Theater

Abstract Benjamin Draper (1907-1980) was a professor of Broadcast Communications at San Fransisco State College, during which he returned to DU for a PhD in theatre. Draper also spent time as assistant to Ida Kruse McFarlane and Anne Evans at the Central City Festival in th 1930s. The Benjamin Draper Manuscript is titled "A Preliminary Tabulation of Colorado Theatre Structures 1859 - 1900 and An Outline of a Four-Part Comprehensive Study The Colorado Theatre 1859-1900, prepared by Benjamin...

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The Centennial Towers Miracle Theatre Company appears to have been a small, student-run theatre group that existed for approximately fifteen (15) years. It consisted of and/or was run by theatre students, and they produced small plays that were performed in the Main Lounge of Centennial Towers.

Abstract The department to theater was established in 1929, as the Department of Speech and Dramatic Arts. Students could obtain three degrees from the department when it first opened; Dramatic Arts, Speech A (public speaking) and Speech B (Oral interpretation). The University Civic Theater left the university in 1953 having officially separated themselves from the school financially in 1951. The department continued on as academic unit at the university until it was cut in 1984 due to university...

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Harry E. Huffman (1883-1969) was an early theater pioneer in Denver, Colorado. He owned the Bluebird Theater, the Aladdin and the Tabor during his career. The collection at the University of Denver includes material from his theater and production interests as well as items associated with his other civic accomplishments.

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This collection contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and a scrapbook regarding Jerry Rumley's theater career. Jerry Rumley was a professor in the University of Denver Department of Theatre.

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Lena Harper Trott (1883-1964) graduated from the University of Denver in 1907. She married Alfred Blake Trott, the president of Daniels & Fisher Company, and they had a daughter, Frances Harper Trott. This collection contains two scrapbooks. The first covers the Tabor Theatre, the Broadway Theatre and Elitch Theatre from 1898-1910. The second covers theatres in Denver, New York and Chicago from 1909-1913.

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Collection contains papers, framed and loose photographs, clippings, publications, scrapbooks, correspondence, mementos, and other papers and materials related and/or belonging to Mary McGlone (1907-1984).

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This collection contains oral histories conducted by the Carson Brierly Giffin Dance Library for the 2017 annual project "Festival Caravan." Interviews include Buddy Butler, Frederick Glick, the Lowenstein family, Schyleen Qualls, and Cleo Parker Robinson. It also contains copies of the documentary created for the 2017 annual meeting, "Festival Caravan." In 2019, the Carson Brierly Giffin Dance Library rebranded as The Dance Archive.

Abstract The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts is an administrative unit of the University of Denver reporting directly to the Office of the Provost. The building, constructed in 2002 - 2003 through the generous donation of Robert and Judi Newman, consists of several performance halls, and houses the Lamont School of Music and the business and operations staff for the Newman Center. The collection consists of adminstrative records, banners, posters, programs, and other marketing...