Descriptive Summary
The materials are
written in English
Collection on the
University of Central Florida Theatre Program
1969-2009
CFU2003_04
7
boxes, 5 linear feet
Special Collections & University
Archives,
University of Central Florida Libraries,
P. O. Box 162666 Orlando,
FL 32816,
Telephone: 407-823-2576,
E-mail: speccoll@ucf.edu
Brochures, posters,
news clippings and photographs document the productions and activities of the
UCF Theatre program.
Selected Subjects and Access Points
Similar records may be found by searching under the following index
terms.
Florida Technological
University
University of Central
Florida
Orlando Repertory
Theatre
UCF Conservatory
Theatre
Universities and
Colleges--Florida
Photographic
prints
Acquisition Information
This collection was originally assembled in 2003 and donated to
Special Collections by Kelly Clemens, Cheryl Mahan, Ellen Anderson, Harry Smith
and Tom Begley. The department continues to add to the collection.
Processing History
Photographs were placed in mylar sleeves. Digital
Images were copied from CD to departmental drive to ensure continued access.
Materials were placed in pH neutral folders and boxes.
Access
The entire collection is open for research.
Copyright Statement
Unpublished records are protected by copyright. Permission to publish
quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright
holder.
Related Material
Other records documenting university history may be found by searching
our
web site.
Information on the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre may be found in a separate
collection. A scrapbook about the theatre department may be found in the
University
of Central Florida Scrapbook Collection. The
University of Central Florida Memorabilia Collection
contains a signed piece of the theatre tent.
Preferred Citation
Collection on the University of Central Florida Theatre Program,
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida,
Orlando, Florida.
Biographical/Historical Note
The FTU/UCF Theatre Program started in Fall 1968 as a one-person unit
in the Department of Communications in the College of Humanities and Social
Sciences. Dr. David D. Mays, Associate Professor of Communications, was the
first faculty member hired. The University's first established dramatics
company started as a little theatre group on November 6, 1968. It was
tentatively called Pegasus I (after the University emblem), but then became,
"Motha", which stands for muddled orange (the color used to paint Shakespeare's
theatre) and theatre (abbreviated to "tha"). Motha presented its first four
major productions in the 1969/1970 school year. In 1970 the group was renamed
the "Village Players."
With the formation of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1981/82,
Theatre became a separate department with its own director. Since its
beginning, the Department had offered the BA degree, but the curriculum and
programs were extensively revised in 1992 to include a professional BFA degree
with specializations in performance and technical theatre/design. MA and MFA
degrees were added in the Fall of 2001, and graduate students may specialize in
Acting, Musical Theatre, Design, Theatre for Young Audiences or Theatre
Studies. In addition, the season of plays for 1993/94 was expanded to six
main-stage productions and six student-directed one-act studio productions.
During the summer of 1994, Theatre UCF initiated its first summer theatre
program with a summer season of four productions produced by a company of
theatre students, faculty, staff, and visiting guest artists.
An air-blown tent was acquired in October 1968 as the theatre's first
home, but it was soon replaced as it was impractical. Classes and productions
largely took place in a blue and yellow striped tent until 1972/73 when they
were moved into the Science Auditorium. In 1983, following major renovations,
the building was renamed the University Theatre. The University of Central
Florida Theatre Department now includes the Stage One (Mainstage) Theatre and
the Stage Two (Black Box) Theatre. The Mainstage Theatre seats 300 and is home
to Theatre UCF, as well as the Theatre UCF Summer Company. The Stage Two
Theatre seats 125. Beginning with the 2003-2004 season Theatre UCF, now known
as UCF Conservatory Theatre, is presenting 14 plays.
In August 2000 the UCF Theatre Program merged with the 73 year old
Civic Theatre of Central Florida to create the Orlando Repertory Theatre, which
produces plays for children and families, specializing in dramatizations of
children's literature and UCF student productions. It provides an opportunity
for graduate students on the Theatre for Young Audiences track to gain valuable
experience.
Collection Scope and Content
This collection is arranged in three series by subject.
Series I:
[Conservatory Theatre,
1969-2009](b01) contains programs, news clippings and other materials that
provide information about individual productions and overviews of the
seasons.
Series II:
[Repertory Theatre,
1998-2009](b02) holds programs and news clippings about individual productions
and entire seasons
Series III:
[Department,
1968-2008](b03) contains brochures, photographs and news clippings about
achievements and milestones in the history of the theatre department.
Contents List
Series I: Conservatory Theatre,
1969-2009
6.25 Boxes
This series is arranged in two sub-series. Performances holds news
clippings, photographs, programs, tickets, reel to reel audio tapes and posters
documenting individual productions arranged in chronological order. Seasonal
materials contains brochures, artboards for brochures, photographs, a button
and
On Stage, a newsletter documenting
both performances and the opportunities offered by the UCF Theatre Program.
Several folders of unidentified photographs conclude the series.
Box
Folder
Performances,
1969-2009
1
1
Absence Of A Cello,
1969
1
2
Titus Andronicus,
1969
1
3
Glass Menagerie,
1970
1
4
Time Of Your Life,
1970
1, 6
5, 301
The Birds,
1970
1
6
Bald Soprano,
1971
1
7
Stop the World--I Want To Get
Off,
1972
1
8
The Cherry Orchard,
1972
1
9
Juno And The
Paycock,
1972
1
10
Legacy Of Cain,
1972
1
11
House Of Bernarda
Alba,
1972
1
12
Right If You Think You
Are,
1973
1
13
How To Succeed In Business Without
Really Trying,
1973
1, 6
14, 302
The Rivals,
1973
1
15
Importance Of Being
Ernest,
1973
1
16
Miracle Worker,
1973
1, 7
17, 299
Journey's End,
1973
1, 6
18, 303
Kiss Me Kate,
1974
1, 6
19, 304
Beaux' Stratagem,
1974
1
20
Gratis I,
1974
1, 6, 7
21, 300, 305
Thieves' Carnival,
1974
1
22
Winnie-The-Pooh,
1974
1, 6
23, 306
Company Of Wayward
Saints,
1974
1
24
Enter A Free Man,
1974
1
25
Hedda Gabler,
1974
1
26
Sugar,
1975
1, 6
27, 307
Gratis 2,
1975
1, 6
28, 308
Cretan Women,
1975
1, 6
29, 309
After Magritte and the
Real Inspector
Hound,
1975
1
30
Of Mice And Men,
1975
1
31
Night Thoreau Spent In
Jail,
1975
1, 6
32, 310
Of Thee I Sing,
1975
1
33
Williams Quartet,
1976
1, 6
34, 311
Wizard Of Oz,
1976
1
35
Another Part Of The
Forest,
1976
1
36
Richard III,
1976
1
37
Madwoman Of
Chaillot,
1976
1
38
Waiting For Godot,
1977
1, 6
39, 312
Three Cuckolds,
1977
1
40
One Act Plays In Repertory,
1977
1, 6
41, 313
Rimers Of Eldritch,
1977
1, 6
42, 314
Pirates Of Penzance,
1978
1
43
One Act Plays In Repertory (Missing),
1978
1, 6
44, 315
Androcles And The
Lion,
1978
1
45
Imaginary Invalid,
1978
1, 6
46, 316
Rashomon,
1978
1
47
A Dolls' House,
1979
1
48
Step On A Crack,
1979
1
49
HMS Pinafore,
1979
1
50
Catch 22,
1979
1
51
Gas Light,
1980
1, 6
52, 317
Three Penny Opera,
1980
1
53
Deadwood Dick,
1980
1
54
The Tempest,
1981
1, 6
55, 318
Dames At Sea,
1981
1, 6
56, 319
Little Mary
Sunshine,
1981
1, 6
57, 320
The Price,
1982
1
58-59
El Grande De
Coca-Cola,
1982
1
60
Front Page,
1983
1
61
Orchesis,
1983
1, 6
62, 321
Mack and Mabel,
1984
1
63
Studio E,
1984
1
64
The Bacchae,
1984
1
65
Dracula,
1984
1
66
Orchesis 2,
1984
1
67
The Mikado,
1985
1, 6
68, 322
Relatively Speaking,
1985
1, 6
69, 323
Orchesis III,
1985
1
70
Studio E,
1986
1, 6
71, 324
Anything Goes,
1986
1
72
Romeo and Juliet,
1986
1
73
Orchesis IV,
1986
1
74
Studio E,
1987
1
75
Memories,
1987
1, 6
76, 325
Carnival,
1987
1
77
Hedda Gabler,
1987
1
78
Black Comedy,
1987
1
79
Orchesis 5,
1987
1, 6
80, 326
Tambourines To
Glory,
1988
1, 5
81, 327
Ice Wolf,
1988
1
82
Good News,
1988
1
83
Sarcophagus,
1988
1
84
What The Butler Saw,
1989
1, 5
85, 328
Studio E,
1989
1
86
Orchesis VI,
1989
1, 5
87, 329
Arms And The Man,
1989
1
88
Orchesis VI,
1989
1
89
Angel City,
1990
1
90
Studio E,
1990
1, 5
91, 330
Lysistrata,
1990
1
92
Hell Bent For Good
Times,
1990
2
93
Biederman And The
Firebugs,
1991
2
94
One More Spring,
1991
2, 5
95, 331
Memories/Prophecies,
1991
2
96
Sexual Perversity In
Chicago,
1991
2, 5
97, 332
Merrily We Roll
Along,
1991
2
98
Reckless,
1991
2
99
The Illusion,
99
2
100
Spring Awakening,
1992
2
101
Acrobats and
Line,
1992
2
102
Tooth Of Crime,
1993
2
103
Dining Room,
1939
2
104
Rumors,
1993
2
105
Narnia,
1993
2
106
Cold Storage,
1993
2
107
Tartuffe,
1994
2
108
Cabaret,
1994
2
109
Our Country's Good,
1994
2
110
Once Upon A
Mattress,
1994
2
111
Move Over, Mrs.
Markham,
1994
2
112
Fatal Attraction,
1994
2
113
Holy Ghosts,
1994
2
114
Good Doctor,
1994
2, 5
115, 333
Kentucky Cycle, Part
One,
1994
2
116
Wake of Jamey
Foster,
1994
2, 5
117, 334
Trojan Women,
1995
2
118
Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The
Forum,
1995
2
119
Kentucky Cycle, Part
Two,
1995
2
120
Foreigner,
1995
2
121
Barefoot In The
Park,
1995
2
122
Keeley and Du,
1995
2
123
Bad Seed,
1995
2
124
I Hate Hamlet,
1995
2
125
Good,
1995
2
126
I'm Not Rappaport,
1995
2
127
A Flea In Her Ear,
1996
2
128
Camelot,
1996
2
129
Rashomen,
1996
2
130
Brighton Beach
Memoirs,
1996
2
131
Biloxi Blues,
1996
2
132
Broadway Bound,
1996
2
133
Parable,
1996
2
134
Servant Of Two
Masters,
1996
2
135
In The Well Of The
House,
1996
2
136
Summer And Smoke,
1996
2
137
Children Of A Lesser
God,
1997
2
138
Oklahoma!
1997
2
139
Boys Next Door,
1997
2
140
Fantasticks,
1997
2
141
Table Manners,
1997
2
142
Living Together,
1997
2
143
Round And Round The
Garden,
1997
2
144
Noises Off,
1997
2
145
Quilters,
1997
2
146
Laughter On The 23rd
Floor,
1997
2
147
No Place To Be A
Somebody,
1998
2
148
Best Little Whorehouse In
Texas,
1998
2
149
Extremities,
1998
2
150
Taffetas,
1998
2
151
A Shot In The Dark,
1998
2
152
Cardigans,
1998
2
153
Run For Your Life,
1998
2
154
Lend Me A Tenor,
1998
2
155
Our Town,
1998
2
156
Butterfinger's
Angel,
1998
2
157
To Be Young Gifted And
Black,
1999
2
158
Big River,
1999
2
159
A Piece Of My Heart,
1999
2
160
Little Shop Of
Horrors,
1999
2
161
Equus,
1999
2
162
Odd Couple,
1999
2
163
Sabrina Fair,
1999
2
164
Importance Of Being
Ernest,
1999
2
165
Side By Side By
Sondheim,
1999
2
166
Amadeus,
1999
2
167
A Soldier's Play,
2000
2
168
Anything Goes,
2000
2
169
Toys In The Attic,
2000
2
170
Tintypes,
2000
2
171
Orphans,
2000
2
172
Ready When You Are
C.B.!
2000
2
173
You Can't Take It With
You,
2000
2
174
Something's Afoot,
2000
2
175
Glengarry Glen Ross,
2000
2
176
A Raisin In The Sun,
2001
2
177
Crazy For You,
2001
2
178
Lu Ann Hampton Laverty
Oberlander,
2001
2
179
I Love My Wife,
2001
2
180
When You Comin' Back Red
Ryder?,
2001
2
181
Sylvia,
2001
2
182
Nerd,
2001
2
183
Arsenic And Old
Lace,
2001
2
184
Diviners,
2001
2
185
Ain't Misbehavin',
2001
2
186
Picasso At The Lapin
Agile,
2001
2
187
Under Fire,
2001
2
188
Death Of A Salesman,
2002
2
189
Dining Room,
2002
2
190
Damn Yankees,
2002
2
191
Lips Together Teeth
Apart,
2002
2
192
Look Homeward Angel,
2002
3
193
Nunsense,
2002
3
194
Bus Stop,
2002
3
195
Lone Star and
Laundry and Bourbon,
2002
3
196
Lady's Not For
Burning,
2002
3, 5
197, 335
Ah, Wilderness!
2002
3, 5
198, 336
Waiting For Godot,
2002
3, 5
199, 337
Fame,
2002
3, 5
200, 338
Impossible Marriage,
2002
3, 5
201, 339
Merry Wives Of
Windsor,
2002
3, 5
202, 340
Ceremonies In Dark Old
Men,
2003
3, 5
203, 341
Nora,
2003
3, 5
204, 342
The Mikado,
2003
3, 5
205, 343
Balcony Scene,
2003
3, 5
206, 344
Fifth Of July,
2003
3
207
Senior Cabaret,
2003
3
208
Is There Life After High
School,
2003
3
209
Something's Missing,
2004
3
210
Crimes Of The Heart,
2003
3
211
Gin Game,
2003
3
212
Misalliance,
2003
3
213
Songs For A New
World,
2003
3
214
Laramie Project,
2003
3
215
Assassins,
2003
3
216
Steel Magnolias,
2003
3
217
Marriage Of Betty And
Boo,
2003
3
218
What The Butler Saw,
2004
3
219
All In The Timing,
2004
3
220
Once On this Island,
2004
3
221
True West,
2004
3
222
God's Country,
2004
3
223
Leader Of The Pack,
2004
3
224
Picnic,
2004
3
225
Bedroom Farce,
2004
3
226
Blithe Spirit,
2004
3
227
Working,
2004
3
228
Three Sisters,
2004
3
229
Dancing At Lughnasa,
2004
3
230
A Chorus Line,
2004
3
231
Lysistrata,
2005
3, 5
232, 345
Visit,
2005
3
233
Trickeries Of
Scapin,
2005
3
234
You're Gonna Love
Tomorrow,
2005
3
235
Guys And Dolls,
2005
3, 5
236, 346
Pippin,
2005
3, 5
237, 347
Six Women With Brain
Death,
2005
3
238
Crazy For You,
2005
3, 5
239, 348
Wizard Of Oz,
2005
3
240
Project Spotlight One Act Festival,
2005
3
241
Proposals,
2005
3
242
World goes 'Round,
2005
3
243
Margo Veil, An
Entertainment,
2005
3
244
The Boyfriend,
2005
3
245
As Bees In Honey
Drown,
2005
3
246
Good Woman Of
Setzuan,
2005
3
247
5 Woman Wearing The Same
Dress,
2006
3
248
Hamlet,
2006
3
249
Falsettos,
2006
3
250
Sunday In The Park With
George,
2006
3
251
Noises Off,
2006
3
252
Anna In The Tropics,
2006
3
253
Baby,
2006
3
254
Fiddler On The Roof,
2006
3
255
Don Juan Come Back From The
War,
2006
3
256
Project Spotlight Fall One Act Festival,
2006
3
257
Marriage Of Figaro,
2007
3
258
Shapeshifter,
2007
3
259
Rocky Horror Show,
2007
3
260
Spotlights,
2007
3
261
A Celebration of Central Florida Dance,
2007
3
262
Life and death: A Reality Show,
2007
3
263
Cabaret,
2007
3
264
Summer Spotlight,
2007
3
265
Lend Me A Tenor,
2007
3
266
Largo Desolato,
2007
3
267
Most Happy Fella,
2007
3
268
Piano Lesson,
2007
3
269
Alice's Experiments In
Wonderland,
2008
3
270
Machinal,
2008
4
271
Parade,
2008
4
272
Project Spotlight One Act Festival,
2008
4
273
Urinetown,
2008
4
274
Unloved,
2008
4
275
Leading Ladies,
2008
4
276
Jake's Women,
2008
4
277
West Side Story,
2008
4
278
Marisol,
2008
4
279
Smokey Joe's Cafe,
2009
4
280
An Evening of Theatre,
2009
4
281
It's Today; An Evening of Jerry Herman,
2009
4
282
The Lark,
2009
4
283
Sculpted Bodies: An Evening of Dance,
2009
Seasonal Program Information,
1972-2008
4
284, 291
Brochures,
1972-2002
4
285
Digital Images,
1995-2002
Memorabilia,
2007
4
286
Button,
2007
4
287
News Clippings,
1989-2008
6
402
Posters and Signs,
1972-2005
5
288-289
On Stage Newsletter,
1992-2002
4
290-292
Unidentified Photographs,
1983-1989
4, 5
293-298, 349
Unidentified Photographs,
undated
Series II: Repertory Theatre,
1998-2009
0.5 Boxes
This series contains programs and news clippings concerning the
Orlando Repertory Theatre. The first sub-series relates to individual
productions arranged in chronological order. Brochures and news clippings
documenting an entire season are held in the second sub-series.
Box
Folder
Performances,
2002-2009
4
350
Little Women,
2002
4
351
Come Back, Amelia
Bedelia,
2003
4
352
Opal,
2003
4
353
Bunnicula,
2003
4
354
A Christmas Story,
2003
4
355
Lilly's Purple Plastic
Purse,
2004
4
356
Bridge To
Terabithia,
2004
4
357
Honk!
2004
4
358
A Year With Frog And
Toad,
2004
4
359
Little House On The
Prairie,
2004
4
360
A Christmas Carol,
2004
4
361
Winnie-The-Pooh,
2005
4
362
Diary Of Anne Frank,
2005
4
363
School House Rock Live!
2005
4
364
Crazy For You,
2004
4
365
Just So,
2005
4
366
Salt And Pepper,
2005
4
367
Under The Bridge,
2005
4
368
Miracle Worker,
2006
4
369
Sideways Stories from the Wayside School,
2006
4
370
You Can't Take It With
You,
2006
4
371
See Rock City,
2006
4
372
Disney's
Beauty And The
Beast,
2006
4
373
You're A Good Man, Charlie
Brown,
2006
4
374
Thomas Edison Invents,
2006
4
375
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,
2006
4
376
Miracle on 34th
Street,
2006
4
377
Go, Dog, Go!
2007
4
378
To Kill A Mocking
Bird,
2007
4
379
Seussical,
2007
4
380
Charlie And The Chocolate
Factory,
2007
4
381
Emperor's New
Clothes,
2007
4
382
Tomato Plant Girl,
2007
4
383
It's A Wonderful
Life,
2007
4
384
Treasure Island,
2008
4
385
Blue's Clues Live,
2008
4
386
I Never Saw Another
Butterfly,
2008
4
387
The Lion, The Witch And The
Wardrobe,
2008
4
388
Neverending Story,
2008
4
389
Somewhat True Tale of Robin
Hood,
2008
4
390
A Christmas Story,
2008
4
391
If You Give A Pig A
Party,
2009
4
392
Junie B. Jones And A Little Monkey
Business,
2009
4
393
Hundred Dresses,
2009
4
394
Holes,
2008
Seasonal Program Information,
1998-2008
4
395
Brochures,
1998-2008
4
396
News Clippings,
2002-2008
Series III: Department,
1968-2008
0.25 Boxes
This series contains brochures, news clippings and photographs
about the UCF Theatre Department. Most of the photographs of individuals are
unidentified although Harry Smith is shown in several of them. The folder on
the Tennessee Williams event also includes the transcript of an interview with
him.
Box
Folder
4
397
Brochures,
2006
4
398
News Clippings,
1968-2008
Photographs,
1970s-1980s
4
399
Buildings,
circa 1978-circa 1983
4
400
Faculty and Students,
1970s-1980s
4
401
Tennessee Williams Theater Festival,
1981