HISTORY
The origins of theatre at North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC) pre-date the founding of the Little Country Theatre (LTC) in February of 1914 . On January 18, 1907 the NDAC Dramatic Club was founded and they “produced their first play Captain Racket on June 6, 1907 at the Grand Theatre [downtown Fargo]. In the 1907 Agassiz (Volume One) yearbook there is a Program list for that play and a picture of the 8 young women and 10 young men with the ‘Director’ Professor Keene.” Edward Spencer Keene came to NDAC in the fall of 1892, with a BS degree from the University of Illinois and two years of teaching experience. He was hired to head the Mechanical Arts program.” Professor Keene, as with most of the early faculty members at NDAC, wore many hats. Not only was he involved with drama at NDAC, he organized the military training program (eventually evolved into ROTC), the Engineering Club (Lyceum of Engineers) and the first men’s social fraternity, Alpha Mu (eventually became Theta Chi fraternity). He also became Dean of the School of Mechanical Arts and served as Interim President of the College (1921). [Information excerpted/paraphrased from Don Larew’s presentation to LCT alumni at a reception at the University President’s home on December 9, 2004.]

The phenomenal growth of theatre and related entertainment at NDAC was due primarily to Alfred G. Arvold, originally hired in the fall of 1907 as am Instructor in English and Oratory. By he time of his retirement in 1953 he was Chairman and Professor of Speech, and Leader in Neighborhood Activities, which he held until his retirement in 1953. Prior to his founding of the LCT in 1914, Arvold immersed himself in theatre and theatre related activities almost upon his arrival at NDAC. In October 1907, Arvold was elected Director of the Dramatic Club, that Keene helped to found, and soon after the name was changed to the Edwin Booth Dramatic Club, the name of the dramatic club at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Arvold’s alma mater. The Edwin Booth Dramatic Club’s first production, The Professor’s Predicament premiered on February 12, 1908, at the Fargo Opera House. Probably his most ambitious, non-LCT undertaking, was in the winter of 1913, with the NDAC Student Life Train, which was manned and operated by students and left Fargo on Monday, February 10, 1913 for three days, and 30 North Dakota towns and communities promoting NDAC. On board were exhibits from all departments of the college, President and Mrs. Worst were the major chaperones, students from the Cadet Band, the Crack Squad, the College “Y” quartet, two Programs from the Edwin Booth Dramatic club, the college Orchestra, and student demonstrators. [Information excerpted/ paraphrased from Don Larew’s presentation to LCT alumni at a reception at the University President’s home on December 9, 2004.]

The Little Country Theatre, as we know it, was dedicated at North Dakota Agricultural College
on February 10, 1914. Since the chapel in Old Main was not being used, Arvold decided that was the place to set a permanent theatre at NDAC. Through his efforts, the chapel was transformed into a theatre, eventually seating 350. Within ten years the theater plant had grown and occupied most of the second and third floors of Old Main. Including the theater proper, its adjuncts included the Lincoln Log Cabin, the Ibsen Room, the Green Room, the Village, the Library, the Tower Study, and the main office and makeup room.

“The aim of The Little Country Theater is to produce such plays and exercises as can be easily staged in a country school-house, the basement of a country church, the sitting room of a farm home, or the village or town hall, or any place where people assemble for social betterment. Its principal function is to stimulate an interest in good, clean drama and original entertainment among the people living in the open country and villages.” Arvold, Alfred G. (1957). Alfred.....In Every Man’s Life. Fargo: Ulsaker Printing Co., p. 25.

With the completion of Askanase Hall in 1968, the theater plant which had been in Old Main for fifty-four years relocated to a 400-seat theater, classrooms, and workrooms.

SCOPE & CONTENTS
This artificially created print material series consists of: History/Background LCT which includes an article from McCall’s Magazine from 1916, written booklets and pamphlets, student papers, calendars, production history, and yearbook articles [1916-2004]; Newsletters [1988-2005 - gaps]; Anniversaries, from the tenth to the ninetieth [1924-2004]; the Edwin Booth Dramatic Club at NDAC which was founded on January 18, 1907. As an undergraduate Arvold became involved with the Edwin Booth Dramatic Club at the University of Wisconsin [1967, 2005]; Auditions calls [1969, 1979, 1981]; NDSU Student Productions/Showcases (Non-LCT Productions) [1982-1995]; Non-LCT Productions (Arvold Productions) which includes the Cyclone Circus, the Student Life Train, Lilac Days, and the Harvest Feast [1908-1948]; the Package Library which began in 1910 after Professor Arvold received a letter from a North Dakota schoolteacher wishing to put on some type of program for her community. She wrote asking for ideas that A.G. Arvold might have. Since there were little resources at the AC at that time, Arvold found some copies of plays that he had acted in as a boy and lent them to her. Soon he was getting numerous requests and had the idea to create a circulating library. “The aim of the package library system is to vitalize all the sources of information which can be used for material for presentation on public programs.” (The Little Country Theater. Arvold, Alfred G. Macmillan: NY. 1922, pp. 46-47. The majority of the material used in the package library was lost over the years, but 4 copies were found, although without dates; The Community Theatre Related Activities, which were under the direction of Arvold and were primarily done as part of the North Dakota Extension Service publications, with the majority of the brochures in the 1920s and 1930s [1918-1940]; Little Country Theatre Sponsored Events/Productions includes other theatre troupes which were brought in to perform [1987-1994]; and finally Little Country Theatre Productions [1911- present].

SEE ALSO: Dr. Constance West Collection; The Alfred G. Arvold Collection (Institute for Regional Studies, Mss.72); Souvenir Programs & Public Programs; Don Larew Theatrical Productions Scenic and Costume Designs Collection; North Dakota Repertory Theatre; The Prairie Stage; NDSU Photography Collection – Little Country Theatre (BLi 77), Play (APl 29); NDSU Ephemera Administration – Little Country Theatre (NDSU-AD.L57); LCT Poster Collection.

LITTLE COUNTRY THEATRE PRINT MATERIALS

BOX 1

1 Finding Aid

History/Background LCT

2 The Little Country Theater, McCall’s Magazine, June 1916, Reinette Lovewell.
3 Postcard – c.1916
4 The Little Country Theatre. The Story of Its Origins – Its Physical Aspects – Its
Production and Its Projects. Arvold, Alfred G. 1927.
5 Ibsen stained-glass window – photocopy, articles – 1934.
6 Little Country Theatre history - pamphlet, c.1940 (3 copies)
7 The Little Country Theater - Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow c.1949 – booklet - (3 copies)
8 The Little Country Theatre – In Words – In Deeds – In Pictures c. 1940s – booklet - (3 copies)
9 Informational card – n.d.
10 Student Papers - Historical Overviews of LCT - “The Little Country Theater” -
1951; “The Origin and Function of the Little Country Theater” - 1970 – RESTRICTED
11 LCT annex is a part of change… …from memories of the Old Main to now. Spectrum, January 14, 1977, p. 9; The Little Country Theatre; 65 years of stretching the imagination and breaking legs. Bison Briefs, November 1979
12 A Year of Celebration. The Forum. Sunday, October 23, 1988, Section F.
Yearbook Clippings (1908-1928)
13 1908 Agassiz (yearbook) – Arvold and theatre related pages
14 1913 & 1915 Agassiz – plays
15 1916 Agassiz – Theatre related
16 1917 & 1918 Agassiz – Arvold and theatre related pages
17 1922, 1927 & 1928 Agassiz – Arvold & LCT
18 Calendar of Events at LCT: 1946-47, 1947-48, Fall 1948
19 LCT Plaque – clippings – 1952, 2004
20 Production History – 1933-1934 – 2001-2002
21 Annual Theatre Arts Banquet – student anecdotes – May 1989
22 Surveys – 1977, 1980, 1981
23 Stationery, envelopes, notepad – n.d.
24 Exchange ticket – n.d.
25 LCT Alumni gathering at President and Mrs. Chapman’s – Don Larew MC – Larew’s script, DVD of remembrances of Alumni (recorded by Gale Chapman) – December 2004

Newsletters

26 LCT Newsletter – Fall 1988, February 1991
27 What’s New At NDSU Theatre? – 2004-2005
28 Circle of Players Newsletter – Summer 2005

Anniversaries

29 10th Anniversary - Printed booklet (3 copies) with photos, program, news clippings – February 10-12, 1924
30 20th Anniversary - Exercises, booklet (3 copies), invitations, program, tickets - February 10-12, 1934
31 25th Anniversary - Silver Anniversary Dinner, exercises, invitations - February
8-12, 1939; Spectrum - 2/10/39 [original copy: NDSU Ephemera Collection – NDSU- AD.L57] & Fargo Forum - 2/5/39, program (2 copies)
32 30th Anniversary - program (4 copies) - February 9-12, 1944
33 35th Anniversary - program (2 copies) & typed sheet - February 6-12, 1949
34 50th Anniversary Season - Announcement and programs, subscription forms – The Trial
of Louis Riel, Death of a Salesman, Triple Play - 1963
35 75 Years - Diamond Jubilee - Invitations, programs, mailers -1988-1989
36 90th Anniversary – Program, newspaper clippings, bronze plaque rededication - 2004

Edwin Booth

37 Edwin Booth Dramatic Society – Honorary Member Card – April 1967; Honorary Member Lifetime Pass
38 Edwin Booth Dramatic Club – reorganized 2004 – Brochure – April 2005

Auditions

39 Mini-auditions – July 1969
40 Statewide Talent Grant Audition – April 1979
41 Statewide Talent Grant Audition – February 1981

NDSU Student Productions/Showcases (Non-LCT Productions)

42 Bachelor of Fine Arts – Showcases [Terri Chale & Brian Brady] – 1982-1983
43 A Couple of White Chicks Sitting Around Talking –April 1988
44 Extremities – Bachelor of Fine Arts Showcase – Scott Nankivel – May 1989
45 Pelvic Variations – sponsored by Campus Attraction – with LCT students – March 1993
46 College Street, The Live Sitcom – NDSU students – March/April 1993
47 Senior BFA recital – My Toe – Robert Simmons – Spring 1994
48 Experiment 72 – Film – NDSU students – April 1995

Events – Non-LCT Productions– Arvold productions

49 Cyclone Circus – clippings – March 1908; Program and Ye Other Points - Cyclone Circus - A. J. Arvold, Director – March 1908; additional program – leather bound. See Also: Map Case - Diagram – “The Cyclone Circus - March 7, 1908 - College Armory, 2 pm”
50 Student Life Train, clippings, Brochure – February 1913
51 Little Country Theatre Supper – program – February 1915
52 All College [costume] Party – program – February 1915
53 Harvest Festival – clippings – 1916-1928 [gaps]
54 14th [sic - 15th] Annual Christmas Festival – script - December, 1929
55 “The March of the Plow” by Edwards, Gladys T. – correspondence, pageant script - 1931
56 Programs -21st, 22nd, 23rd Annual Christmas Festival – Dec. 1932, Dec., 1936 (3 copies), Dec., 1937, Dec., 1938 (2 copies)
57 Lilac Days – sheet music – 1939; program for the 17th annual Lilac Day Festival – 1948, 1952; Lilac Days - short article The Spectrum - 11/6/69
58 Circus Days – program – May 1947
59 Lincoln Day Dinner, February 12, 1948, program; Lincoln Day Banquet, February 12, 1953, program
60 The Harvest Feast - The Little Country Theater - program (3 copies - 1 handwritten) - October, 1948

Package Library

61 Package Library – Loan Copy – Drama-Pageant – A Pageant of Agriculture
62 Package Library – Loan Copy – Drama-Pageant – How to Organize a Floral Parade
63 Package Library – Loan Copy – Drama-Costumes – Shakespearian Costumes (As You Like It)
64 Package Library – Loan Copy – Vocal Music – As You Like It

Community Theatre Related Activities – Arvold

65 Country Life Association - Ye Valentine Program – February 1918
66 Typical Community Programs – Public Programs. NDAC 1924-1925 Season,
67 “One Head of Wheat” a One Act Play by Vivian Luther - The Little Country Theater Program Service - Cooperative Extension - Special Circular #1767 - January, 1936
68 The Plays the Thing - The Little Country Theater Program Service. Special Circular. Extension Service, NDAC. May 1938
69 Neighborhood Clubs -The Little Country Theater Program Service. Special Circular. Extension Service, NDAC. August 1938
70 Neighborhood Programs -The Little Country Theater Program Service. Special Circular. Extension Service, NDAC. October 1938
71 Arvold, Alfred G. - Neighborhood Activities in Country Communities, Extension Service Circular, #171 - October 1940.
72 Neighborhood Programs -The Little Country Theater Program Service. n.d.
73 The Little Country Theatre Play Service – play listings – n.d.
74 Country Life Laboratory in the Land of the Dacotohs - typed copy - n.d., no author.
75 Community Activities – clippings

Little Country Theatre Sponsored Events/Productions

76 Of Mice and Men – Knonoberg Theatre Company of Sweden – May 1987
77 Roadside Theater – Whitesburg, KY – September 1988
78 What A Way to Surrender – Discovery Mime Theatre – Vermillion, SD – October 1991
79 Sacred Journey – Cricket Theatre, Minneapolis- April 1994

BOX 2

Little Country Theatre Productions

1 First Literary Society Festival (play contest) – Program - December 1911
2 7th Annual Model County Fair – Part Two – 8 PM – “A Play - By the Little Country Theatre Players” – Program - January 1927
3 Peer Gynt – Postcard, Program - March 1927
4 Robin Hood – Scenery Committee Report, Light Committee Report – May 1927
5 When Knighthood was in Flower – Program - May 1933

5a Peer Gynt - Program - March 1933
6 Winterset – Program – Program - February 2, 1937
7 Polly of the Circus – Program – February 16, 1937
8 The Good Earth – Program – January 25, 1938
9 Pride and Prejudice – Program – February 23, 1938
10 Playboy of the Western World – Program –April 26, 1938
11 Tovarich - Program - November, 1938
12 Distant Drums – Program - January 24, 1939
13 [Empty]
14 Brother Rat - Program - April 25 & 26, 1939
15 A Dolls House – Program – February 28, 1939 [performed March 8, 1939]
16 Our Town – Program – November 28, 1939
17 Two Kings and a Queen – Program – December 18, 1939
18 The Girl of the Golden West – Program – January 17, 1940
19 Sherlock Holmes – Program – February 20, 1940
20 King Henry the Fourth – Part One – Program – April 23, 1940
21 Jane Eyre – Program – November 6, 1940
22 Family Portrait – Program – December 3, 1940
23 Eyvind of the Hills – Program – January 22, 1941
24 You Can’t Take It With You – Program – March 4, 1941
25 Robin Hood – Program – April 23, 1941
26 “Emma” - presented by LCT in May 1941 - by Marion M. Mackaye; Memorial Production Edition [hard bound]; Script, mailer
27 Toby Tyler – Program – November 4, 1941
28 Jim Dandy – Program – November 12, 1941
29 Wuthering Heights – Program – December 3, 1941
30 Out of the Frying Pan – Program – January 27, 1942
31 Annual Program in Commemoration of Shakespeare’s Birthday – The Yellow
Program – April 22, 1942
32 Our Town – Program – July 2, 1942
33 Little Women – Program – November 17, 1942
34 Pygmalion – Program – February 24, 1943
35 The Eve of St. Mark - Program - November, 1943
36 Lady Precious Stream – Program, mailer – December 8, 1943
37 My Man Godfrey – Program, mailer – March 29, 1944
38 Quality Street – Program – November 14, 1944
39 Is Life Worth Living - Program - March, 1945
40 Our Town – Program, mailer - November 28, 1945
41 LCT 1945-1946 Season placard
42 The Skin of Our Teeth – Program – January 31, 1946
43 Harriet - Program - February, 1946
44 Distant Drums – Program – June 1946
45 The Wild Duck – Program – May 1946
46 1946-1947 LTC Season - postcard
47 State of the Union – Program - November 1946
48 Green Grow the Lilacs – Program – December 1946
49 The Far Off Hills – Program – January 1947
50 Ghosts – Program – March 1947
51 An Evening with Shakespeare – Program – April 1947
52 Tom Sawyer – Program – May 1947
53 Joan of Lorraine – Program, mailer – November 1947
54 The Barretts of Wimpole Street – Program – January 1948
55 Years Ago – Program – February 1948
56 The Great American Family – Program – March 1948
57 Hedda Gabbler – Program – April 1948
58 Pygmallion – Program – November 1948
59 The Playboy of the Western World – Program – December 1948
60 Around the Dawn (by Mason Arvold) – Program – February 1949
61 Ah, Wilderness – Program – May 1949
62 East Lynne (LCT Players) – Program – November 1949
63 Peer Gynt – Program – February 1950
64 Candida – Program – February/March 1950
65 The Heiress (Edwin Booth) – Program – April 1950
66 Antigone (Edwin Booth) – Program – December 1950
67 Hamlet (Edwin Booth) – Program – May 1951
68 Gold in the Hills (Edwin Booth) – Program – November 1951/February 1952
69 Arms and the Man – Program - February 1952
70 Seven Keys to Baldpate – Program - March 1952
71 Romeo & Juliet – Program – May 1952
72 Androcles & the Lion (Edwin Booth) – Program – November 1952
73 Amahl & The Night Visitor – Program - December 1952
74 Even the Gods – Program – March 1953
75 A Sleep of Prisoners – Program – May 1953
76 An Evening of One-Act Plays (Circle T) – Program - Spring 1953
77 Mr. Roberts – Program – November 1953
78 Amahl & The Night Visitor – Program, correspondence, expenses, royalties - December 1953
79 The Lady’s Not for Burning – Program – February 1954
80 One Act Plays (Circle T) – Program – March 1954
81 The Importance of Being Earnest – Program, clippings – May 1954
82 The Show Off (Circle T) – Program – July 1954
83 Three Men on a Horse – Program – November 1954
84 Gammer Gurton’s Needle (Circle T) – Program – December 1954
85 The Father (Circle T) – Program – February 1955
86 The Shadow of a Gunman – Program, clipping – March 1955
87 The Guardsman – Program – April 1955
88 An Evening of One Act Plays (Circle T) – Program – May 1955
89 The Doctor in Spite of Himself (Circle T) – Program – October 1955
90 Stalag 17 (with NDAC Vets Club) – Program – December 1955
91 Juno and the Paycock – Program – February 1956
92 The House of Bernarda Alba – Program – March 1956
93 One Act Plays (Circle T) – Program – May 1956
94 Bernardine – Program, clippings - November 1956
95 Desire Under the Elms – Program – December 1956
96 Ten Nights in a Barroom – Program, Clipping – January/February 1957
97 The Plough and the Stars – Program – March 1957
98 One Act Plays (Circle T) – Program – May 1957
99 The Master Builder (Circle T) – Program – July 1957
100 Inherit the Wind – Program – October 1957
101 The Three Sisters (Circle T) – Program – December 1957
102 Aesop’s Fable Fair – Financial report, passes – January 1958
103 The Teahouse of the August Moon – Program, clipping – February 1958
104 Beyond the Doubt of a Shadow – Clippings – February/March 1958
105 She Stoops to Conquer – Program, clippings – March 1958
106 One Act Plays (Circle T) – Program – May 1958
107 Old Four Eyes (Burning Hills Amphitheater, Medora, ND – directed by Fred Walsh) – Clippings – Summer 1958
108 Tiger at the Gates – Program, clippings – October 1958
109 The Happy Hypochondriac (Circle T) – Program, clippings – November 1958
110 The Front Page (with NDAC Vets Club) – Program, production information, expenses – February 1959
111 The Play’s the Thing (Circle T) – Program, clippings – February 1959
112 Three One Act Plays (for meeting of Cass County Historical Society) – Program – May 1959
113 Springtime for Henry (Circle T) – Program, clippings – May 1959
114 Harvey – Program, clippings – October 1959
115 I Knock at the Door (Reader’s Theatre) – Program – November 1959
116 One Act Plays (directed by member of Edwin Booth) – Program, expenses - December 1959
117 The Adding Machine – Program, clippings – February 1960
118 Othello – Program – April 1960
119 Four One-Act Plays (directed by members of Speech 310) – Program, expenses – May 1960
120 Night Must Fall (Circle T) – Program – July 1960
121 Of Thee I Sing – Program – November 1960
122 Three One Act Plays (Circle T) – Program, expenses – November 1960
123 Family Portrait – Program – February 1961
124 Pygmalion – Program – May 1961
125 A Bill of Three One Act Plays – Program, expenses – May 1961
126 Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Program – November 1961
127 The Lower Depths – Program – February 1962
128 Three for the Show – Program, expenses – May 1962
129 Tonight We Improvise – Program – October/November 1962
130 Royal Gambit – Program – January/February 1963
131 Blithe Spirit – Program - April 1963
132 Children’s Theatre – Mailer – May 1963
133 Three Plays by Tennessee Williams (Circle T) – Program – May 1963
134 Two Plays by Anton Chekhov (Circle T) – Program – May 1963
135 The Trial of Louis Riel (by Fred Walsh) – Program, placard – October 1963
136 Death of a Salesman – Program, clippings – February 1964
137 Triple Play (a bill of original one acts) – Program – April 1964
138 Plays of the American West (Circle T) – Program – May 1964
139 The Threepenny Opera - Program/Clippings - October 1964
140 King Lear – Program, expenses – February 1965
141 The Innocents – Program - April 1965
142 A Bill of One Act Plays (Circle T) – Program - May 1965
143 The World of Carl Sandburg – June 1965 / The Caretaker (Circle T) July 1965 - Program
144 The Days Between – Program – October 1965
145 The Imaginary Invalid – Program – November 1965
146 The Taming of the Shrew – Program - February 1966
147 The Importance of Being Earnest – Program, clipping - April 1966
148 A Bill of One Act Plays (Circle T) – Program – May 1966
149 The Drunkard – Program - July 1966
150 The Glass Menagerie (Circle T) – Program – July 1966
151 The Drunkard – Program – July 1966
152 Endgame (Circle T) – Program – August 1966
153 And People All Around – Program - October 1966
154 Ivory Tower – Program – November 1966
155 Arsenic and Old Lace (Freshmen Play) – Program - November 1966
156 Rally Round the Flag, Boys! – Program – February 1967
157 The Days and Nights of BeeBee Fenstermaker – Program – April 1967
158 Rattle of a Simple Man – Program - June 1967
159 A Farewell to Arms (Circle T) – Program – July 1967
160 Program of One Acts (Circle T) – Program – November 1967
161 The Cherry Orchard – Program - February 1968
162 A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Program – May 1968
163 “Hail, Scrawdyke” – Program – Summer 1968
164 Brochure, Events Calendar, production ticket orders – 1968-1969
165 Under Milk Wood – Program, attendance report – October 1968
166 The Firebugs – Program, attendance report – November 1968
167 Alice in Wonderland – Clipping, attendance report – December 1968
168 The Tempest – Program, attendance report – February 1969
169 Ah, Wilderness – Program, attendance report – May 1969
170 Brochure – LCT Summer ‘69
171 Lovers – Program, attendance report – June 1969
172 Bell, Book and Candle – Program, attendance report – July 1969
173 The Peripatetic Bartholomew Bone – Program, attendance report – August 1969
174 Playhouse Schedule, Brochure – Fifty-fifth season 69/70 – 1969-1970
175 Teahouse of the August Moon – Program, attendance report – October 1969
176 The Peripatetic Bartholomew Bone – Program, attendance report – November 1969
177 Blood Wedding – Program, attendance report, clipping – February 1970
178 Oh, What a Lovely War! – Program, attendance report, advertisement – April 1970
179 Little Red Riding Hood – Attendance report, clipping – May 1970
180 You Know I Can’t Hear You When The Water’s Running – Program, attendance report – July 1969
181 Sunday in New York – Program, attendance report – August 1970
182 Production Schedule - 1970-1971
183 Man of La Mancha – Program, attendance report, clipping – October 1970
184 Antigone ’70 – Program, attendance report, advertisement – November 1970
185 The Lion in Winter – Program, attendance report – February 1971
186 Archy and Mehitabel – Program – March 1971
187 Dark of the Moon – Program, attendance report – April 1971
188 Annabelle Broom – Clipping – May 1971
189 A Thousand Clowns – Program, attendance report – July 1971
190 The Little Hut – Program, attendance report – August 1971

BOX 3

1 Production Schedule - 1971-1972
2 George M! – Program, attendance report – October 1971
3 The World of Sholom Aleichem – Program, attendance report – November 1971
4 You’re a good man, Charlie Brown – Program, attendance report – February 1972
5 Tartuffe – Program, attendance report – April 1972
6 “the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the moon marigolds’ – Program - July 1972
7 Production Schedule - 1972-1973
8 Stop the World – I want to get Off – Program, attendance report – October 1972
9 Juno and the Paycock – Program, attendance report – November 1972
10 The Birds – Program, attendance report – February 1973
11 Carnival – Attendance report, clipping – April 1973
12 The Voice of the Turtle – Program, attendance report – June 1973
13 The Star-Spangled Girl – Program, attendance report – August 1973
14 Production Schedule – 1973-1974
15 Jacque Brel is alive & well & living in Paris – Program, attendance report, clipping – October 1973
16 Tom Jones – Program, attendance report – November 1973
17 The Brick and The Rose – Program – December 1973
18 As You Like It – Program, attendance report – February 1974
19 Mr. Roberts – Program, attendance report, clippings – April 1974
20 Production Schedule – 1974-1975
21 The Glass Harp (USO Tour) – Program, attendance report – October 1974
22 The Madwoman of Chaillot – Program, attendance report – November 1974
23 An Evening with Christmas (Reader’s Theatre) – Clipping – December 1974
24 The Threepenny Opera – Program, attendance report – February 1975
25 Desire Under the Elms – Program, attendance report – April 1975
26 Production Schedule – 1975-1976
27 1776 – Program, attendance report, clippings – October/November 1975
28 Alice in Wonderland (Reader’s Theatre) – Clippings – December 1975
29 Peer Gynt – Program, statistics, attendance report, clippings, mailer – February 1976
30 The House of Blue Leaves – Program, statistics, attendance report, clippings, mailer – April 1976
31 The Fantastiks – Attendance report – April 1976
32 Production Schedule – 1976-1977, Reader’s Theatre, LCT Annex
33 Inherit the Wind – Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, placard – Octobers 1976
34 Pygmalion – Program, statistics, clippings, mailer, attendance report, placard – February 1977
35 A Hatful of Rain – Program, clippings, mailer, attendance report, placard – April/May 1977
36 Reynard, the Fox – Program, statistics, clippings, mailer, attendance report, rehearsal schedule – May 1977
37 LCT 77-78 Season; Brochure, 1977-1978
38 Equus – Program, statistics, clippings, placard, attendance report, mailer – October 1977
39 Thurber Carnival – Program, statistics, clippings, placard, attendance report, mailer – November 1977
40 How the Grinch Stole Christmas & The Gift of the Magi (Reader’s Theatre) – Clippings – December 1977
41 Two Gentlemen of Verona – Program, statistics, clippings, placard, attendance report, mailer – February 1978
42 And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little – Program, statistics, clippings, placard, attendance report, mailer – April 1978
43 The Wind in the Willows – Statistics, clippings, mailer – May 1978
44 LCT 78-79 Season, Brochure 1978-1979
45 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Program, clippings, placard, attendance report, mailer – October 1978
46 Mules, Men & Other Property – Program, attendance report, clippings, placard, mailer – November 1978
47 The Amorous Flea – Program, attendance report, clippings, placard – January/February 1979
48 I Never Sang For My Father – Program, attendance report, clippings, placard – February 1979
49 Rapunzel and the Witch – Program, statistics, clippings, placard, attendance report, mailer – April 1979
50 The Lady’s Not For Burning – Program, attendance report, clippings, placard, mailer – May 1979
51 My Three Angels – Program, attendance report, placard – June 1979
52 LCT 79-80 Season; Brochure 1979-1980; clippings
53 Deathtrap – Program, attendance report, clippings, placard, mailer – October 1979
54 Come Back, Little Sheba – Program, attendance report, clippings, placard, mailer – November 1979
55 Christmas Memories (Reader’s Theatre) – Program, clippings – December 1979
56 An Evening’s Frost (Reader’s Theatre) – Program, clippings, script – January 1980
57 Gypsy – Program, statistics, clippings, placard, attendance report, mailer – February 1980
58 Sherri! Dinner Theatre – Program, attendance report, clippings, placard, mailer, menu, photo – March 1980
59 Treasure Island – Program, attendance report, clippings, placard, mailer – April 1980
60 A Separate Peace – Program, clipping, audition poster – May 1980
61 LCT 80-81 Season; Brochure 1980-1981
62 Theatre is… - Program, attendance report, clippings – October 1980
63 Plaza Suite (Workshop Production) – Program – June 1980
64 King Lear – Program, attendance report, clippings, placard, mailer – November 1980
65 Animal Farm (Reader’s Theatre) – Program, clippings – January 1981
66 An Italian Straw Hat – Program, statistics, clippings, placard, attendance report, mailer – February 1981
67 Waiting for Godot – Program, clippings – April 1981
68 The Courage of Women – Program, clippings – April 1981
69 Suddenly Last Summer – Program – April 1981
70 Private Lives – Program, statistics, clippings, placard, attendance report, mailer – May 1981
71 LCT 1981-82 Season; Brochure 1981-1982
72 Dracula – Program, statistics, clippings, placard, attendance report, mailer, rehearsal schedule – October/November 1981
73 Jacque Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris - Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, mailer – December 1981
74 Tribute – Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, mailer – February 1982
75 I Do! I Do! – Program, attendance report, clippings, mailer – April 1982
76 Candide – Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, mailer – May 1982
77 LCT 1982-83 Season; Brochure 1982-1983
78 A Flea in Her Ear – Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, mailer – October 1982
79 Sleuth – Program, attendance report, clippings, rehearsal schedule – December 1982
80 The Diary of Anne Frank – Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, mailer – February 1983
81 The Beggar’s Opera – Clippings – April 1983
82 Really Rosie – Program, statistics, clippings, placard, attendance report – April/May 1983
83 LCT 83-84 Season; Brochure 1983-1984
84 God’s Favorite – Program, statistics, clippings, Program costumes – November 1983
85 “Love” in the Musical Theater (Master’s Showcase) – Program, attendance report, clippings – January 1984
86 A Doll’s House – Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, mailer – February 1984
87 Talking With … (Master’s Showcase) – Program, clippings, mailer – March 1984
88 Once Upon a Mattress – Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, mailer – May 1984
89 LCT 84-85 Season; Brochure 1984-85

BOX 4

1 The Glass Menagerie - Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, mailer, reception invitation – November 1984
2 Vanities (Master’s Showcase) – Program, attendance report, clippings – December 1984
3 Amadeus – Program, statistics, attendance report, clippings – February 1985
4 Camelot – Program, statistics, attendance report, clippings, placard - May 1985
5 LCT 85-86 Season; Brochure 1985-86, clippings, calendar, expenses, patrons
6 Under Milk Wood – Programs, statistics, mailer, attendance report, clippings, correspondence – October 1985
7 Graduate Showcase – An Almost Perfect Person, Luv – Programs, Drawings, Swatches – December 11 & 13, 1985
8 Bus Stop – Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, mailer – January/ February 1986
9 Graduate Showcase – Vincent, Cold Storage – Programs, statistics, attendance report, clippings – March 1986
10 Arsenic & Old Lace – Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, mailer - April/ May 1986
11 LCT 1986-1987 Season; Brochure 1986-87, subscribers, budget request, expenditures, clippings
12 Cabaret – Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report – October/November 1986
13 True Colors (Masters Showcase) – Program, clippings, mailer – December 1986]
14 The Rivals – Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, mailer – February 1987
15 The Medium (NDSU Opera Theatre) – Program, clippings, rehearsal schedule, notes - April 1987
16 The Miracle Worker – Program, attendance report, statistics, clippings, mailer, expenditures – April 1987
17 LCT 1987-1988 Season; Brochure 1987-88, scribers, budget and accounts, clippings, calendar
18 Suor Angelica (NDSU Opera Theatre) – Program – November 1987
19 Servant of Two Masters – Program, clippings, mailer, attendance report - October/ November 1987
20 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down – notes – January 1988
21 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Program, attendance report, clippings, mailer - February 1988
22 Sweet Charity (with Red River Dance) – Program, attendance report, mailer - April/May 1988
23 Theatre Majors recital – Program – May 1988
24 LCT 1988-1989 Season; Brochure, 75th Anniversary; LCT Newsletter Fall 1988; memos; guest book – February 1989
25 Biloxi Blues – Program, statistics, attendance report, mailer, American College Theatre Festival, clippings – October/ November 1988
26 Angel – Program, statistics, attendance report, mailer, clippings, contracts – February 1989
27 Homesteaders – Program, clippings, rehearsal schedule, screening report – American College Theatre Festival – April/May 1989
28 Theatre Arts Recital – Program, clipping - May 1989
29 Spoon River Anthology – Program, statistics, clippings – July 1989; Androcles & the Lion – clipping – July 1989
30 LCT Calendar 1989-1990; Brochure 1989-90; clippings
31 The Memorandum – Program, statistics, clippings, attendance report, mailer - October/ November 1989
32 Minnesota Moon (Masters Showcase) – Program list, clippings, note – December 1989
33 Quilters – Program, attendance report, clipping, mailer, American College Theatre Festival, costume plot, Women’s Week, drawings – February 1990
34 Corpse – Program, attendance report, clippings, mailer, American College Theatre Festival – May 1990
35 House of the Blue Leaves – Program, clippings, attendance report, statistics, and masters showcase proposal – July 1990
36 LCT Calendar 1990-1991; ticket order form, clippings, statistics, season tickets,
37 An Enemy of the People – Program, statistics, attendance report, mailer, clippings, show summary, American College Theatre Festival – October/November 1990
38 Life in a Useless Universe (student production) – Program, clippings, note – November 1990
39 King of Hearts – Program, audition flyer, attendance report, statistics, mailer, clippings, dining series menu, placard – February 1991
40 The Art of Dining – Program, statistics, clippings, mailer, placard, insurance card, attendance report, American College Theatre Festival, dining series menu – April/May 1991
41 LCT 1991-1992 Season Brochure; clippings; calendar; complimentary ticket lists
42 Helen of Troy – Program, statistics, attendance report, clippings, American College Theatre Festival, mailer, placard – November 1991
43 The Subject was Roses – Program, statistics, mailer, box office summary, clippings, attendance report – January 1992
44 Graceland – Program, statistics, mailer, attendance report, clippings – February 1992
45 Into the Woods – Program, statistics, attendance report, clippings, placard – April/May 1992
46 LCT 1992-1993 Season Brochure; clippings, open auditions, open house, correspondence
47 Tintypes – Program, sales, production schedule, costuming, correspondence, clippings – October 1992
48 Rhinoceros – Program, mailer, clippings – November 1992
49 Fifth of July – Program, clippings, attendance report, statistics, program notes – February 1993
50 The School for Wives – Program, program notes, clippings, attendance report, statistics – April/May 1993

BOX 5

1 LCT 1993-1994 Season – calendar, open house, promotional material
2 All My Sons – Program, mailer, clippings, attendance report, Fine Arts-Fine Dining, American College Theatre Festival - October 1993
3 Death and the Maiden – Program, statistics, mailer, clippings, production report, American College Theatre Festival – December 1993
4 The Kathy and Mo Show: Parallel Lives (Black Box Productions) – Program, attendance report, statistics, clippings – February 1994
5 Trifles (Black Box Production) – Program, notes – February 1994
6 Arms and the Man – Program, statistics, attendance report, clippings – April 1994
7 [Theatre] Majors Recital/Banquet – Program, notes – May 1994
8 LCT 1994-1995 Season – Notes, advertising
9 On the Verge – Program, statistics, attendance report, clippings, mailer – October 1994
10 Blithe Spirit – Program, statistics, clippings, mailer, attendance report - December 1994
11 A Christmas Carol (Dakota Radio Theatre) – Program list, audition advertisement –
December 1994
12 Crying for Vision – Advertisement – March 1995
13 The Secret Garden – Program, clippings, mailer, promotional material – April 1995
14 LCT 1995-1996 - Brochure – A Fine Arts Season 1995-96, Statistics, clippings
15 Meg – Program, statistics, attendance report, mailer, promotional card, clippings – October 1995
16 Mother Hicks – Program, statistics, attendance report, mailer, clippings – November 1995
17 Romance/Romance – Program, statistics, mailer, clippings, attendance report, contract – February 1996
18 All in the Timing – Program, statistics, attendance report, mailer – April 1996
19 LCT 1996-1997 – Brochures, memos
20 Lysistrata – Program, attendance report, mailer, clippings – November 1996
21 The Skin of Our Teeth – Program, mailer – April 1997
22 LCT 1997-1998 – Brochure, promo
23 Eleemosynary – Program, attendance report, mailer – October 1997
24 The Green Bird – Program, mailers – November 1997
25 Goblin Market – Program, attendance report, ticket sales, mailer – February 1998
26 Hot L Baltimore – Program, attendance report, ticket sales, mailers, clipping, set design drawing – April 1998
27 Androcles and the Lion (LCT & The Children’s Museum at Yunker Farm)– Program, flyer, mailer – June/July 1998
28 LCT 1998-1999 Season – Brochure, Upper-Midwest H.S. Theatre Conference, attendance report
29 Something’s Afoot – Program, mailer – November 1998
30 Baby with the Bathwater – Program, mailer – February 1999
31 Hedda Gabler – Program, mailer – April 1999
32 The Cat in the Castle (LCT & The Children’s Museum at Yunker Farm) – Program – Summer 1999
33 LCT 1999-2000 Season – Brochures, budget request
34 It Is So! (if you think so) – Program – October 1999
35 Oleanna – Program – November 1999
36 The Crucible – Program, post card – February/March 2000
37 Sylvia – Program, post card – April 2000
38 LCT 2000-2001 – Brochure, mailer
39 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wedding – Program - October 2000
40 How I Learned to Drive – Program - November 2000
41 The Music Man – Program, mailers – February 2001
42 Mass Appeal – Program, flyer – April 2001
43 LCT 2001-2002 Season – mailers
44 The Importance of Being Earnest – Program, ticket stub – November 2001
45 Marvin’s Room – Mailer, placard – March 2002
46 The Good Person of Setzuan – Program, mailer, publicity for Tony Kushner (playright) – April 2002
47 LCT 2002-2003 Season – Mailer
48 The Glass Menagerie – Program – October/November 2002
49 A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Program, mailer, flyer, ticket stubs– February/March 2003
50 Suburbia – Program mock-up, mailer – April/May 2003
51 2003-2004 Season – Mailer
52 You Can’t Take It With You – Program – October 2003
53 Proof – Program, tickets, mailer, American College Theatre Festival – December 2003
54 Fiddler on the Roof – Program, mailer - February 2004
55 Picasso at the Lapin Agile – Program , mailer– April/May 2004
56 2004-2005 Season – Season mailer
57 Everyman – Program, mailer, American College Theatre Festival – October 2004
58 Saint Joan – Program, mailer – December 2004
59 Marcus is Walking – Program – February/March 2005
60 The Beggar’s Opera – Program, mailer – April 2005
61 Just So (Governor’s School) – July 2005
62 2005-2006 Season – Season flyer




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