Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Ford E. and Harriet R. Curtis Theatre Collection of Pittsburgh Theatre Programs Creator
Curtis, Ford E.
Creator
Curtis, Harriet R.
Collection Number CTC.1966.01 Extent
84 Linear Feet
(mss boxes)
Date 1840-present Abstract The Ford E. and Harriet R. Curtis Theatre Collection contains tens of thousands of Pittsburgh theatre programs from the 1840s to the present. They include productions from current performing arts groups in Pittsburgh. Sometimes newspaper clippings, marketing materials, photographs, and memorabilia related to the theatres and performing arts companies are stored with the programs. Language
English
. Author William Daw. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Copyright
The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Curtis Collection staff.
History
One of the main components of the Ford E. and Harriet R. Curtis Theatre Collection is its Pittsburgh theatre programs. Dr. Ford E. Curtis began teaching drama in the English department at the University of Pittsburgh in 1924. He and his wife, Harriet, were avid theatre goers, attending performances every week. After his retirement in 1961, he began to add to their personal collection of playbills and programs in the hopes of building a collection to donate to Pitt.
In the early 1960s, Dr. Curtis even went so far as to put advertisements in Carnegie Magazine, the Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, and programs for the Pittsburgh Playhouse. The advertisements put out a call for any and all Pittsburgh programs to be donated to him; he even listed his home address and telephone number, with the goal to build a Pittsburgh theatre history collection for the University of Pittsburgh. Large numbers of programs were also donated by the New York Public Library and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
The materials that Dr. Curtis amassed -- his own collection, materials donated to him, and the Curtis Collection staff's current efforts to acquire additional programs -- help to document the history of theatre and the performing arts in Pittsburgh.
Accruals
Donations are added to the collection annually. These donations come from the producing groups themselves and the general public. If you are interested in donating theatre programs to the collection, please contact Archives & Special Collections staff.
Scope and Content Notes Individual programs in the collection are mostly organized by the theatre or venue where the production took place. These venues are arranged alphabetically by name, then chronologically. In some instances, a performing arts group did not have a home theatre or consistent venue where they performed, such as the Civic Light Opera and the Quantum Theatre. In these instances, the programs and other materials are filed under the title of the performing arts group.
With each series, the total number of document boxes is listed. The boxes are not numbered consecutively as found in other archival collections because these numbers regularly change with new donations. Typically, the collection's policy is to only keep two copies of a program, although exceptions to this include commemorative programs and programs that are autographed or contain marginalia.
Where individual programs are listed for online access, the date listed is usually the start date for the production's engagement. Typically, productions would start on a Monday and the same program would be issued throughout the run of performances.
Please note that this collection does not represent all of the Pittsburgh theatre programs in the Curtis Collection. Many of the Pittsburgh programs prior to 1930 are in our scrapbook collection. Please consult the Special Collections staff with inquiries for theatres that you cannot locate in this collection guide.
Preferred Citation
Ford E. and Harriet R. Curtis Theatre Collection of Pittsburgh Theatre Programs, 1840-present, CTC.1966.01, Curtis Theatre Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Previous Citation
Ford E. and Harriet R. Curtis Theatre Collection of Pittsburgh Theatre Programs, 1840-present, CTC.1966.01, Curtis Theatre Collection, Special Collections Department, University of Pittsburgh
Arrangement
The series of this collection are arranged alphabetically by the title of the venue or performing arts group.
Related Materials
Ford E. and Harriet R. Curtis Theatre Collection of Pittsburgh Performing Arts Information Files, 1879-present, CTC.Infofiles.Pgh, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Ford E. and Harriet R. Curtis Theatre Collection of Pittsburgh Performing Arts Photographs, 1907-present, CTC.1966.03, Curtis Theatre Collection,Archives & Special Collections Department, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Subjects Corporate Names Pittsburgh Public Theater Pittsburgh Playhouse Bucks County Playhouse (New Hope, Pa.) Civic Light Opera of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Savoyards Iron Clad Agreement (Theatrical company) 99¢ Floating Theatre Nixon Theatre (Organization : Pittsburgh, Pa.) Walnut Street Theatre (Organization : Philadelphia, Pa.) Chatham College White Barn Theatre (North Huntingdon, Pa.) Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Carnegie-Mellon Theatre Company Genres Clippings (Information artifacts) Theater programs Other Subjects Performing arts -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Theater -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Container List Series I. 19th Century Pittsburgh Theatres , 1840-1935 Extent 2 boxes
Subseries 1. Academy of Music , 1868-1899 Scope and Content Notes Other names for this venue: Harry Williams' Academy of Music.
Item 1. Advertising - Interesting Religious Service , January 12, 1868 Item 2. Program - Henry Nicholls' Recitals from Memory , December 17, 1868 Item 3. Ticket - Mercantile Library Lectures, Henry Nicholls , December 18, 1868 Item 4. Ticket - Mercantile Library Lectures, John B. Gough , January 16, 1869 Item 5. Advertising - Mercantile Library Lectures, A Struggle for Life , January 25, 1869 Item 6. Advertising - Mercantile Library Lectures, Mrs. Scott-Siddons At the Academy of Music , February 8, 1869 Item 7. Program - Mercantile Library Lectures, Dramtic Readings with Mary Frances Scott-Siddons , February 8, 1869 Item 8. Program - Mercantile Library Lectures, Dramatic Readings with Mary Frances Scott-Siddons , February 11, 1869 Item 9. Opera program - The Daughter of the Regiment , October 28, 1871 Item 10. Burlesque program - Rentz-Santley Novelty & Burlesque Company; Manchester & Jennings; the Etzeltine Sisters; and Miss Minnie Farrell , October 3, 1881 Subseries 2. Alvin Theatre , 1893-1935 Extent 1 box
Item 1. Theatre program - Fedora with Sarah Bernhardt , March 23, 1892 Item 2. Theatre program - Rip Van Winkle ; Cricket on the Hearth ; and Lend Me Five Shillings with Joseph Jefferson , November 9, 1896 Item 3. Theatre program - L'Aiglon with Maude Adams , February 11, 1901 Item 4. Theatre program - If I Were King and Hamlet with E.H. Sothern , December 15, 1902 Item 5. Theatre program - H.M.S. Pinafore or The Lass That Loved a Sailor benefit perfomances for the Industrial Home for Crippled Children; the Juvenile Court Association of Allegheny County; and the Tuberculosis League of Pittsburgh , June 1, 1909 Subseries 3. Casino Musee Item 1. Theatre program - Maurithus & Martinnette Bros. Pantomine Little Bo Peep; John Mayon; and Rodgers & Owens' Shadowgraphs! Subseries 4. Duquesne Theatre , 1890-1919 Extent 1 box
Item 1. Theatre program - Herrmann the Great performance , April 10, 1893 Item 2. Theatre program - L'Enfant Prodigue , October 9, 1893 Subseries 5. Exposition Park , 1885 Item 1. Concert program - Mexican National Band , August 10, 1885 Subseries 6. Fifteenth Ward School Hall , 1875 Item 1. Theatre program - The Spectre Bridgroom or, A Ghost in Spite of Himself! ; and Waddy, The Fat Boy! , May 29, 1875 Subseries 7. Klopfer's Hall , 1875-1878 Scope and Content Notes Klopfer's Hall was on the corner of Butler and 43rd Street.
Item 1. Theatre program - Little Barefoot! with Miss Annie Zern Item 2. Ticket - Little Barefoot! Item 3. Theatre program - All for Her! ; and Nan, the Good for Nothing with Miss Annie Zern Item 4. Advertising - Family Jars! ; Too Attentive by Half! ; Naval Engagements! ; and Loan of a Lover! , October 23, 1875 Item 5. Theatre program - Waddy, the Fat Boy! ; Idiot Witness! , December 4, 1875 Item 6. Advertising - Everybody's Friend! ; and Michael Erie! , December 24, 1875 File 7. Advertising - Readings and Character Recitations!; and The Bruised Tragedian! , 1878 Item 8. Program - Readings and Character Recitations!; and The Bruised Tragedian! , May 9, 1878 Subseries 8. Library Hall , 1871-1899 Scope and Content Notes Other names for this venue: the Mercantile Library Hall, Chalet Bijou Theatre, Bijou Theatre, the Lyceum, the Academy, and the Lyceum.
Mercantile Library Hall , 1871-1875 Item 1. Concert program - Theodore Thomas' Orchestra with Miss Anna Mehlig , March 3, 1871 Item 2. Advertising - Henry VIII with Charlotte Cushman; and Miscellaneous Selections , April 1, 1872 Item 3. Opera program - Il Trovatore with Clara Louise Kellogg and the Kellogg Grand English Opera , December 3, 1874 Item 4. Opera program - La Grande Duchesse with Marie Aimee and the French Opera Bouffe Company , December 8, 1874 Item 5. Opera program - Bohemian Girl! by the Gounod Club , December 17, 1874 Item 6. Theatre program - Musette or, The Secret of Guilde Court with Lotta , February 18, 1875 Item 7. Opera program - Madame L'archiduc! with Miss Emily Soldene , February 24, 1875 Item 8. Program - Charlotte Cushman's Farewell , April 2, 1875 Item 9. Vaudeville program - "Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels!" Stage Struck! ; etc , April 16, 1875 Item 10. Theatre program - The Cricket on the Hearth! ; and That Blessed Baby! with Mr. J. L. Toole , April 27, 1875 Item 11. Theatre program - Off the Line! ; Old Friends! ; and Ici on Prale Francais! with Mr. J. L. Toole , April 30, 1875 Item 12. Theatre program - Masks and Faces! or, Before and Behind the Curtain with Laura Keene , May 1, 1875 Item 13. Theatre program - Morning Call ; The Soldier's Daughter with Laura Keene , May 2, 1875 Item 14. Vaudeville program - Tony Pastor's Troupe in The Fisherman! ; Black Troubadours ; and Nervous Dutchman! , May 19, 1875 Item 15. Opera program - Grand Duchess by J.F. Zimmerman's Mexican Juvenile Opera Troupe , October 21, 1875 Item 16. Theatre program - Jane Eyre with Miss Charlotte Thompson and Mr. W. E. Sheridan , December 1, 1875 Item 17. Opera program - The Hugeunots! , December 7, 1875 Library Hall , 1876-1886 Item 1. Concert program - With Theresa Titiens; Arabella Goddard; Inez Kennedy; Baccei; Orlandini; and Mark Keiser , January 3, 1876 Item 2. Theatre program - Humpty Dumpty with James S. Maffitt , February 5, 1876 Item 3. Theatre broadside - Bartley Campbell's Old Dusquesne! , April 21, 1876 Item 4. Theatre program - Richelieu! with Mr. Charles Pope , October 6, 1876 Item 6. Theatre program - Maud Muller with Miss Genevieve Rogers , October 10, 1876 Item 5. Theatre program - Henry VIII with Miss Augusta Dargon , November 1, 1876 Item 7. Theatre program - Two Can Play at That Game ; and The Brook! , December 9, 1876 Item 8. Theatre program - Macbeth! with Janauschek , December 16, 1876 Item 9. Theatre program - Forbidden Fruit! , January 16, 1877 Item 10. Theatre program - Richelieu! or The Conspiracy with Lawrence Barrett , March 5, 1877 Item 11. Theatre program - Poulet and Poulette with Miss Emily Soldene, Mr. Knight Aston, and Miss Rose Stella , March 14, 1877 Item 12. Theatre program - La Fille De Madame Angot with Miss Emily Soldene , March 17, 1877 Item 13. Theatre program - Pink Dominos! with Chas. F. Coghlan and Agnes Booth , October 19, 1877 Item 14. Opera Program - Mignon with C. L. Kellogg, Marie Roze, and A. L. Federico , January 29, 1878 Item 15. Theatre program - East Lynne , March 20, 1878 Item 16. Theatre program - Doyle Brothers with Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart , May 1878 Item 17. Concert program - The Kate Thayer Grand Concert Co. , November 18, 1879 Item 18. Burlesque program - Carncross' Minstrels; Henry Moses' Shadboat Pinafore! ; etc , April 28, 1879 Item 19. Concert program - Grand Testimonial Concert to Mr. J. T. Irwin , May 27, 1880 Item 20. Theatre program - Arrah-Na-Pogue, or the Wicklaw Wedding with Agnes Robertson , September 27, 1880 Item 21. Opera program - Strakosch & Hess Englsh Opera Co. in Mefistofele! and Carmen! , February 14, 1881 Item 22. Theatre program - Belles of the Kitchen ; Cousin Joe with the Vokes Family , October 17, 1881 Item 23. Opera program - Wilbur Opera Company in The Mascot , November 21, 1881 Item 24. Theatre program - The Professor! with W.H. Gillette , January 30, 1882 Item 25. Theatre program - Much Ado About Nothing with Hortense Rhéa , February 11, 1882 Item 26. Opera program - Corman Church Choir Co. in Patience or, Bunthrone's Bride , February 17, 1882 Item 27. Theatre program - Photos with Alice Harrison and Louis Harrison , February 20, 1882 Item 28. Vaudeville program - Carncross' Minstrels in Life Behind the Scenes or, the Black Lily's Debut ; Cogill Brothers; Fred Dart; etc , May 14, 1882 Item 29. Opera program - Boston Ideal Opera Company in Bohemian Girl , January 28, 1883 Item 30. Theatre program - As You Like It with Margaret Mather , November 19, 1883 Item 31. Advertising - Madison Square Theatre in Esmeralda , December 3, 1883 Item 32. Concert program - Grand Music Festival , March 11-14, 1884 Item 33. Opera program - Fay Templeton Opera Company in Girofle-Girofla , June 2, 1884 Item 34. Vaudeville program - Haverly's Genuine Colored Minstrels; Alex Hunter; the Canebrake Spectres; etc , November 15, 1884 Item 35. Opera program - The Boston Ideal Opera Company in Fanchonette , January 20, 1885 Item 36. Theatre program - Madison Square Theatre in May Blossom, the Fisherman's Daughter , February 23, 1885 Item 37. Opera program - The Ford English Opera Company in Martha with Zelda Seguin , April 1, 1885 Item 38. Opera program - The Emma Abbott Grand Opera Company in Rigoletto , April 14, 1885 Item 39. Opera program - The Emma Abbott Grand Opera Company in Semiramide , April 17, 1885 Item 40. Opera program - The Emma Abbott Grand Opera Company in Il Trovatore , April 18, 1885 Item 41. Theatre program - Pittsburgh Press Club Testimonial featuring Musette, or the Secret of Guilde Court with Lotta Crabtree; Sheehan and Coyne; Sea of Ice with Lottie Church; etc. , April 23, 1885 Item 42. Opera program - The Boston Ideal Opera Company in Martha , May 19, 1885 Item 43. Opera program - The Boston Ideal Opera Company in The Musketeers , May 20, 1885 Item 44. Opera program - The Boston Ideal Opera Company in Giralda , May 21, 1885 Item 45. Burlesque program - Pinafore in Pennsylvania Dutch , June 8, 1885 Item 46. Opera program - The McCaull Opera Comique Company in The Black Hussar , October 5, 1885 Item 47. Opera program - New York Thalia Grand and Comic Company in Nanon, or the Hostess of the Golden Lamb , December 7, 1885 Item 48. Opera program - New York Thalia Grand and Comic Company in Postillon von Lonjumeau , December 12, 1885 Item 49. Opera program - The Boston Ideal Opera Company in The Musketeers , December 25, 1885 Item 50. Advertising - Alexander Salvini tour , Dcember 31, 1885 Item 51. Theatre program - The Duke's Motto with Alexander Salvini and Viola Allen , January 2, 1886 Item 52. Opera program - The Emma Abbott Grand Opera Company in Faust , March 26, 1886 Item 53. Theatre program - Camille with Helena Modjeska , April 17, 1886 Chalet Bijou Theatre , 1886-1887 Item 1. Theatre program - Thompson Opera Company in The Mikado , September 13, 1886 Item 2. Theatre program - Nordeck and The Three Guardsmen with Frank Mayo , September 20, 1886 Item 3. Theatre program - The Humming Bird with Nate Salsbury and Nillie McHenry , December 27, 1886 Item 4. Theatre program - My Partner with Louis Aldrich , February 14, 1887 Item 5. Theatre program - Theodora with Lillian Olcott , March 21,1887 Item 6. Opera program - Emma Abbott Grand English Opera Company in Lucretia Borgia ; The Mikado ; Bohemian Girl ; Il Travatore ; Crispino ; Linda of Chamouni ; Mignon ; Chimes of Normandy , April 25, 1887 Item 7. Theatre program - Camille with Clara Morris and Henry Miller , May 2, 1887 Bijou , 1887-1899 Item 1. Theatre program - Our Angel with Lizzie Evans for the grand opening of the Bijou Theatre , September 5, 1887 Item 2. Theatre program - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Richard Mansfield , November 7, 1887 Item 3. Advertising - Annie Pixley in a magnificent repertoire , November 24, 1887 Item 4. Theatre program - The Honeymoon with Margaret Mather , February 13, 1888 Item 5. Theatre program - She , April 2, 1888 Item 6. Theatre program - The Jilt with Dion Boucicault , May 14, 1888 Item 7. Theatre program - The Shaughraun with Dion Boucicault , May 14, 1888 Item 8. Theatre program - Tin Soldier , November 19, 1888 Item 9. Theatre program - Erminie , February 18, 1889 Item 10. Theatre program - The White Slave , October 2, 1893 Item 11. Theatre program - The Corsican Brothers with Robert B. Mantell , May 15, 1899 Item 12. Theatre program - The Dagger and the Cross with Robert B. Mantell , September 11, 1899 New Opera House , 1866-1870
Subseries 9. Odd Fellows' Hall , 1869-1897 Scope and Content Notes Other names for this venue: Foster's National, the Apollo, the National, Opera House, Fifth Avenue Opera House, Fifth Avenue Lyceum, Harris Mammoth Museum, the Harris, and the Avenue Theatre.
Opera House , 1869-1870 Item 1. Theatre program - Rip Van Winkle with Mr. Joseph Jefferson , March 16, 1869 Item 2. Theatre Program - King Lear with Edwin Booth , November 25, 1870 Item 3. Theatre Program - Little Nell and the Marchioness! with Lotta Crabtree , December 23, 1870 Section 8. Fifth Avenue Lyceum , 1880 Item 1. Concert program - Grand Concert of Scottish Songs, by Hamilton Corbett , April 19, 1880 Harris' Mammoth Museum , 1884-1886 Item 1. Vaudeville program - Yankee in Love ; B. and B. with Maggie Willet and Harry Thorne; etc , March 10, 1884 Item 2. Theatre program - Fanchon, The Cricket with Cora Van Tassel , February 23, 1885 Item 3. Theatre program - Matlack Combination in A Celebrated Case! , March 30, 1885 Item 4. Theatre program - Fun on the Bristol with E.D. Tannehill's Comedy Company and Miss St. George Hussey , September 21, 1885 Item 5. Theatre program - Bandmann-Beaudet Comapny in The Hunchback; The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello , December 28, 1885 Item 6. Advertising - Davy Crocket with Edwin F. Mayo , September 6, 1886 Item 7. Vaudeville program - Prof. E.M. Worth lecture; Hick's and Sawyer's Consolidated Colored Minstrels , September 13, 1886 Item 8. Vaudeville program - Prof. Tony White's London Punch and Judy; Prof. E.M. Worth lecture; Silver Spur! , September 27, 1886 Subseries 9. Harris' Theatre , 1888 Item 9. Theatre program - Pat's Wardrobe with Pat Rooney , February 20, 1888 Avenue Theatre , 1897 Item 2. Vaudeville program - The Lottery of Love ; Morris' Famous Pony Circus; etc , January 25, 1897 Item 3. Vaudeville program - The Private Secretary ; Zinematographie; etc , March 15, 1897 Item 4. Vaudeville program - Rosedale with Mr. Joseph Haworth; Jane Whitbeck; Centure Bros.; etc , June 14, 1897 Item 5. Vaudeville program - An Old Love Story with Auguste Van Biene and Miss Lena Burnleigh ; the American Biograph owned and operated by the American Mutoscope Co.; etc , November 29, 1897 Subseries 10. Pittsburgh Opera House , 1871-1916 Scope and Content Notes Located on Diamond Street (now Forbes Avenue) the Pittsburgh Opera House opened January 30th, 1871. On September 19th, 1887 the theatre was renamed the Grand Opera House.
Pittsburgh Opera House Item 1. Theatre program - Wild Oats! ; and Blackened Susan with Edwin Adams , September 26, 1874 Item 2. Theatre program - Clancarity! or, Wedded and Wooed with Edwin Adams , October 2, 1874 Item 3. Theatre program - Lady of Lyons with Katherine Randolph , October 7, 1874 Item 4. Theatre program - London Assurance! with Jane Coombs , November 5, 1874 Item 5. Theatre program - Money! with Lawrence Barrett , November 17, 1874 Item 6. Theatre program - Julius Caesar with Lawrence Barrett , November 18, 1874 Item 7. Theatre program - Hunchback with Clara Morris , December 7, 1874 Item 8. Theatre program - Rip Van Winkle, or, The Sleep of Twenty Years with Joseph Jefferson , December 16, 1874 Item 9. Theatre program - The Heir at Law ; and Toodles with J. S. Clarke , December 28, 1874 Item 10. Theatre program - King John! with Agnes Booth and J. B. Booth , January 16, 1875 Item 11. Theatre program - 'Twixt Axe and Crown with Clara Rousby , February 15, 1875 Item 12. Theatre program - Col. Mulberry Sellers! with John T. Raymond , April 14, 1875 Item 13. Theatre program - Salsbury's Troubadours in Little Mother ; and Patchwork! , June 12, 1875 Item 14. Burlesque program - Bryant's Minstrels in Soiree d'Ethiope! and Dark Deeds in Dixey! ; Walters and Morton; etc. , June 22, 1875 Item 15. Theatre program - Augustin Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre Company in Big Bonanza! , September 29, 1875 Item 16. Theatre program - Furbish's Fifth Avenue Combination in Two Orphans , October 26, 1875 Item 17. Theatre program - Richelieu! or, The Conspiracy with Barry Sullivan , November 8, 1875 Item 18. Theatre program - Richard III with Barry Sullivan , November 9, 1875 Item 19. Opera program - La Jolie Parfumeuse! with Alice Oates , December 2, 1875 Item 20. Opera program - Trial by Jury! ; and Les Bavards with Alice Oates , December 4, 1875 Item 21. Theatre program - Victor of Rhe! or, Risen from the Dead with J. Newton Gotthold , December 22, 1875 Item 22. Theatre program - Twelve Temptations! , December 28, 1875 Item 23. Theatre program - The Unequal Match! with Jane Coombs , January 15, 1876 Item 24. Theatre program - Macbeth with Barry Sullivan , February 3, 1876 Item 25. Theatre program - Hamlet with Barry Sullivan , February 4, 1876 Item 26. Theatre program - Avalanche! or, Under the Snow with Effie E. Ellsler , February 22, 1876 Item 27. Theatre program - As You Like It! or, The Forest of Arden with Effie E. Ellsler , February 26, 1876 Item 28. Theatre program - Mighty Dollar! with William J. Florence and Malvina Florence , March 7, 1876 Item 29. Theatre program - Musette with Lotta Crabtree , March 24, 1876 Item 30. Theatre program - Guy Mannering! with Emma Waller , April 8, 1876 Item 31. Theatre program - Dundreary Married and Settled! with E.A. Sothern , April 27, 1876 Item 32. Theatre program - Our American Cousin! with E.A. Sothern , April 29, 1876 Item 33. Theatre program - Galatea or, the Statue ; and Leah, the Forsaken with Katherine Randolph , October 3, 1876 Item 34. Theatre program - No Thoroughfare! with Charles Fechter and Lizzie Price , October 18, 1876 Item 35. Theatre program - Monte Cristo with Charles Fechter and Lizzie Price , October 28, 1876 Item 36. Theatre program - Our American Cousin! with E.A. Sothern , November 7, 1876 Item 37. Theatre program - Hornet's Nest! and Dundreary Married & Settled! with E.A. Sothern , November 10, 1876 Item 38. Theatre program - Romeo and Juliet with Adelaide Neilson and Eben Plympton , November 15, 1876 Item 39. Theatre program - Everybodie's Friend with John E. Owens and Minnette Thompson , November 21, 1876 Item 40. Theatre program - Conn In The Shaughraun with Dion Boucicault , February 15, 1877 Item 41. Souvenir benefit program - Two Orphans with Kate Claxton , March 2, 1877 Item 42. Opera program - Baba with Belle Howitt and William H. Fitzgerald , August 28, 1877 Item 43. Theatre program - Victims! ; and Solon Shingle! with John E. Owens , September 12, 1877 Item 44. Theatre program - The Danites with McKee Rankin and Kitty Blanchard , January 9, 1878 Item 45. Broadside - Hess' Grand English Opera Company in The Chimes of Normandy ; Bohemian Girl ; Martha ; Villars' Dragoons , March 4, 1978 Item 46. Opera program - Hess' Grand English Opera Company in The Chimes of Normandy , March 4, 1978 Item 47. Theatre program - Othello with Edwin Booth , April 13, 1878 Item 48. Theatre program - The Danites with McKee Rankin and Kitty Blanchard , September 21, 1878 Item 49. Theatre program - Little Em'ly with George Fawcett Rowe , January 23, 1879 Item 50. Theatre program - Ingomar with Mary Anderson and John W. Norton , February 8, 1879 Item 51. Theatre program - H. M. S. Pinafore with Effie Ellsler , March 15, 1879 Item 52. Opera program - Huguenots with Clara Kellogg , March 31, 1879 Item 53. Opera program - Evangeline! , May 3, 1879 Item 54. Theatre program - Fanchon with Maggie Mitchell and William Harris , September 21, 1879 Item 55. Burlesque program - Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels in Schoolcraft's Visit; Frank Naoni; Harry Robinson; etc. , October 25, 1879 Item 56. Theatre program - Sarah's Young Man! and Comedy of Errors with Stuart Robson and William H. Crane , November 8, 1879 Item 57. Burlesque program - Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels in Pea-Tea Bar-None's; Sam Devere; Harry Kennedy; etc. , November 25, 1879 Item 58. Theatre program - Zip or, Point Lynde Light with Lotta Crabtree , January 29, 1880 Item 59. Burlesque program - Colville Opera Burlesque Co. in Il Trovatore, or, The Mother, The Maiden, and The Musicianer , April 20, 1880 Item 60. Theatre program - Sharps and Flats with Stuart Robson and William H. Crane , October 23, 1880 Item 61. Theatre program - Herrmann the Great performance , January 3, 1881 Item 68. Opera program - H.B. Mahn's English Comic Opera Company in Boccaccio , January 15, 1881 Item 69. Theatre program - The Rivals with Joseph Jefferson , February 21, 1881 Item 70. Theatre program - Rip Van Winkle with Joseph Jefferson , February 21, 1881 Item 71. Vaudeville program - Ingomar ; The Rough Diamond ; J. A. Hoffman; and the Baer Brothers benefit performance for Harry Ellsler , June 9, 1881 Item 72. Opera program - The Emma Abbott Grand Opera Company in Olivette , November 24, 1881 Item 73. Theatre program - The World , October 2, 1882 Item 74. Burlesque program - Haverly's Mastodon Minstrels performing The Old Kentucky Home! and Her Majesty's Opera! , October 9, 1882 Item 75. Theatre program - The White Slave! , February 5, 1883 Item 76. Opera program - The C.D. Hess Acme English Opera Co. in The Mascotte! , March 3, 1883 Item 77. Opera program - The C.D. Hess Acme English Opera Co. in Fra Diavolo! , March 3, 1883 Item 78. Theatre program - Frou-Frou! with Helena Modjeska , March 9, 1883 Item 79. Opera program - Mardi-Gras! with Marie Geistinger , April 17, 1883 Item 80. Opera program - The Bat; or 14 Days with Marie Geistinger , April 19, 1883 Item 81. Opera program - Three Pair of Shoes with Marie Geistinger , April 20, 1883 Item 82. Opera program - Boccaccio; or, The Prince of Palermo with Marie Geistinger , April 21, 1883 Item 83. Theatre program - Jane Eyre with Maggie Mitchell , December 24, 1883 Item 84. Theatre program - Princess Ida! or, Castle Adamant , April 14, 1884 Item 85. Theatre program - The Bandit King with James. H. Wallick , September 28, 1885 Item 86. Theatre program - Anselma with Madame Janish , October 19, 1885 Item 87. Theatre program - Comedy of Errors with Stuart Robson and William H. Crane , April 5, 1886 Item 88. Theatre program - The Merry Wives of Windsor with Stuart Robson and William H. Crane , September 27, 1886 Item 89. Theatre Program - Meg Merrilies with Francesca Janauschek , January 17, 1887 Item 90. Opera program - The Conried English Opera Company in The Gypsy Baron with Laura Bellini , February 21, 1887 Item 91. Opera program - The Temple Theater Comic Opera Company in The Little Tycoon , March 28, 1887 Item 92. Opera program - The Boston Ideal Opera Company in Musketeers , April 18, 1887 Grand Opera House , 1887-1899 Item 1. Theatre program - Brutus or The Fall of Tarquin! with Frederick Warde , October 3, 1887 Item 2. Theatre program - Galba, The Gladiator with Frederick Warde , October 3, 1887 Item 3. Theatre program - Richard III with Frederick Warde , October 4, 1887 Item 4. Theatre program - Lost in the Snow , October 10, 1887 Item 5. Theatre program - A Parlor Match with Charles E. Evans and William Hoey , October 24, 1887 Item 6. Theatre program - Julius Caesar with Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett , November 21, 1887 Item 7. Theatre program - Lagardere , December 12, 1887 Item 8. Advertising - The Deacon's Daughter ; The Charity Girl ; and M'Liss with Annie Pixley , January 2, 1888 Item 9. Theatre program - Othello with Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett , January 7, 1888 Item 10. Theatre program - French and Sanger's Company in Harbor Lights , February 13, 1888 Item 11. Opera program - Conried English Opera Company in The Vice Admiral , May 7, 1888 Item 12. Theatre program - A Midnight Bell , November 12, 1889 Item 13. Theatre program - The Henrietta with Stuart Robson and William H. Crane *Oversized?* , March 11, 1889 Item 14. Opera program - Carmen ; Il Trovatore ; The Bohemian Girl ; Postilion of Lonjumeau ; Faust ; Mignon ; Maritana ; and The Freischutz with Emma Juch , December 23, 1889 Item 15. Theatre program - Virginius with Frederick Warde and Elizabeth Crocker Bowers , November 17, 1890 Item 16. Opera program - Carmen with Emma Juch , November 16, 1891 Item 17. Theatre program - Romeo and Juliet with Julia Marlowe , May 23, 1892 Item 18. Vaudeville program - Nita's First ; Rossow Midgets; Carr & McLeod; Mlle. Chalet; Tom Mack , January 24, 1898 Item 19. Vaudeville program - Jane ; Sager and Fanny Midgley; Pete Baker; Hadj Lessik , February 6, 1899 Item 20. Vaudeville program - A Parisian Romance ; Billy Van; Prof. Morris' Trained Ponies , April 10, 1899 Pittsburg Theatre , 1867
Subseries 11. Old City Hall , 1892 Item 1. Theatre program - Bill Nye and A. P. Burbank , April 9, 1892 Seventeenth Ward Public School Hall , 1871-1875 Item 1. Theatre program - Les Miserables ; The Intelligence Office ; Local Troubles, or the Deputy's Morning Court , November 28, 1872 Item 2. Theatre program - The Idiot Witness ; The Boston Jubilee , and To Paris and Back For Five Pounds! , March 5, 1875 Shakespeare Reading Club , 1879 Item 1. Theatre program - Much Ado About Nothing at the house of Mr. William Thaw , January 17, 1879 Tivoli Garden , 1886
Trimble's Varieties Theatre , 1875-1876 Item 1. Vaudeville program - Kernell & Thatchers Minstrels!; Rip Van Winkle or, The Sleep of Twenty Years with Billy DeVere; etc Item 2. Vaudeville program - Miss Ettie Romaine; Squire for a Day ; etc. , December 1875 Item 3. Vaudeville program - The Grand Conservatory Female Serenaders!; The Great Classical Living Statue Troupe; Live Indian! ; etc , January 7, 1876 Series II. 20th Century Pittsburgh Theatres , 1901-current Subseries 1. Allegheny Repertory Theatre , 1980-1984 Subseries 2. American Ibsen Theatre , 1983-1988 Subseries 3. Apple Hill Playhouse , 1964-2001 Extent 1 box
Scope and Content Notes Also contains materials relating to Johnny Apple Seed's Children's Theatre and Orchard Performing Arts Company.
Subseries 4. Art Cinema Extent 1 box
Scope and Content Notes The Art Cinema was purchased by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and renamed the Harris Theater. It has been programmed and operated by Pittsburgh Filmmakers since 1995. Materials relating to both names are filed under Art Cinema.
Subseries 5. August Wilson Center for African American Culture , 2003-current Extent 1 box
Scope and Content Notes Programs from the August Wilson Center are filed in the Pittsburgh Cultural District subseries.
Subseries 6. Avenue Cinema , 1931-1940 Subseries 7. Benedum Center for Performing Arts , 1985-1999 Extent 8 boxes
Scope and Content Notes Programs dated after December 1999 are filed with the Pittsburgh Cultural District boxes.
Item 1. Theatre program - Grand opening of the Benedum Center Purely Pittsburgh , Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Rosemary Clooney, Lionel Hampton, and George Benson with Nathan Davis and the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra , September 25, 1987 Subseries 8. Bricolage Production Company , 2004-current Subseries 9. Brockett Productions , 1984-1999 Extent 1 box
Item 1. Theatre program - Don Brockett and Barbara Russell in Last Polka in Pittsburgh Item 2. Theatre program - Forbidden Pittsburgh , May 2, 1985 Subseries 10. Byham Theater , 1995-1999 Extent 1 box
Scope and Content Notes Previously the Fulton Theater. Programs dated after December 1999 are filed with the Pittsburgh Cultural District boxes.
Subseries 11. Camelot Productions , 1974-1978 Subseries 12. Carnegie Mellon University , 1915-current Subseries 13. Carnegie Music Hall , 1901-current Extent 1 box
Item 1. Concert program - Pittsburgh Orchestra performance , November 29, 1901 Item 2. Concert program - Ignacy Jan Paderewski performance , March 10, 1902 Subseries 14. Center Stage Dinner Theatre , 1980-1984 Subseries 15. Characters East Theatre , 1977-1983 Subseries 16. Chatham College , 1932-current Subseries 17. Christian Arts Company/Saltworks , 1981-1999 Subseries 18. City Players , 1975-1981 Extent 1 box
Item 1. Theatre program - Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch first production by the City Players , June 19, 1975 Subseries 19. City Theatre Company , 1981-current Extent 6 boxes
Item 1. Theatre program - Bricklayers first production at the South Side City Theatre , November 30, 1991 Item 2. Theatre program - A Raisin in the Sun co-produced by City Theatre and Kuntu Repertory Theatre , September 10, 1999 Subseries 20. Civic Light Opera , 1946-current Extent 15 boxes
Item 1. Theatre program - Naughty Marietta the Civic Light Opera's first production , June 1, 1946 Item 2. Theatre program - Carol Burnett Show first production at the Civic Arena , July 2, 1962 Item 3. Souvenir theatre program - Carol Burnett Show premiere performance at the Civic Arena , July 2, 1962 Item 4. Theatre program - Kinky Boots with Billy Porter , August 4, 2015 Subseries 21. Churches , 1938-current Extent 1 box
Scope and Content Notes All productions staged at a church or other religous center are filed here.
Subseries 22. Community College of Allegheny County , 1979-1995 Subseries 23. Comtra Theater , 1981-1989 Subseries 24. Cresson Lake Playhouse , 1974-1987 Subseries 25. Davis Theatre , 1915-1929 Extent 1 box
Scope and Content Notes The Davis Theatre was a part of the B. F. Keith Vaudeville Circuit.
Item 1. Vaudeville program - Houdini Chinese Water Torture Cell performance , November 6, 1916 Item 2. Vaudeville program - Houdini performance , February 23, 1925 Subseries 26. Duquesne Garden , 1927-1937 Subseries 27. Duquesne University , 1928-current Subseries 28. East End Theatre , 1926-1928 Subseries 29. Enright Theatre Extent 1 box
Item 1. Theatre program - Screening of Adoration inaugural performance at the Enright , December 28, 1928 Subseries 30. Famous Rider , 1983-1986 Subseries 31. Fine Line Theatre Company , 1977-1983 Subseries 32. Fulton Theater , 1989-1996 Extent 1 box
Scope and Content Notes Renamed the Byham Theater in 1995. Previously known as the Gayety Theatre.
Item 1. Theatre program - Reopening of the Fulton Give 'Em Hell Harry , May 31, 1991 Subseries 33. Gayety Theatre , 1904-1928 Extent 1 box
Item 1. Theatre program - Way Down East first production at the Gayety , October 31, 1904 Subseries 34. Gemini Theatre Company , 1997-current Subseries 35. Glenshaw Players , 1955-1979 Subseries 36. Greensburg Civic Theatre , 1976-current Subseries 37. Hartwood Theatre on the Green , 1980-1996 Subseries 38. Hazlett Theater , 2004-current Subseries 39. Heinz Hall , 1971-1999 Extent 19 boxes
Scope and Content Notes Programs dated after December 1999 are filed with the Pittsburgh Cultural District boxes.
Item 1. Concert program - Inaugural Concert at Heinz Hall by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orechestra , September 11, 1971 Item 2. Opera program - Pittsburgh Opera Aida , October 7, 1971 Subseries 40. Hippodrome , 1909-1927 Subseries 41. Indiana University of Pennyslvania , 1966-2007 Subseries 42. International Poetry Forum , 1974-1991 Subseries 43. Iron Clad Agreement , 1976-1981 Subseries 44. Jewish Community Center , 1975-2006 Subseries 45. Kuntu Repertory Theatre , 1975-2013 Extent 1 box
Item 1. Theatre program - Little Willie Armstrong Jones Kuntu's inaugural production , April 15, 1975 Subseries 46. Laurel Highlands Regional Theatre , 1985-1992 Subseries 47. Little Lake , 1949-current Loew's Aldine , 1925-1926
Subseries 48. Mckeesport Little Theater , 1974-2001 Subseries 49. Mountain Playhouse , 1940-current Subseries 50. 99¢ Floating Theater , 1974-1981 Subseries 51. New Group Theater , 1982-1999 Subseries 52. New Horizons , 1993-current Subseries 53. New Works Festival , 1991-current Extent 1 box
Item 1. Theatre program - New Works Festival , October 17, 1991 Subseries 54. Nixon Theatre , 1903-1976 Extent 19 boxes
Item 1. Theatre program - Erminie inaugual performance at the Nixon , December 7, 1903 Item 2. Theatre program - The Prince of Pilsen , January 4, 1904 Scope and Content Notes Please note that this program has an incorrect date. The production began on January 4th, 1904.
Item 3. Theatre program - Three Little Maids , Februaury 1, 1904 Item 4. Theatre program - The Wizard of Oz , Februaury 22, 1904 Item 5. Theatre program - The Darling of the Gods with Blanche Bates , April 18, 1904 Item 6. Theatre program - The Yankee Consul with Raymond Hitchcock , September 12, 1904 Item 7. Theatre program - Little Minister with Maude Adams , November 14, 1904 Item 8. Theatre program - The Usurper with N.C. Goodwin , November 21, 1904 Item 9. Theatre program - The Taming of the Shrew and The School for Scandal with Ada Rehan and Charles Richman , December 19, 1904 Item 10. Theatre program - Lillian Russell Opera Company in Lady Teazle , May 22, 1905 Item 11. Theatre program - Little Johnny Jones with George M. Cohan , September 11, 1905 Item 12. Advertising - The Wizard of Oz , December 1905 Item 13. Theatre program - The College Widow , January 8, 1906 Item 14. Theatre program - The Catch of the Season with Edna May , Febraury 12, 1906 Item 15. Theatre program - The Toast of the Town with Viola Allen a benefit performance for the Pittsburgh and Alleheny Free Kindergarten Association , March 14, 1906 Item 16. Theatre program - Actor's Fund of America benefit , April 19, 1910 Item 17. Theatre program - Diamond Lil with Mae West the final production at the Nixon , April 24, 1950 Subseries 55. Odd Chair Playhouse , 1968-1975 Subseries 56. Open Stage Theatre , 1992-current Subseries 57. Opera Theater of Pittsburgh , 1985-current Subseries 58. Park Players , 1971-1980 Subseries 59. Penn Theatre , 1963-1967 Subseries 60. Performing Arts for Children Series , 1970-current Pershing Theatre , 1920
Subseries 61. Pitt Theatre , 1920-1932 Extent 2 boxes
Item 1. Advertising - Isadora Duncan performance , October 1916 Item 2. Film program - Intolerance , December 22, 1916 Item 3. Film program supplement - Facts Worth Knowing for Intolerance , December 22, 1916 Item 4. Film program supplement - A Declaration of Personal Independence, Away with Meddlers for Intolerance , December 22, 1916 Item 5. Theatre program - E.H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe in Shakespeare's Plays , March 15, 1920 Item 6. Theatre program - The Bat based on the novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart , September 25, 1922 Item 7. Film program - Robin Hood with Douglas Fairbanks , January 15, 1923 Pittsburgh Area Dinner Theatre , 1974-2004 Subseries 62. Pittsburgh Cultural District , 2000-current Extent 11 boxes
Scope and Content Notes Contains all programs dated after December of 1999 for the August Wilson Center, Benedum Center, Heinz Hall, and the Byham Theater.
Item 1. Theatre program - Off the Record , October 10, 2001 Item 2. Theatre program - The Aunt Ester Cycle with The St. Louis Black Rep in Gem of the Ocean ; Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company in Two Trains Running ; Penumbra Theatre Company in Raido Golf , November 2009 Subseries 63. Pittsburgh Drama League , 1914-1981 Subseries 64. Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts , 1990-current Subseries 65. Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre , 1997-current Extent 1 box
Item 1. Theatre program - The Constant Couple , June 1997 Subseries 66. Pittsburgh Laboratory Theatre , 1971-1984 Subseries 67. Pittsburgh Metropolitan Stage Company , 1979-1985 Subseries 68. Pittsburgh Musical Theater , 1990-2003 Extent 1 box
Item 1. Theatre program - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , December 5, 1990 Subseries 69. Pittsburgh Playhouse , 1995-current Extent 5 boxes
Scope and Content Notes Programs dated before 1995 are filed with the Pittsburgh Playhouse School of the Theater Records.
Subseries 70. Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Item 1. Theatre program - Boppin' with the Ancestors , June 2003 Item 2. Theatre program - Theater Festival in Black & White , October 14, 2003 Item 3. Theatre program - Seven Guitars , August 2016 Subseries 71. Pittsburgh Poor Players , 1973-1974 Subseries 72. Pittsburgh Public Theater , 1975-current Extent 16 boxes
Item 1. Theatre program - Inaugural Pittsburgh Public Theater production The Glass Menagerie , September 17, 1975 Item 2. Theatre program - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest with Tom Atkins , October 22, 1975 Item 3. Theatre program - Twelfth Night with Leonard Nimoy , November 26, 1975 Item 4. Theatre program - Joe Turner's Come and Gone with August Wilson autograph , September 7, 1989 Item 5. Theatre program - Inaugural performance at the O'Reilly Theater King Hedley II world premiere , December 11, 1999 Item 6. Theatre program - The Chief world premiere , November 6, 2003 Subseries 73. Pittsburgh Savoyards , 1975-current Subseries 74. Prime Stage , 1996-current Subseries 75. Quantum Theatre , 2001-current Extent 1 box
Item 1. Theatre program - Pedro Páramo , April 1991 Item 2. Theatre program - Someone Who'll Watch Over Me , April 1994 Subseries 76. Red Barn Theatre , 1973-2001 Subseries 77. Robert Morris College , 1968-1992 Subseries 78. St. Vincent's College , 1979-1996 Subseries 79. Schenley Theatre , 1914-1940 Subseries 80. Scope and Scalpel Society , 1965-1979 Subseries 81. Sherwood Forest Theatre , 1959-1994 Subseries 82. South Park Conservatory Theatre , 1977-1979 Subseries 83. Soho Repertory Theatre , 1979-1982 Subseries 84. Stanley Theatre , 1928-1984 Extent 2 boxes
Item 1. Program - Inaugural orchestral performance of Capriccio Italien and screening of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , February 27, 1928 Strand-Rialto Theatres , 1916-1920
Subseries 85. Syria Mosque , 1929-1991 Extent 2 boxes
Item 1. Theatre program - Original Freiburg Passion Play , November 17, 1930 Item 2. Dance program - Mamie W. Barth School of the Dance annual exhibition , April 28th, 1931 Item 3. Concert program - Marian Anderson recital , March 20, 1942 Item 4. Opera program - Pittsburgh Opera in Manon , November 20, 1952 Item 5. Advertising - Rock 'n Roll show featuring Bill Haley and his Comets , May 3, 1956 Subseries 86. Theatre Express , 1977-1981 Extent 1 box
Theatre program - Endgame , February 14, 1980 Subseries 87. Theatre Factory , 1999-2010 Subseries 88. Unseam'd Shakespeare Company , 1994-current Subseries 89. Upstairs Theatre , 1988-1995 Subseries 90. Valley Players of Ligonier , 1982-current Subseries 91. Veronica's Veil Players , 1926-current Subseries 92. White Barn Theatre , 1948-1984 Subseries 93. Wilkinsburg Arts Theatre , 1987-1993 Extent 1 box
Item 1. Theatre program - Ceremonies in Dark Old Men , March 31, 1989 Item 2. Theatre program - Black Nativity , November 30, 1989 Subseries 94. William Penn Playhouse , 1952-1959 Series III. Oversized programs 
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