippings, postcard, photographs (play

presented by the Galveston Little Theatre)

4 Death of a Salesman - Feb. 5-11, 1958 - playbills , clippings, notes, photographs,

postcard, correspondence

5 Sabrina Fair - Apr. 17-23, 1958 - playbills, notes, clippings, postcard

6 White Sheep of the Family - Oct. 12-18, 1958 - playbills, notes, clippings, postcard

7 White Sheep of the Family - Oct. 12-18, 1958 - photographs

8 Inherit the Wind - Dec. 14-20, 1958 - playbills, notes, script, postcard

9 Inherit the Wind - Dec. 14-20, 1958 - photographs

10 No Time for Sergeants - Apr. 1-5 1959 - playbills (including two autographed by the

cast), photographs, clippings, script, postcard

11 Dial M for Murder - May 13-17, 1959 - playbills (including two autographed by the

cast), clippings, postcards

12 The Rainmaker - Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 1959 - playbills (including two autographed by the

cast), photographs, clippings, correspondence, postcard

13 Visit to a Small Planet - Dec. 8-12, 1959 - playbills (includes one from the Port

Arthur production Nov. 27 - Dec. 3, 1959), postcards, clippings, photographs (play

presented by the Port Arthur Little Theatre)

6 1 Tiger at the Gates - Feb. 25-29, 1960 - playbills, photographs, negatives, clippings,

postcard

2 Lo and Behold! - Apr. 19-23, 1960 - playbills, clippings, postcard

3 Charley's Aunt - Oct. 18-22, 1960 - playbills, clippings

4 Witness for the Prosecution - Dec. 6-10, 1960 - playbills, clippings, postcard,

photographs (by T. M. “Mickey” Read

5 Skin of Our Teeth - Feb. 7-11, 1961 - playbills (also includes playbill from Le Petit

Theatre du Vieux Carre of same production in 1944), clippings, photographs, postcard

6 See How They Run - Mar. 21-25, 1961 - playbills, clippings, postcard

7 The Boy Friend - Apr. 28-30, May 2-3, 1961 - playbills (including playbill from the

Beaumont Community Players for this production), clippings, photographs, notes,

postcard

8 Mrs. McThing - Oct. 18-22, 1961 - playbills, clippings, photographs (by T. M.

“Mickey” Read)

9 The Time of the Cuckoo - Nov. 28, - Dec.2, 1961 - playbills, clippings, photographs,

postcard

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6 10 The Diary of Anne Frank - Jan. 30, - Feb. 3, 1962 - playbills, clippings, photographs

11 Misalliance - Mar. 13-17, 1962 - playbills (also includes playbill from Le Petit

Theatre du Vieux Carre of same production in 1945), photographs, clipping, postcard

12 The Pajama Game - Apr. 27, - May 5, 1962 - playbills (also includes playbill from St.

James Theatre of same production in 1954), clippings, photographs, also photographs

by T. M. “Mickey” Read

13 The Pleasure of His Company - Oct. 16-20, 1962 - playbills, clippings,

correspondence, photographs, also photographs by T. M. “Mickey” Read, notes

7 1 The Crucible - Dec. 4-8, 1962 - playbills, clippings, photographs, postcard

2 The Deadly Game - Feb. 5-9, 1963 - playbills, clippings, postcard

3 Nude With Violin - Mar. 19-23, 1963 - playbills, clippings, postcard

4 The Rebel's Revenge - May. 16-18, 1963 - script, playbills, clippings, photographs

(The Cabaret Playhouse sponsored by the Lake Charles Little Theatre)

5 The Perils of Pamona (Pomona) - June 20-22, 1963 - playbills, clippings, script (The

Cabaret Playhouse sponsored by the Lake Charles Little Theatre)

6 Love Lies A' Bleeding - Aug. 1- 3, 1963 - playbills, clippings (The Cabaret Playhouse

sponsored by the Lake Charles Little Theatre)

7 Carnival - Nov. 20-27, 1963 - playbills, clippings, notes (dates altered somewhat in

deference to "national tragedy" - the assassination of President Kennedy, extended

through the 30th, but closed 24-25th and 28th)

8 Everybody Loves Opal - Jan. 21 (23?)-25, 1964 - playbills, clippings, photographs,

postcards

9 The Seven Year Itch - Mar. 10-14, 1964 - playbills, clippings, photographs, postcards

10 Once Upon a Mattress - Apr. 30 - May 5, 1964 - playbills, clippings, photographs,

postcards

11 Dirty Work at the Crossroads - June 19-20, 1964 (date on playbill, July 17-18 date on

postcards) - playbills, photographs, clippings, postcards (The Cabaret Playhouse


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7 12 The Drunkard - July 24-25 and 31 - Aug. 1, 6-8, 13-15, 20-21, 1964 - playbills,

clippings, correspondence, postcards (The Cabaret Playhouse sponsored by the Lake

Charles Little Theatre)

13 Auntie Mame - Oct. 20-24, 1964 - playbills (includes playbill from same production

by Orange Community Players in May, 1962?), clippings, photographs by T. M.

“Mickey” Read

14 A Far Country - Nov. 27-30, Dec. 1, 1964 - playbills, clippings, notes, postcards

8 1 Kind Sir - Feb. 11-13, 19-20, 1965 - playbills (including one signed by cast),

clippings, postcard

2 The Sound of Music - Apr. 30, May, 6-8, 1965 - playbills, clippings, notes,

photographs

3 A Shot in the Dark - Oct. 15-16, 21-23, 1965 - playbills, clippings

4 The Importance of Being Earnest - Jan. 15, 1966 - cast list, clipping, postcard (single

performance)

5 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs - Feb. 17-19, 24-26, 1966 - playbills, clippings,

postcard

6 LCLT Little Group's Cinderella - March 19-20, 26-27, 1966 - playbills, clippings

7 Camelot - Apr. 28-30, May 5-7, 1966 - playbills, clippings, notes, (includes playbill

from Beaumont Little Theatre performance in 1966)

8 Mary, Mary - June 9-11, 16-18, 1966 - playbills, clippings, notes, photographs

9 Bell, Book, and Candle - June 23-25, 30, July 1-2, 1966 - clippings, notes, playbills

10 West Side Story - Oct. 20-22, 1966 - playbills, clippings, notes, booklet of drawings

titled "Souvenir of West Side Story," (this performance was the first in the Memorial

Theater Center of Lake Charles located at the Chennault Air Force Base, folder

contains a photograph of the kitchen in the theater building)

11 You Can't Take it With You - Dec. 13-17, 1966 - playbills, clippings, postcard

12 A Streetcar Named Desire - Feb. 7-11, 1967 - playbills, clippings

13 Any Wednesday - Apr. 4-8, 1967 - playbills, clippings

14 Riverwind - May 23-27, 1967 - playbills, clippings, postcards

15 Rosie's Ricochet Romance - June 1, 2, 3, 1967 - playbills, clippings, photographs


16 Rebel's Revenge - July 6-8, 1967 - playbills, clippings (The Cabaret Playhouse


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9 1 Odd Couple - Oct. 12-14, 19-21, 1967 - playbills, clippings, photographs

2 The Man Who Came to Dinner - Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2, 7-9, 1967 - playbills

3 Critic's Choice - April 24-27, 1968 - playbills, notes

4 The Winslow Boy - June 6-8, 1968 - playbills, clippings, photographs, notes

5 Dirty Work at the Crossroads - July 18-20, 1968 - playbills, clippings, photographs


6 Rosie's Ricochet Romance - Aug. 22-24, 1968 - clippings, playbills

7 The Little Foxes - Dec. 12-14, 1968 - playbills, photograph, clippings, letter

(performed by the Beaumont Community Players, dedicated to the memory of

Tallulah Bankhead)

8 Star-Spangled Girl - Feb. 27-28, - Mar. 1, 1969 - playbills, clippings, photograph,

notes, tickets

9 Come Blow Your Horn - June 12-14, 1969 - playbills, clippings, photographs,

postcard

10 Caught in the Villain's Web - July 24-26, - Aug. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 1969 - playbills,

clippings, tickets (The Cabaret Playhouse sponsored by the Lake Charles Little

Theatre)

11 Luv - Oct. 9-11, 1969 - playbills, clippings, photographs, notes

12 Gloucester - Dec. 4-6, 1969 - playbills, clippings, photographs, letters (an original

play written and director by local author/director K. Ramsey MacLeod)

13 Wait Until Dark - Feb. 5-7, 1970 - playbills, clippings, photographs, notes (includes

playbill from same production by The Omaha Playhouse)

14 The Caretaker - Apr. 9-11, 1970 - playbills, clippings, photographs, notes

15 The Women - May 28-30, 1970 - playbills, clippings, notes

16 Light Up the Sky - Nov. 5-7, 1970 - playbills, clippings, photographs, correspondence,

tickets

17 The Bad Seed - Dec. 16-19, 1970 - playbills, clippings, photographs

10 1 The White Sheep of the Family - Mar. 11-13, 1971 - playbills, clippings, photographs

2 The Great Big Doorstep - May 4-8, 1971 - Sept. 23, 29, 30, 1972 - playbills,

clippings, script (includes program from Spotlight on the Arts '72 and Lake Charles

Festival of the Arts 1972, both of which featured Act II, Scene 2 of The Great Big

Doorstep)

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10 3 The Great Big Doorstep - May 4-8, 1971, Sept. 23, 29, 30, 1972 - photographs

4 I Do! I Do! - June 10-12, 1971 - playbills, clippings, photograph

5 Jenny Kissed Me - Oct. 5-9, 1971 - playbills, clippings, photographs, slides

6 The Curious Savage - Dec. 9-11, 1971 - playbills, clippings, photographs

7 Antigone - Feb. 10-12, 1972 - playbills, clippings, photographs, slides, postcard

8 Under the Yum Yum Tree - May 10-13, 1972 - playbills, clippings, photographs,

postcard, ticket

9 Telemachus Clay - July 7-8, 14-15, 1972 - playbills, clippings, slides

10 Butterflies are Free - Oct. 13-14, 20-21, 1972 - playbills, clippings, photographs

11 1 Arsenic and Old Lace - Dec. 8- 9, 15-16, 1972 - playbills, clippings, photographs

2 The Glass Menagerie - Feb. 16-17, 23-24, 1973 - playbills, clippings, ticket

3 Natalie Needs a Nightie - Apr. 27-28, - May 4-5, 1973 - playbills, clippings

4 Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Oct. 25-27, Nov. 1-3, 1973 - playbills, clippings, notes

5 Upstairs at the Whitehouse - Feb. 8-9, 1974 - playbills, clippings, ticket (Book

Theatre presented by the LCLT, Mrs. Weldon Lynch presented her interpretation of

the book, original lithographs and etchings of famous American artists were on sale at

the presentation, pamphlet included in file)

6 I Never Sang for My Father - Apr. 5-6, 12-13, 1974 - playbills, clipping, photograph

7 The Tender Trap - June 27-29, 1974 - playbills, clippings, photographs, postcard

8 Old Timers Night - Theater Under The Stars (including Here We Are, Macbeth (from

The Twisted Tales of Shakespeare), The Odd Couple

(Act II) - Aug. 23, 1974 - playbills, clippings, photographs, postcard (A late summer

divertissement, three one-act plays aimed at re-uniting LC old-timers)

9 Generation - Oct. 2, 4-5, 1974 - playbills, clippings

10 A Man for All Seasons - Dec. 5-7, 13-14 (special performances), 1974 - playbills,

clippings, postcard

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11 11 Juliet in Mantua - Mar. 22, 1975 see below - playbills, clippings, photographs,

postcard (in rehearsal when fire destroyed the theatre's auditorium at Chennault, this

played at the Civic Center, original scheduled dates were Feb. 26, 28, March 1,

includes photograph of the destroyed Memorial Theatre)

12 Under the Gaslight - Aug 23-24, 1975 - playbills, clippings, photographs, postcard

(presented at Bord Du Lac Park at the Civic Center, note says also presented at

DeRidder, DeQuincy, and the Ranch House at McNeese)

13 Room Service - Nov. 14-15, 21-22, 1975 - playbills, clipping, photograph (staged at

LaGrange Middle School auditorium)

14 LCLT Showcase of High School Talent - Feb. 11, 1976 - programs (Explorer Post

25), clippings, photographs (LaGrange auditorium, includes acts from various plays

with students from Bell City, Boston, LaGrange, Marion, and Barbe High Schools)

15 Dracula Baby - April 30, May 1, 7-8, 1976 - playbills, clippings, photographs

16 An American Odyssey - July 4, 1976 - playbill, photographs

17 Fannie the Frivolous Flapper - Aug. 13-14, 1976 - programs (Explorer Post 25),

clippings, photographs (Sing Along)

18 Night Must Fall - Oct. 8-9, 15-16, 1976 - playbills, photographs

19 Solid Gold Cadillac - Dec.3-4, 10-11, 1976 - playbills, clippings, photograph, notes

(Stable Talk)

20 Anything Goes - Mar. 11-12, 18-19, 1977 - playbills, clippings, photographs

(performed at Central School Theatre)

21 The Owl and the Pussycat - Mar. 25 and Apr. 1, 1977 - programs, clippings,

photographs (first dinner theatre production), also includes invitations and clippings

concerning the end of the season party, the Fin-de-Saison Soirée

12 1 The Drunkard - Aug. 5-7, 1977 - playbills, clippings, photographs

2 A Midsummer Night's Dream - Sept. 9-11, 1977 - playbills, clippings

3 My Three Angels - Nov. 4, 5, 11, 12, 1977 - playbills, photographs

4 The Miser - Jan. 20-22, 27-28, 1978 - playbills, clippings, photographs

5 Guys and Dolls - Mar. 31, - Apr. 1, 7- 8, 1978 - playbills, clippings, photographs

6 The Comedy of Errors - Sept. 8-10, 1978 - playbills, clippings, photographs, flyer

7 An Enemy of the People - Oct. 27-28, - Nov. 3-4, 1978 - playbills, clippings,

photograph

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12 8 School for Scandal - Dec. 1-2, 8-9, 1978 - playbills, clippings, photographs,

newsletters

9 Real Inspector Hound - Feb. 8-10, 1979 - playbills, clippings, photographs

10 Kiss Me, Kate - Apr. 19-21, 1979 - playbills, clippings, photographs (with visiting

artist J. B. Davis)

11 The Merry Wives of Windsor - July 27-28, August 3-5, 1979 - playbills, clippings,

Mayor's Proclamation

12 Life With Father - Oct. 12-13, 19-20, 1979 - playbills, clippings, newsletter

13 The Runner Stumbles - Nov. 9-10, 16-17, 1979 - clippings

14 The Great Golden Radio Hour - Feb. 21-23, 1980 - playbills, clippings (presented

live on NOVA-104 radio Feb. 20) (co-sponsored by McNeese's dramatic honor

fraternity, Alpha Psi Omega)

15 The Pirates of Penzance - May 9, 10, 1980 - playbills, clippings, newsletter

16 Shakespeare's - Romeo And Juliet - July 18-20, 1980, As You Like It - July 25-27,

1980 - playbills, clippings (Shakespeare Under the Stars)

17 Ten Little Indians - Oct. 10-11, 17-18, 1980 - playbills, clippings

18 No Sex Please, We're British! - Nov. 13-15, 20-22, 1980 - playbills, clippings,

postcard

13 1 An Almost Perfect Person - Feb. 6-7, 13-14, 1981 - playbills, clippings (includes

clipping and program from Cinema-on-the-Side, COTS, for Feb.-March, 1981)

2 The Would-Be Gentleman - Apr.1-4, 1981 - playbills, clippings, photographs, notes

3 The Fantasticks - May 27-30, 1981 - playbill

4 DA - October 22-24, 1981- playbills

5 Caught in the Villain's Web or More Sinned Against Than Sinning - March 10-13,

1982 - playbills

6 Candida - Apr. 7-10, 1982 - playbills

7 Dolls (A Louisiana Trilogy) - Nov. 11-13, 1982 - playbill, clipping

8 Tartuffe - Feb. 18-19, 25-26, 1983 - clippings, playbills

9 Night of The Iguana - Mar. 1, 2, 1983 - clippings, playbills, photographs,

correspondence, clipping

10 Hamlet - Aug. 12-14, 1983 - playbill

11 The Man Who Came to Dinner - October 14-15, 21-22, 1983 - clipping, playbills

12 Hot L Baltimore - November 30, December 1-3, 1983 - playbill, correspondence

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13 13 Look at the Grouse - January 10-15, 1984 - playbill, postcard; Twilight Snacks

Theatre - Laundry and Bourbon and Lone Star - Feb. 24-26, 1984 announcements,

clippings

14 Over at Miss Emma's - March 9-10, 16-17, 1984 - playbills, clippings

15 Angel Street - May 11-12, 18-19, 1984 - playbills, clippings

16 Moliere Meets Shakespeare (Louisiana Shakespeare Festival) - clippings, Two

Gentlemen of Verona - Aug. 31, Sept. 1-2, 1984 - playbill (file includes photo of

collapsed Capo Building, corner of Kirby and Ryan Streets, used for LCLT

rehearsals)

17 A Streetcar Named Desire - Oct. 11-13, 19- 20, 1984 - playbills (including one

autographed by the cast), clippings, photographs

18 Over at Miss Emma's II - Nov. 29-30 - Dec. 1, 7- 8, 1984 - playbills, clippings,

photographs

19 The Fourposter - Jan. 24-26, Feb. 1-2, 1985 - playbills, clippings

20 Wait Until Dark - Mar. 7- 9, 15-16, 1985 - playbills, clippings

21 Crimes of the Heart - May 16-18, 24-25, 1985 - playbills, clippings

22 Much Ado About Nothing (Louisiana Shakespeare Festival) - July 26 - Aug. 4, 1985 -

clippings, playbills (the play was presented on the Fridays and Saturdays during this

time; the Chamber Singers of the Louisiana Choral Foundation presented Lovesongs

and Memories and the Storytellers presented Grimm's Magic on the Sundays)

23 Grease - Oct. 25-26, 31 and Nov. 1-2, 1985 - clippings, playbills, brochure for the

59th season

24 Lion in Winter - Dec. 6-7, 12-14, 1985 - clippings, playbills

14 1 Belle of Amherst - Jan. 24-25, 30-31, Feb. 1, 1986 - playbills, announcement,

clipping

2 Room Service - March 14-15, 20-22, 1986 - playbills, photograph, announcements

3 Amadeus - May 2-3, 8-10, 1986 - photograph clipping, playbills, announcement of

Harlequinade (according to the playbill, Amadeus was the last production at Central

School; the theatre was moving to new site on Enterprise Blvd)

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14 4 The Charred Bard and The Most Tragical Historie of Pyramus and Thisby - July 25-

26 and Aug. 1-3, 1986 - clippings, playbills, three photographs from the 1964

production which took place at the home of Mordelo Vincent (see Rosa's book Final

Curtain in the Special Collections), two Louisiana Shakespeare Festival posters 1985

and 1986 (outside the box) (VHS and broadcast tape of PBS (LPB) program

Louisiana: The State We're In concerning Louisiana Shakespeare Festival, Acadiana

Profile vol. 12 no. 2, 1985 special issue p. 17)

5 60th Season brochure and poster, Noises Off - Sept. 26-28, Oct. 3-5, 1986 -

clippings, playbills, photograph

6 Dracula - Oct. 24-25, 31 and Nov. 1 - 2, 1986- playbills, clippings, invitation to a

"Theatre Warming"

7 LCLT Twilight Snack Play - Patio/Porch, presented at the Sheraton Chateau Charles

- Dec. 8-9, 1986 - clipping, playbills, announcement

8 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Jan. 16-17, 23-25, 1987 - playbills, clippings,

photographs (final performances moved to Jan. 30-31 and Feb. 1)

9 Arsenic and Old Lace - Mar. 6-7, 13-15, 1987 - photographs, clippings, playbills,

publicity brochure

10 The Merry Widow - Mar. 25-28, Mar. 29-Apr. 3, 1987 - photographs, clippings,

playbills - (joint production with the Lake Charles Symphony, Dance Theatre

Southwest, and the Louisiana Choral Foundation on April 4 and

announcements/invitations from these organizations), file also includes playbill and

announcement from Patio (Dinner Theatre play) May 31-June 1, 1987

11 Li'l Red - June 20-21, 27-28, 1987 - clippings, playbills, photographs, announcement

12 Hay Fever - Sept. 12-13, 18-20, 25-26, 1987 - playbills, clippings, photographs,

announcement, Season 61 publicity brochures

13 Harvey - Nov. 7-8, 13-15, 20-21, 1987 - playbills, clippings, audition

announcements

14 The Mousetrap - Jan. 23-24, 29-31, Feb. 5-6, 1988 - playbills, photographs,

clippings, newsletter

15 The Foreigner - Mar. 12-13, 18-20, 25-26, 1988 - clippings, fact sheet, audition

announcement, playbill, photographs

16 The Importance of Being Earnest - May 14-15, 20-22, 27-28, 1988 - announcement,

clippings, photographs, playbills

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15 1 The Gospel According to Rita Mae - Feb. 19-21, 1988 - playbills, clippings,

announcements

2 Twelfth Night - July 30-31 - Aug. 5-6, 1988 - photographs, clippings, playbills,

Louisiana Shakespeare Festival announcements and poster (outside box)

3 Strange Snow - Aug. 12-13, 1988 - playbills, clippings, photographs, announcement

(Twilight Snacks Presentation)

4 Blithe Spirit - Sept. 17-18, 23-25, 30 - Oct. 1, 1988 - clippings, photographs,

playbills, publicity brochure

5 Sherlock's Last Case - Nov. 5-6, 11-13, 18-19, 1988 - clippings, playbills,

photographs, audition announcement

6 The House of Blue Leaves - Jan. 21-22, 27-29 - Feb. 3-4, 1989 - clippings, playbill,

photographs, announcement for set construction party

7 Madame Butterfly - April 8, 1989 - (joint production of the Lake Charles Little

Theatre, the Lake Charles Symphony Orchestra and the Louisiana Choral

Foundation) Lake Charles Symphony 31st Season booklet, photographs and

negatives, clippings, posters

8 Steel Magnolias - May 13-14, 19-21, 26-27, 1989 - clippings, playbill, photographs,

set construction announcement

9 Bus Stop, Sept. 23-24, 29-30, Oct.1, 6-7, 1989; photographs, clippings, playbills,

publicity brochures about Season 63

10 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune, Oct. 13-14, 20-22, 1989 - playbills,

clippings, photographs

11 Anastasia - Nov. 11-12, 17-19, 24-25, 1989 - playbills, photographs, clippings

12 Painting Churches - Dec. 1-2, 8-9, 1989 - clippings, photographs (including

Andrew Traister, guest artist-in-residence), playbills

13 Absurd Person Singular - Feb. 17-18, 23-25, Mar. 2-3, 1990 - photographs,

clippings, playbills, audition announcement

14 On the Verge - March 23-24, 30-31, 1990 - photographs, clippings, playbills,

audition announcement

15 Evita - April 28-29, May 4-6, 11-12, 1990 - audition announcement, clippings,

playbill, photographs

16 Kith and Kin - August 10-11, 17-18, 1990 - playbills, photographs, clippings

17 The Imaginary Invalid - September 22-23, 28-30, October 5-6, 1990 - 64th Season

brochure, playbills, clippings, calendar

18 Whodunnit -November 10-11, 16-18, 23-24, 1990 - playbills, photographs,

clippings

19 Greater Tuna Christmas - January 19-20, January 25-27, February 1-2, 1991 -

clippings, playbills

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15 20 The Cocktail Hour - March 9-10, 15-17, 22-23, 1991 - clippings, playbills,

photographs

21 Lend Me a Tenor - May 11-12, 17-19, 24-25, 1991 - photographs, clippings, playbills

16 1 The Rose Tattoo - September 21-22, 27-29 - Oct 4, 5, 1991 - photographs, clippings,

65th Season Brochure, playbills, posters (including one autographed by the cast),

tickets, newsletter

2 The Mystery of Irma Vep - November 9-10, 15-17, 22-23, 1991 - playbills,

photographs, clippings.

3 Lettuce and Lovage - January 25-26, 31 - February 1-2, 7-8 1992 - photograph,


4 Mornings at Seven (a substitute for The Little Foxes) - March 21-22, 27-29 - April 3-4,

1992 -photograph, clippings, playbills

5 The Miser - May 9-10, 15-17, 22-23, 1992 - clippings, photographs, playbills, poster

6 Ain't Misbehavin' - Sept. 12-13, 18-20, 24-26, 1992 - clipping, playbills, 66th Season

brochures

7 I Hate Hamlet - Nov. 7, 8, 13-15, 19-21, 1992 - clippings, playbills

8 Love Letters - January 9-10, 15-17, 21-23, 1993 - clippings, playbills, notice

9 The Bad Seed - February 27-28, March 5-7, 11-13, 1993 - clippings, playbills

10 Daddy's Dying, Who's Got the Will? - April 17-18, 23-25, 29-30, May 1, 1993 -

clippings, playbills, photographs

11 Steel Magnolias - June 18-19, 25-26, July 2-3, 1993 - A Summer Encore notice,


12 Nunsense - The Second Coming - September 11-12, 17-19, 23-25, 1993 - clippings,

playbills, 67th Season Brochures (also billed as Nunsense II or 2: The Second

Coming)

13 To Kill a Mockingbird - November 6-7, 12-14, 18-20, 1993 - clipping, playbills

14 The Cemetery Club - January 22-23, 28-30, February 3-5, 1994 - clippings, playbills

15 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - March 12-13, 17-20, 24-26, 1994 - clippings, playbills -

Dedication invitation and programs for the ceremony dedicating and naming the Little

Theatre auditorium the "Robert F. Michel Auditorium" in The New Stable Playhouse

16 The Odd Couple - April 30, May 1, 6-8, 11-14, 1994 - clippings, playbills

17 Dangerous Liaisons - September 10-11, 16-18, 22-25, 1994 - playbills, clippings, 68th

Season Brochures

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16 18 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - November 5-6, 11-13, 17- 20,

1994 - clippings, playbills, photographs

17 1 Other People's Money - January 21-22, 27-29, February 2-5, 1995 - clippings,

playbills

2 Arms and the Man - March 11-12, 17-19, 23-26, 1995 - clippings, playbill

3 A Little Night Music - April 29-30, May 5-7, 11-14, 1995 - clippings, playbill

4 Laundry & Bourbon and Lone Star - two one-act plays - July 27-29, August 3-5, 1995

- playbill, clipping, photograph (also includes playbill for productions of Lone Star on

July 10-11, no year, given with a different cast)

5 Gumbo-Ya-Ya - An Evening of Stories from Many Cultures with Storyteller Lynette

Braxton - August 11-12, 1995 - announcement (Summer Cafe Theatre)

6 A Streetcar Named Desire - September 23-24, 28-30, October 1, 5- 7, 10, 1995 -

clippings, playbills, 69th Season brochures

7 The Foreigner - November 4-5, 10-12, 16-19, 1995 - clippings, playbills

8 Season's Greetings - a Holiday Omnibus Reader's Theatre - December 6-10, 1995 -

announcement, playbill, clipping

9 The Golden Radio Hour - January 24-28, 1996 - announcement, clippings, playbills

10 The Picnic - February 24-25, March 1-3, 7-10, 1996 - playbills, clippings,

announcement

11 You Can’t Take it With You- April 19-21, 25-28, May 2-5, 1996 - playbills

12 The Rainmaker - September 14-29, 1996 - playbills, clippings, photographs from 70th

season celebration, 70th Season brochures

13 Noises Off - November 9 - 24, 1996 - playbills, clippings

14 One Act Times Three - February 15 - March 2, 1997 - playbill, clippings, photograph

(A Festival of One Act Plays, including Tall Tales, The Marriage Proposal, Aria da

Capo)

15 Loot - April 12 - April 27, 1997 - playbills, clippings

16 Gaslight (Angel Street) - May 24 - June 8, 1997 - playbills, clippings, announcement

17 Three Tall Women - September 13-14, 19-21, 25-28, 1997 - playbills, clippings, 71st

Season brochures

18 Don’t Dress for Dinner - November 8-9, 13-16, 20-23, 1997 - playbills

19 Dancing at Lughnasa - February 14-15, 20-22, 27-28, March 1, 1998 - playbills,

clippings, photographs

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17 20 Oklahoma - April 18-19, 1998 - Lake Charles Symphony program, clippings (joint

production of the LCLT, The LC Symphony, the Louisiana Choral Foundation and

Dance Theatre Southwest)

21 Moon Over Buffalo - May 30-31, June 5-7, 11-14, 1998 - playbills, clippings

22 Forever Plaid - September 12-13, 18-20, 24-27, 1998 - playbills, clippings, 72nd

Season brochure

23 The Dining Room - November 7-8, 13-15, 19-22, 1998 - playbills, clippings

24 Louisiana Women - January 9-10, 15-17, 21-24, 1999 - playbills, clippings, brochure,

3 DVDs of performances (written by Carolyn Woosley)

25 Celebration - February 4-7, 1999 - clippings

26 Picasso at the Lapin Agile - March 13-14, 18-21, 25-28, 1999 - playbills, clippings

27 The Imaginary Invalid en Louisiane - May 29-30, June 4-6, 10-13, 1999 - playbills,

clippings, 2 DVDs of performances

28 Marvin’s Room - September 11-26, 1999 - playbills, clippings, 73rd Season brochures

29 The Last Night of Ballyhoo - November 6-7, 12-14, 18-21, 1999 - playbills, clippings

30 Tuna Christmas - January 15-16, 20-23, 27-30, 2000 - playbills, clippings

31 Durang Durang - March 4-5, 10-12, 16-19, 2000 - playbills, clippings, collage-

framed (24 x 36) with photos and ticket (stored outside box)

32 A Delicate Balance - May 13-14, 19-21, 25-28, 2000 - playbills, clippings

33 Art - September 16-17, 22-24, 28-30, October 1, 2000 - playbills, clippings

34 The Real Inspector Hound - November 45, 10-12, 16-19, 2000 - playbills, clippings

(includes The Fifteen-Minute Hamlet)

18 1 Louisiana Women: Tabasco in Your Eye - January 6-7, 12-14, 18-21, 2001 - playbills

(including one autographed by the cast), clippings, photographs (written by Carolyn

Woosley)

2 The Beauty Queen of Leenane - March 17-18, 23-25, 29-31, April 1, 2001 - playbills,

clippings

3 Twelve Angry Men - May 12-13, 18-20, 24-27, 2001 - playbills, clippings,

photographs (also includes clippings on Curse You, Jack Dalton and Box and Cox,

summer productions July 14-15 and 20-22

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18 4 Over at Miss Emma’s - September 15-16, 20-23, 27-30,2001 - playbills, clippings,

75th Season brochure, calendars, photocopy of thank you note from Mamie

Eisenhower and clippings concerning it, thank you note on Majestic Hotel note card

5 The Lion in Winter - November 3-4, 8-11, 15-18, 2001 - playbills, clippings,

photographs

6 To Kill a Mockingbird - February 15-17, 21-24, 28, March 1-3, 2002 - playbills,

clippings, cast information, photographs

7 Blithe Spirit - April 20-21, 25-28, May 2-5, 2002 - playbills, clippings, ArtScene

newsletter

8 Room Service - June 22-23, 27-30, July 5-7, 2002 - playbills, clippings (includes

brochure on Governors’ Arts Award, May 1, 2002, naming LCLT the winner of the

Outstanding Large Arts Organization for the year and playbills for Cinderella Wore

Combat Boots and When Shakespeare's Ladies Meet, August 1-4, 2002)

9 The Sisters Rosenweig - September 21-22, 26-29, October 3-6, 2002 - playbills,

clippings, 76th Season brochure and calendars

10 A Flea in Her Ear - November 9-10, 14-17, 21-24, 2002 - playbills, clippings,

photographs (folder includes program from Holiday Series - December 13-15)

11 Our Town - February 22-23, 27-28, March 1-2, 6-9, 2003 - playbills, clippings,

photographs

12 Barefoot in the Park - April 26-27, May 1-4, 8-11, 2003 - playbills, clippings

13 Same Time, Next Year - June 14-15, 19-22, 26-29, 2003 - playbills, clippings

14 Fifth (5th) of July - September 13-14, 18-21, 25-28, 2003 - playbills, clippings,

announcements, 77th Season brochures

15 Kingfish - October 10-11, 2003 - playbills, clippings, tickets, notice of this special

addition to the 77th season

16 The Member of the Wedding - November 8-23, 2003 - playbills, clippings,

photographs, negatives, DVD of the Nov. 16, 2003 production, handwritten cast notes

19 1 Anne of Green Gables - February 14-15, 19-22, 26-29, 2004 - playbills, clippings

2 The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 - March 27-28, April 1-4, 8-11, 2004 -

playbills, clippings

3 Fuddy Meers - May 15-30, 2004 - clippings

4 Crimes of the Heart - September 11-12, 16-19, 23-26, 2004 - playbills, clippings,

78th Season brochures, Volunteer Appreciation Day invitation, announcement

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19 5 Death Trap - November 6-7, 11-14, 18-21, 2004 - playbills, clippings, photographs

6 Holiday Event 2004 - December 11, 2004 - clippings, announcements, programs

7 AACT (American Association of Community Theatre) Festival 2005 (AACTFest) -

January 14-15, 2005 - ArtScene newsletter for Third Quarter 2004 mentioning the 78th

Season of the LCLT and the AACTFest, clippings, programs, invitation to Gala

Theatre Fete, (tickets to Awards and Dinner Dance - June 2005)

8 Little Foxes - March 5-6, 10-13, 17-20, 2005 - playbills, clippings, announcements

9 The Nerd - May 7-8, 12-15, 19-22, 2005 - playbills, clippings

10 Twentieth Century - September 10-11, 15-18, 22-25, 2005 - playbills, clippings, 79th

Season brochure (the later performances of Twentieth Century were cancelled due to

Hurricane Rita, the season schedule disrupted, clippings concerning that and the

damage to the theatre)

11 It's A Wonderful Life - December 10, 2005 - playbill, clippings, announcement (radio-

style program staged at Central School Auditorium)

12 Little Women - January 28-29, February 2-5, 9-12, 2006 - playbills, clippings (first

production since Hurricane Rita except for It's A Wonderful Life)

13 Sylvia - March 18-19, 23-26, 30-31, April 1-2, 2006 - clippings, playbills

14 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! - (Rotary Club annual Dinner Theatre - May

12, 2006) May 13-28, 2006 - playbill, clippings, Rotary Club newsletter

15 Hay Fever - September 2-3, 7-10, 14-17, 2006 - playbills, clippings, 80th Season

brochure

16 Dracula - October 28-29, November 2-5, 10-12, 2006 - playbills, clippings

17 Visiting Mr. Green - January 20-21, 25-28, February 1-4, 2007 - playbills, clippings

18 On With the Show: Broadway Favorites Sung by Little Theatre All-Stars - February

24, 2007 - 80th Anniversary celebration of the LCLT

19 Death of a Salesman - March 10-11, 15-18, 22-25, 2007 - (had been scheduled for the

79th season, but Hurricane Rita intervened!)

20 The Miss Firecracker Contest - May 5-6, 11-14, 17-20, 2007 - playbills, clippings

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19 21 The Kingfish - August 24-25, 2007 - benefit for the LCLT, clipping, announcement,

81 Season note cards with The Kingfish featured on front

22 Moonlight and Valentino - September 8-9, 13-16, 20-23, 2007 - playbills, clippings,

81st Season brochures

23 The Trip to Bountiful - November 3-4, 8-11, 15-18, 2007 - playbills, clippings

20 1 A Christmas Story - December 13-16, 2007 - playbills, clippings

2 Peg O' My Heart - February 23-24, 28-29, March 1-2, 6-9, 2008

3 See How They Run - May 3-4, 8-11, 15-18, 2008 - playbills, clippings

4 Room Service - September 6-7, 11-14, 18-21, 2008 - playbill, clippings

5 A Raisin in the Sun - October 25-26, 30-31, November 1-2, 6-9, 2008 - playbill,

clippings

6 A Christmas Pudding - Little Theatre Holiday Show - December 4-7, 2008, playbills,

clippings, photograph

7 You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - February 28, March 1, 5-8, 12-15, 2009 -

playbills, clippings

8 The Foreigner - April 18-19, 23-26, 30, May 1-3, 2009 - playbills, clippings

9 An Evening of Original 10-Minute Comedic Scripts - June 26, 2009 - playbill,

clippings

21 1 Slides of: Belle of Amherst, 1986; The Imaginary Invalid, 1990; The Imaginary

Invalid en Louisiane, 1999; Moon Over Buffalo, 1998

2 Slides of: Two Gentleman of Verona, 1983 [La. Shakespeare Fest]; Fannie the

Frivolous Flapper, 1976; [Event Unknown], 1984; Anne Drake; A Delicate Balance,

2000

3 Slides of: The Mikado, 1982; Dracula Baby, 1976; Guys and Dolls, 1978; Anything

Goes, 1977; Merry Wives of Windsor, 1979; The Drunkard, 1977; The Great Golden

Radio Hour, 1980; Room Service, 1986; Lettice and Lovage, 1992

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21 4 Slides of: [Dulee? Man]; [Nite Music]; School for Scandal; [Melodrama, 1975];

[Melodrama at CC]; Grease, 1985; Shakespeare at CC, 1986; Guys and Dolls; Kiss

Me, Kate; The 15-Minute Hamlet, 2000; Stolen Princess, 1977; The Wizard of Oz,

1977; Merry Wives of Windsor, 1979; An Almost Perfect Person; Who’s Afraid of

Virginia Woolf; Ten Little Indians; Caught Up In the Villain’s Web, 1982; Under the

Gaslight, 1975; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1977; The Owl and the Pussycat;

[Apres Show, Explorers, 1977]; Two Gentleman of Verona[?], 1984; The Drunkard;

[Building of the Amphitheatre]; [Arts Fest]; [LASF Merchant of Venice?]; Switched

at the Crossroads; The Would-Be Gentleman; The Miser; The Runner Stumbles;

Hamlet

5 [King Lear, LSF, 1985]; Hamlet; Life With Father, 1980; Love Letters, 1992; [Dulee?

Man, 1977]; [Dulce? Man, 1978]; An Enemy of the People; [Explorer’s Show, 1977];

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1986; [Fin-De-Saison Soiree, 1977]; 15-minute

Hamlet, 2000; The Rose Tattoo, 1991; [Shakespeare at CC, 1986]; [Arms and the

Man cast party]; Anastasia 1989; Arms and the Man, 1995; Switched at the

Crossroads, 1976?; [Phil]; Gold Cadillac, 1976

6 Much Ado About Nothing, 1986; Arsenic and Old Lace, 1987; [Nite of One Acts,

1977]; [NYE, 1976]; [Unidentified party, 1989]; The Pirates of Penzance; On the

Verge, 1990; Whodunnit, 1990; [Unidentified Event, Children’s Performance]; To Kill

a Mockingbird, 1993; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de lune, 1989; The Merry

Widow, 1987; Noises Off, 1986 and 1996

22 1 Slides of: Greater Tuna Christmas, 1991; Tuna Christmas, 2000; The Real Inspector

Hound, 2000

2 Slides of: Twilight Snacks, 1984; Nunsense 2: The Second Coming, 1993; Room

Service, 1975; The Drunkard, 1977; Twelfth Night, 1988; Anastasia, 1989; Absurd

Person Singular, 1990 ; Evita, 1990; Anything Goes, 1977

3 Slides of: Durang, Durang, 2000; The Last Night of Ballyhoo, 1999; The Would Be

Gentleman, 1981; Wait Until Dark, 1985

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22 4 Slides of: [Once Upon A Mattress?]; The Pajama Game; Moon Over Buffalo; A Far

Country; Kind Sir; Rainmaker, 1996; Sound of Music; [Adley Cormier sewing

costumes]; I Hate Hamlet; [Geri Marchand? 1987]; [Adley at Capo Building];

Auntie Mame; [Chennault Memorial]; [Ann Drake putting on makeup]; Anastasia,

1989; Imaginary Invalid; Wait Until Dark; Steel Magnolias, 1989 and1993;

Painting Churches; On the Verge, 1990; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de lune;

To Kill a Mockingbird; Picasso at the Lapin Agile; My Three Angels; Amadeus,

1986; Absurd Person Singular, 1990; Durang, Durang;

The Real Inspector Hound, 2000; [Radio Days?]; Le Carnival; A Streetcar Named

Desire, 1984; The Last Night of Ballyhoo; [building set for Noises Off, 1986]; [Anita

Tritico doing makeup]; Sherlock’s Last Case, 1988; Arms and the Man; The

Rainmaker, 1996; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1994; A Streetcar Named Desire; The

Drunkard, 1977; Crimes of the Heart, 1985; My Three Angels; Tartuffe; Tuna

Christmas, 1991; Life With Father; Gaslight (Angel Street), 1997; Over at Miss

Emma’s, 1984; The Great Golden Radio Hour; Forever Plaid, 1998; [Line, World’s

Fair?]; The Importance of Being Earnest, 1988; Shakespeare for children, 1986; Ten

Little Indians; The Would-Be Gentleman; An Almost Perfect Person; American

Odyssey; The Runner Stumbles; [Tom Munger’s cast?]; Romeo and Juliet, 1980;

Twelfth Night; Crimes of the Heart, 1985; Hamlet, 1983; The Fantasticks, 1981;

Night Must Fall, 1976; Amadeus, 1986; [Bus Stop?]; [The Hot L. Baltimore?, 1983]

5 Slides of: Over at Miss Emma’s, 1984; Picasso at the Lapin Agile, 1999; The

Fourposter, 1985; Gaslight (Angel Street), 1997

23 1 Slides of: My Three Angels, 1977; No Sex Please, We’re British! 1980; [The Wizard

of Oz, 1977] ; Juliet in Mantua, 1975

2 Slides of: Kiss Me, Kate, 1979; My Three Angels

3 Slides of: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1977; Comedy of Errors, 1978

4 Slides of: [Auditorium Dedication, 1994] ; Marvin’s Room, 1999; Moliere Meets

Shakespeare, 1984; Steel Magnolias, 1990 ; Kith and Kin, 1990

5 Slides of: Crimes of the Heart, 1985; Dangerous Liaisons; The House of Blue

Leaves, 1989

6 Slides of: Lend Me a Tenor, 1991; A Little Night Music, 1995 ; The Rainmaker, 1996

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24 1 Slides of: The Imaginary Invalid, 1990; The Cemetery Club, 1994; [Buff Calls?]; SLC

[Sherlock’s Last Call?] 1990 & 1991; Lion in Winter, 1985; [Tuna in Alexandria?

1990 / Tuna Christmas, 1991?]

2 Slides of: [Mister II, 1992]; One Act Times Three, 1997?; [Don’t Dress For Dinner];

[unidentified production, 1991]

3 Slides of: [Gaslight, 1997?]; The Drunkard, 1977; No Sex Please, We’re British!

1981; The Pirates of Penzance; The Owl and the Pussycat; The Man Who Came to

Dinner, 1983; The Fourposter, 1985; [The Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1984]; Comedy

of Errors, 1978; Hamlet, 1983; [The Wizard of Oz, 1977]; Ten Little Indians; Crimes

of the Heart; An American Odyssey, 1976; Life With Father; Caught Up in the

Villain’s Web; An Almost Perfect Person, 1981

4 Slides of: The Foreigner, 1988; Dangerous Liaisons; A Funny Thing Happened on

the Way to the Forum; Other People’s Money; Arms and the Man

5 Slides of: The Fantasticks; Kith and Kin, 1990; You Can’t Take It With You; Arsenic

and Old Lace, 1987; An American Odyssey, 1976; The Mousetrap, 1988; Loot, 1997;

The Rose Tattoo, 1991; Lettice and Lovage, 1992

Slides (1991-1992) of: The Rose Tattoo; The Mystery of Irma Vep; Lettice and

Lovage; Mornings at Seven; [The Miser?]

25 1 Negatives of: The Real Inspector Hound / The 15-minute Hamlet ; [31 Acts?, cast];

Moon Over Buffalo [cast]; The Foreigner [cast]; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [cast]; Arms

and the Man [cast]; A Streetcar Named Desire [cast]; Marvin’s Room [cast]

2 Negatives of: [Shop Const.?]; Steel Magnolias II; [Ange or Annie’s move?]; Dining

Room [cast]; The Last Night of Ballyhoo, 1999 [cast]; A Streetcar Named Desire

[cast]; Forever Plaid [cast]; A Little Night Music [cast]; Season’s Greetings, 1995

[cast]; [May, June Maler? Program]; To Kill a Mockingbird [cast]; Tuna? [cast] ;

Arms and the Man [cast]; I Hate Hamlet [cast]

3 Negatives of: Picnic [cast]; Dangerous Liaisons; [Louisiana Women, 2001 party];

Other People’s Money [cast]; [Jerre’s 80th

?] [cars]; Ain’t Misbehavin; Noises Off,

1996 [cast]; Picasso at the Lapin Agile [cast]

4-8 Negatives and photographs of performances, people, and parties

9 Christmas holiday celebration, 2002 - CD (5 copies)

26 1-9 Photographs of performances, people, and parties

27 1 A Streetcar Named Desire - cast photographs

2 Forever Plaid - cast photographs

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27 3 The Beauty Queen of Leenane, 2001 - cast photographs

4 [Shop Const. ?], Steel Magnolias II, [Anne’s move] - unidentified photographs

5 The Dining Room - cast photographs

6 Loot - cast photographs

7 The Last Night of Ballyhoo - cast photographs

8 Louisiana Women, 2001 - party photographs

9 [Jerre’s 80th

(cars) ] - photographs

10 Ain’t Misbehavin - photographs

11 Noises Off, 1996 - cast photographs

12 Picasso at the Lapin Agile - cast photographs

13 I Hate Hamlet - photographs

14 The Real Inspector Hound / The 15-minute Hamlet - photographs

15 One Act Times Three? - cast photographs

16 Moon Over Buffalo - cast photographs

17 The Foreigner - cast photographs

18 The Great Golden Radio Hour, 1996 - cast photographs

28 1 Gaslight - cast photographs

2 A Little Night Music - cast photographs

3 Season’s Greetings, 1995 - cast photographs

4 Forever Plaid - photographs

5 [May June Maler Program ?] - photographs

6 Imaginary Invalid - cast photographs

7 Tuna Christmas - photographs

8 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - cast photographs

9 Arms and the Man - cast photographs

10 A Delicate Balance - cast photographs

11 To Kill a Mockingbird - cast photographs

29 Betacam tapes and DVDs made from the Betacam tapes of Louisiana Women 19th

and 20th Centuries

30 Betacam tapes and DVDs made from The Imaginary Invalid (en Louisiane)

Series - Membership, Correspondence, Publicity, and other documents


1 1 Membership List - 1938-1939, 1939-1940, 1950-1951, including junior membership

card for 1928-29

2 Membership List - 1953-1954

3 Membership List - 1961-1962, 1962-1963, 1963-1964, 1964-1965, 1970-1971

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Series - Membership, Correspondence, Publicity, and other documents [continued]


1 4 Membership List - no date

5 Membership - clippings, membership drive

6 Mailing List - 1961-1962?, 1965-1966

7 Teacher Directory, Kiwanis Club Membership Roster, Jan. 1, 1969

8 Treasurer's Reports

9 Board of Directors - meetings, clippings

10 Board of Trustees - minutes of meetings

11 Finances - ads

12 Charter

13 Committees

14 Publicity and Programs

15 Insurance - Blue Cross

2 1 Correspondence, Legal Documents, and Misc.

2 Guest Receipts - 1953

3 Letters, Documents - 1937 - 1972

4 Program of LCLT and the Levingston Chorus performing at Christmas (n.d.)

5 Voice of America - German Broadcasting - Aug. 1950, broadcasting dialogues

6 Histories - clipping, letters, notes

7 Rosa Hart - letter, clippings

8 Rosa Hart - photographs, booklets, "A Rosa is a Rosa is a Rosa," Tributes to Rosa by

Charles Martin (pamphlets)

9 Play Selection - 1956, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1948

10 Play Schedules - 1927 - 1928

11 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary - clippings

12 McNeese Scholarships - clippings, SP Bulletin with story and photograph of Ted

Duhon

13 Programs given to Reid Tyler - July, 1974

14 Theater Under The Stars - Aug. 23, 1974 - clippings

15 Memorial Program - 1976 - 1977

3 1 Memorial Publicity - clippings, letters, magazine articles

2 Promotion - fliers

3 Green Room - 1977 - clippings

4 Fiftieth Anniversary - Oct. 14, 1976 - clippings, invitations, book

5 Rosa Hart Memorial Annex - clippings

6 Stable Talk Programs

7 Summer Suckers - clippings

8 Summer Theater Experiment - 1965 - clippings

9 Summer Theater Repertory - 1966 - clippings

10 Summer Mummers - Summer Repertory Co. - fliers

11 Donations from Little Theater - clippings

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3 12 Exhibits - clippings

13 Fires - clippings, photograph from the 1975 fire at Chennault

14 Beaux Arts Ball - 1966 - clippings, photographs

15 Arcade - clippings

16 Children's Theater - clippings, Summer stock program for children

17 Guest Plays - Programs - clippings, cards

18 Out-of-Town Plays - clippings

19 Box Office Schedules

20 Membership Lists, Campaigns, and Sponsors

21 History - clippings

22 Opening At Chennault - The Chapel - clippings, photographs

23 Directors - clippings, notes

24 Plays Read - Resumes

25 Guest Celebrities - letters, clippings, photographs

26 Rosa Hart Foundation and Rosa Hart Associates, "Final Curtain" order form

27 Bicentennial Extravaganza, 1976

4 1 Life Members - clippings, photographs

2 Membership List

3 Box Office - schedules, notes

4 Chapel At Chennault - clippings, photographs

5 Melodramas - Summer Theater - clippings, notes, photographs, The Cabaret

Playhouse playbills

6 People - clippings, notes

7 People - photographs

8 Rosa Hart - clippings

9 ACTS and LCLT Controversy - Mar. 1986 - copies of letters, notes

10 49th Birthday Party - Feb. 24, 1976 - invitations, photographs

11 Schedule of Plays

12 Olin Affiliate Artists - booklets, clippings

13 Cinema-On-The-Side - 1979 - letters, clippings

14 Workshop Plays - 1936, 1940

15 Junior Members Plays - 1939

16 Victoria - Regina Drawing Room Reading

17 clippings

18 photographs

19 In Memoriam - Golden Anniversary Program 1976-77, clippings

20 Ryan Street Building - 1979 - 1980 - clippings, photographs

21 Playbills

22 New Stable Playhouse

23 "Around the World in a Daze," American Legion Auxiliary production, June 18-19,

1959, clipping, programs, photographs

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5 Slides: Once Upon A Mattress, Carnival, Chennault, Pajama Game, Boyfriend, Far

Country, Kind Sir, Camelot, Sound of Music, Auntie Mame and Barefoot In Athens - 1

reel, magnetic tape, speed 7 ½", Act 1 Side 1, 28:10 minutes - Side 2, 18 minutes 2nd

reel, Act 2 Side 3, 25:55 minutes, Side 4, 10:20 minutes.

3 Rubber Stamps

Copies of book On With the Show: Lake Charles Little Theatre, 75th

Anniversary,

Brett Downer, editor (part of LCLT’s 75th

Anniversary Jubilee 2001-2001 Season)

1 Film of children's group performing unknown play, Rosa Hart and others singing

6 Tryout cards with photographs by Lee Hyatt, photographer - 1953

6-7 Tryout cards with just written description and information – 1960. Tryout cards were

compiled for Rosa Hart by Elizabeth Brame and Ethel Macdonald

9 Posters for: The Lion in Winter, Room Service, Same Time, Next Year, The Sisters

Rosenweig, A Street Car Names Desire (2), Lettice and Lovage, Mornings’ at Seven

(2), Cinderella wore Combat Boots, Blithe Spirit, Over at Mrs. Emma’s, To kill a

Mockingbird, The Members of the Wedding (2), The Kingfish, The 5th

of July (2), The

Tall Women (2), Loot, A Little Night Music, The Cemetery Club, Dangerous Liaisons,

One Act Times Three, Gaslight, Noises Off, The Odd Couple, Forever Plaid, The

Beauty Queen of Leenane, A Tuna Christmas, The Real Inspector Hound, The Trip to

Bountiful, An Evening of Original Ten Minute Comedic Scripts, Madama Butterfly,

The Dining Room, Moonlight and Valentino.

2 Reels - The Winslow Boy

Life, June 14, 1948, containing story of The Great Big Doorstep

Photograph of Mordelo Vincent

2 copies of an American Press article about The Great Big Doorstep, June 14, 1998

10 [75th

Anniversary]:

1 Copy of book On With the Show: Lake Charles Little Theatre, 75th

Anniversary, Brett

Downer, editor (part of LCLT’s 75th

Anniversary Jubilee 2001-2001 Season)

2 Book donor lists/forms

3 Book information

4 Board of Directors’ involvement with 75th

Anniversary celebration

5 Interview lists for On With the Show: Lake Charles Little Theatre, 75th

Anniversary.

6 Clippings

7 Invitations for Garden Party and Jubilee Mask

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10 8 Membership list

9 The Life Exhibit, The Great Big Doorstep.

11 76th

Anniversary binder

Barefoot In Athens records- Act I Scenes 1 and 2, side 1 (2 copies); Act I Scene 3,

side 2 (2 copies); Act 2 Scenes 1 and 2, Side 3 (3 copies); Act 2 Scene 3, side 4

12 Moose head on wood with plaque inscribed "James Johnson, Director Room Service,

July, 2002, LCLT's 75th Jubilee Season

13 1 Membership lists, correspondence, financial papers

2-3 AACT materials

4 Louisiana Shakespeare Festivals

Louisiana Shakespeare Festival Posters 1985; 1986; and 1988

13 5 Membership material, clippings, publicity 1986-1996

6 Material relating to storage building, inspection report, blueprint, etc.

7 Information relating to A Tribute to Rosa and A Divertissement in 1964, notes on her

life, an early photograph of Rosa, other photographs showing Rosa working with the

stage crews, in her bedroom, or at the Southern Amusement Company, photographs

of stage crews at work, other photographs including Tom Munger, Jo Ann Rigney,

Julia Price-Kent, James Johnson, Carl Bergeron, Bob Michel

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