| Dates: | 1957-2007, Bulk Dates 1979-2007 |
| Size: | 11 linear feet in 22 boxes (including approximately 800 photographs and circa 290 slides) and 3 oversize folders |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | Spe.T00059 |
| Immediate source of acquisition: | Donated in 2008 by City Lit Theater Company (Terry McCabe, Artistic Director and Brian C. Pastor, Managing Director), 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago, IL 60660 |
| Conditions governing use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Conditions governing access: | Materials are open without restrictions. |
| Physical location note: | Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least 24-hours prior to your research visit to coordinate access. |
| Preferred citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: City Lit Theater Company Records, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library |
| Finding aid author: | Sarah Zimmerman, 2017. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Sarah Zimmerman, 2021. |
Abstract
Chicago’s City Lit Theater has been devoted to stage adaptations of literary works. The collection includes scripts, promotional material, photographs, production and administrative records.
Biographical/Historical
Founded in 1979 in Chicago by Arnold Aprill, David Dillon and Lorell Wyatt, City Lit Theater Company became the first theater in the nation devoted to stage adaptations of literary material. Since that time, the theater has operated under the mission that “City Lit Theater is dedicated to the vitality and accessibility of the literary imagination…producing concert readings and full-stage productions of adaptations of literary material, scripted plays by language-oriented playwrights and original material developed especially for City Lit.”
City Lit has explored fiction, non-fiction, biography, essays and drama in performance while also presenting a wide array of voices. Among these are classic writers such as Henry James, Edith Wharton, Oliver Goldsmith, Mark Twain, Colette and P.G. Wodehouse, as well as such contemporary writers as Alice Walker, W.P. Kinsella, Douglas Post, Raymond Carver and Edward Albee.
In 1984, City Lit made a commitment to using diverse casts to present their work. The company also sought to expand its repertoire to include plays by and about underrepresented groups, such as playwright Ruth Prawer Jhabvla and a series featuring the work of black women writers, headlined by an adaptation of Toni Cade Bambara’s Medley. In 1987, City Lit presented its first gay programming, No Apologies, which pre-dated both Bailiwick Theater’s popular Pride series and subsequent transformation into an LGBT production focused theater.
Over the years, City Lit has earned accolades and awards for its body of work, including Jeff Citations, Chicago’s local theater award, for A Tale of Two Cities (1985), Diggory’s Rag (1987), The Good Times are Killing Me (1990), Jeeves and the Mating Season (2002) and Taking Steps (2003), among others.
Despite the theater’s strong success during its first decade in the 1980s, the 1990s found the theater searching for a permanent home after bouncing around to various locations in northside neighborhoods and in the Loop. The multiple moves took their toll on the theater despite seasons that included popular draws like P.G. Wodehouse adaptations featuring the characters Bertie Wooster and Jeeves played by City Lit favorites Mark Richard and Page Hearn.
As a result, in 1999, the theater took a season-long hiatus to regroup. In early 2000, City Lit reopened inside the Edgewater Presbyterian Church on W. Bryn Mawr Avenue with a performance of 20/20 Hindsight: 20 Years, 20 Stories, using a pared-down concert-reading style which they had used to great success at their founding. As of 2021, the company still performed at this location.
In 2005, Terry McCabe, former Artistic Director and founder of Stormfield Theater, became the Artistic Director at City Lit.
Scope and Contents
The City Lit Theater Company Records include scripts, programs, reviews, photographs, slides, administrative records, marketing materials, box office reports, correspondence, touring and outreach papers, Board of Directors notes and set drawings. Video recordings for some performances are also described below for researchers benefit, but have been removed to the Chicago Theater Videotape Collection.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into four series:
- Series 1: Production History Files, 1980-2007
- Series 2: Scripts, 1984-2007
- Series 3: Administrative Files, 1979-2005
- Series 4: Touring Files, 1984-2004
Researchers are encouraged to review all series for overlapping materials.
Related Materials
- Chicago Theater Videotape Collection
- Stormfield Theater Records
Subject Headings
- City Lit Theater Company – Archives.
- Theater – Illinois – Chicago – History.
- Theatrical Companies – Illinois – Chicago.
- Drama.
- Theatrical Adaptations.
- Records (Documents)
- Photographs.
- Slides.
- Aprill, Arnold
- Hearn, Page, 1959-2008
- McCabe, Terry
- Richard, Mark
Container List
Series 1: Production History Files, 1980-2007
Scope and Contents
The Production History Files represent staged works by City Lit Theater Company. Files include scripts, programs, reviews, flyers and photographs, as well as some technical and artistic information, notes and box office reports.
Arrangement
The Production History Files are arranged chronologically by theater season
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Kickoff benefit, 1980 September 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Kickoff benefit, Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty. Script, circa 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Kickoff benefit, The Genius by Frank O’Connor. Script, circa 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Kickoff benefit, First Confession by Frank O’Connor. Script, circa 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | The Domestic Contentions of Frank O’Connor. Review, 1980 November 11 |
| Box 20 | Folder 1 | The Domestic Contentions of Frank O’Connor. 17 photographs, 3 contact sheets, 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | The Outstation by W. Somerset Maugham. Script, circa 1980 May |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | The Outstation by W. Somerset Maugham, adapted by Arnold Aprill. Script, circa 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | The Outstation. Reviews, 1981 May 8 |
| Box 20 | Folder 2 | The Outstation. 4 photographs, 1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | Big Blonde and the Constant Reader by Dorothy Parker. Scripts, circa 1982 April |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | Big Blonde and the Constant Reader. Reviews, 1982 April |
| Box 20 | Folder 3 | Big Blonde and the Constant Reader. 10 photographs, 3 contact sheets, 1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | A Solo Song: For Doc by James Alan McPherson. Script, circa 1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | A Solo Song: For Doc. Reviews, 1982 November |
| Box 20 | Folder 4 | A Solo Song: For Doc. 6 photographs, 2 negatives, 1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Desecration by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Script, circa 1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | How I Became a Holy Mother and Desecration by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Reviews, 1984 May |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | How I Became a Holy Mother and Desecration. Box office, budget, 1984 |
| Box 20 | Folder 5 | How I Became a Holy Mother and Desecration. 17 photographs, 4 contact sheets, 5 negatives, 1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, adapted by Arnold Aprill. Script (1 of 2), 1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | A Tale of Two Cities. Script (2 of 2), 1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | A Tale of Two Cities. Budget, 1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | A Tale of Two Cities. Reviews, 1984-1985 |
| Box 20 | Folder 6 | A Tale of Two Cities, skyline Christmas. 13 slides, 1984 December |
| Box 20 | Folder 7 | A Tale of Two Cities, Hefner Hall performance. 6 photographs, 5 contact sheets, 1 negative, circa 1984 |
| Box 20 | Folder 8 | A Tale of Two Cities. 28 photographs, 3 contact sheets, 10 negatives, circa 1984 [See also: Series 4: Touring, A Tale of Two Cities tour, circa 1984, Box 18, Folder 1] |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | Women’s Voices in Literature, FIBS by Barbara Barg. Script, circa 1984-1985 |
| Box 20 | Folder 10 | FIBS. 4 photographs, 2 contact sheets [partial], circa 1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | Tea, Bertie and Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse. Reviews, 1986 April |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | Chaos Doesn’t Run the Whole Show: Selections from the Fiction of Saul Bellow. Press release and reviews, 1986 May |
| Box 20 | Folder 11 | Chaos Doesn’t Run the Whole Show. 3 contact sheets, 1 negative, circa 1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | Diggory’s Rag and Other Tales of Appalachia Gone Haywire by Annabel Thomas, adapted by Arnold Aprill. Scripts, circa 1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | Diggory’s Rag. Prompt script, circa 1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | Diggory’s Rag -- Snake-Handling Sunday in the Blue Church. Script, circa 1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | Diggory’s Rag -- Save the Whales. Script, circa 1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | Diggory’s Rag. Program, press release, reviews, 1986 November-December |
| Box 20 | Folder 12 | Diggory’s Rag. 44 photographs [includes tour photos] 56 slides, 3 contact sheets [partial], negatives, 1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | Irish Coffee by James Stephens. Program, circa 1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 | Deep Blue Funk and Other Stories: Portraits of Teenage Parents by Daniel B. Frank. Script [See also: Series 4: Touring, Deep Blue Funk, Box 19, Folder 2] , 1987 March |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 | Medley by Toni Cade Bambara, adapted by Arnold Aprill. Script, circa 1987 |
| Box 20 | Folder 13 | Medley. 14 photographs, 1 negative, circa 1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | No Apologies by Andrew Holleran, et. al. Press release and reviews, 1987 August |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | Awakenings by Dr. Oliver Sacks, adapted by Arnold Aprill. Script, circa 1987 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | Awakenings. Press release and reviews, 1987 September |
| Box 20 | Folder 14 | Awakenings. 5 contact sheets [partial], circa 1987 |
| Box 20 | Folder 15 | The Beasts and the Children. 1 contact sheet [partial], circa 1987 |
| Box 20 | Folder 16 | Leave it to Psmith. 79 photographs, 6 contact sheets [partial], negatives, 1988 January |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Edith and Anton adapted from works by Edith Wharton and Anton Chekhov by Arnold Aprill. Reviews, 1988 November |
| Box 20 | Folder 17 | Edith and Anton. 6 photographs, 1988 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | My Oedipus Complex adapted from works by Frank O’Connor and James Stephens by Mark Richard. Script circa 1989 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | My Oedipus Complex. Reviews and clippings, 1989 February |
| Box 20 | Folder 18 | My Oedipus Complex. 7 photographs, 4 contact sheets, 1989 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | The American by Henry James. Reviews and news clippings, 1989 March |
| Box 20 | Folder 19 | The American. 9 photographs, 3 contact sheets, 6 negatives, 1989 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | The Good Times Are Killing Me by Lynda Barry, adapted by Arnold Aprill. Reviews and news clippings, 1989-1990 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | The Good Times Are Killing Me. Permission to record, 1989 July 20 |
| Box 20 | Folder 20 | The Good Times are Killing Me. 18 photographs, 6 contact sheets [partial], 56 slides, 3 negatives, 1989 |
| The Good Times are Killing Me. Video recording of a live performance, 1989 July 20. Adapted and directed by Arnold Aprill. Sets by David Lee Csicsko and Thomas Myron Batchell, lights by Thomas C. Hase, costumes by Catherine Evans, with Lorell J. Wyatt, Jeannie Affelder, Michael S. Shepperd, Glenda Starr Kelley, Jan Pessin, Maripat Donovan, Page Hearn, Tina Wright, Karen Sheridan, Bob Goddard, Lisa Marie Schultz, Cherene Snow, Raun Ruffin, Jackie Samuel, Joe Plummer and Greg Parker. See: Chicago Theater Videotape Collection, #1.31 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | Riders of the Purple Wage, or The Great Gavage by Philip Jose Farmer. Script source material, undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | Riders of the Purple Wage by Philip Jose Farmer, adapted by Arnold Aprill. Script, circa 1989 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | Riders of the Purple Wage. Reviews and news clippings, 1989 December |
| Box 21 | Folder 1 | Riders of the Purple Wage. 12 photographs, 4 negatives, 1989 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | The Castle adapted by Mark Richard. Script, 1990 January 18 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | The Castle. Script, 1990 March 26 |
| Box 21 | Folder 2 | The Castle. 5 photographs, 3 contact sheets, 2 negatives, 1990 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | The Last Pennant Before Aramgeddon [Armageddon] by W.P. Kinsella, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, circa 1990 |
| Box 21 | Folder 3 | The Last Pennant Before Armageddon. 5 photographs, 4 contact sheets, 2 negatives, 23 slides, 1990 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | The Hero’s Journey: The Poetry of Raymond Carver adapted by Mark Richard. Script, 1990 |
| Box 21 | Folder 4 | The Hero’s Journey. 5 photographs, 3 contact sheets [partial], 2 negatives,1990-1991 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | Second Son by Robert Ferro, adapted by Michael Salvador. Script, 1991 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | Second Son. Reviews, 1991 April |
| Box 21 | Folder 5 | Second Son. 5 photographs, 4 contact sheets [partial], 4 negatives, 1991 |
| Box 21 | Folder 6 | Meridian. 7 photographs, 8 contact sheets [partial], 2 negatives, 1992 [?] |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | Claiming the Cat’s Eye by Barbara L. Kensey, adapted by Edgar Douglass and Glenda Starr Kelley. Script, 1990-1992 |
| Box 21 | Folder 7 | Claiming the Cat’s Eye. 4 photographs, 2 negatives, 1992 |
| Box 21 | Folder 8 | All the Rage. 2 photographs, 2 contact sheets [partial], 1 negative [See also: A Farm Under the Lake, Box 21, Folder 9, photographed together], 1992 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | A Farm Under the Lake. Script, 1992 February |
| Box 21 | Folder 9 | A Farm Under the Lake. 4 photographs, 4 contact sheets [partial], 2 negatives [See also: All the Rage, Box 21, Folder 9, photographed together], 1992 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Discourses on Black Identity. Partial scripts and source material, circa 1993 |
| Box 21 | Folder 10 | Discourses on Black Identity. 3 photographs, 3 contact sheets, 1 negative, circa 1993 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | Womandigo by Sterling Houston, from a concept by Arnold Aprill. Script, 1991 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | Womandigo. Press release and review, 1992 July |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | The White Paper adapted by Mark Silvia and Jerome Staudunar. Script, circa 1993 |
| Box 21 | Folder 11 | The White Paper. 2 photographs, 1993 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, 1993 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Right Ho, Jeeves. Program, 1993 December 3-1994 January 15 |
| Box 21 | Folder 12 | Right Ho, Jeeves. 15 photographs, 10 contact sheets [partial], 15 slides, 1993-1994 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | Oh, Art! Oh, Memory! Stories by Laurie Colwin adapted by Kathryn Gallagher and Tina Thuerwachter. Scripts, 1993 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | Oh, Art! Oh, Memory! Box office, circa 1993 |
| Box 21 | Folder 13 | Oh, Art! Oh, Memory! 5 photographs, 3 contact sheets, 1993 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | General season brochure, 1994-1995 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, 1994 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | The Code of the Woosters. Program, 1994 November 21-1995 January 14 |
| Box 21 | Folder 14 | The Code of the Woosters. 36 photographs, 9 contact sheets [partial], negatives, 1995 March |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | Faith and the Good Thing by Charles Johnson, adapted by Keli Garrett. Script, 1995 January 27 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | Faith and the Good Thing. Programs, publicity, reviews, 1995 March 16-May 28 |
| Box 21 | Folder 15 | Faith and the Good Thing. 9 photographs, 3 contact sheets, 68 slides, 1995 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | Palpable Fiction: From Hand to Mouth -- Snake Handling Sunday in the Blue Church, Diggory’s Rag and Save the Whales by Annabel Thomas, adapted by Arnold Aprill. Scripts, circa 1995 May 23 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 | Palpable Fiction. Program, 1995 May 23 |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 | General season brochure, 1995-1996 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, circa 1995 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit. Programs and publicity, 1995 November |
| Box 21 | Folder 16 | Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit. 10 photographs, 11 contact sheets, 51 slides, negatives, 1995 |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 | Playboy Stories: 40 Years of Fiction in the Flesh – A Great Voice Stilled by Shirley Jackson, adapted by Andrea J. Dymond, Modern Love by T. Coraghessan Boyle, adapted by Mark Richard, Black Country by Charles Beaumont, adapted by Mark Richard. Scripts, circa 1996 |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 | Playboy Stories. Program and publicity, 1996 February 21-April 6 |
| Box 21 | Folder 17 | Playboy Stories. 7 photographs, 2 contact sheets, 1996 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 | Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair. Publicity, 1996 May |
| Box 21 | Folder 18 | Coffee Will Make You Black. 50 photographs, 2 contact sheets, negatives, 1996 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | General season brochure, 1996-1997 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, circa 1996 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | Thank You, Jeeves. Publicity and review, 1996 November |
| Box 21 | Folder 19 | Thank You, Jeeves. 17 photographs, 1 contact sheet, 1996 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | Tea with Saki. Script [includes notes from Mark Richard, 2006], circa 1996 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | The King by Donald Barthelme, adapted by Mark Richard. Reviews, 1997 March |
| Box 21 | Folder 20 | The King. 5 photographs, 2 contacts, circa 1997 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Can’t Quit You Baby by Ellen Douglas, adapted by Mark Richard. Programs, publicity, reviews, 1997 May 9-June 22 |
| Box 22 | Folder 1 | Can't Quit You, Baby. 16 photographs, 1997 April |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | General season and pre-season brochures, 1997-1998 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | Jeeves in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Mark Richard. Script with notes, circa 1997 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | Jeeves in the Morning. Script with notes, circa 1997 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | Jeeves in the Morning. Program and publicity, 1997 September-November |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 | Jeeves in the Morning. Contracts, notes, set designs, 1997 |
| Box 22 | Folder 2 | Jeeves in the Morning. 6 photographs, 2 contact sheets, 1997 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | Sleight of Heart by Will Tremonte. Program and publicity, 1998 March 12-April 19 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | Sleight of Heart. Box office statements, 1998 |
| Box 22 | Folder 3 | Sleight of Heart. 4 photographs, 3 contact sheets [partial], 1998 |
| Oversize Folder 1 | Sleight of Heart. Poster, circa 1998 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 | The Horn by John Clellon Holmes, adapted by Mark Richard. Press release, publicity, invitation, 1998 April |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, adapted by Kelly Nespor. Script, 1998 |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 | Alice in Wonderland. Program for a reading at Newberry Library, 1998 June 6 |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 | Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, 1993-1995 |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 | Right Ho, Jeeves. Program and publicity, reviews and notes, 1998 September-November |
| Box 22 | Folder 4 | Right Ho, Jeeves. 2 photographs, 1998 |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 | 20/20 Hindsight: 20 Years, 20 Stories adapted by Arnold Aprill, Kathryn Gallagher, Kelly Nespor and Mark Richard. Program, reviews and publicity [See also: Individual scripts are filed alphabetically by title in Series 2.], 2000 February-April |
| Box 22 | Folder 5 | 20/20 Hindsight. 21 photographs, negatives, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 20 | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, adapted by Kelly Nespor. Script, 1998 [printed 2000] |
| Box 4 | Folder 21 | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Notes, budget, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 22 | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Program, publicity, notes and reviews, 2000 April-June |
| Box 22 | Folder 6 | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Photographic negatives, 2000 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | General season, brochure and marketing, 2000-2001 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher. Program, publicity, reviews, box office, marketing and notes, 2000 September-November |
| Box 22 | Folder 7 | The Turn of the Screw. 46 photographs, 3 contact sheets, 2000 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | The Emperor and the Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Page Hearn. Publicity and box office, 2000 December-2001 January |
| Box 22 | Folder 8 | The Emperor and the Nightingale. 20 photographs, negatives, 2001 January |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | The Vagabond by Colette, adapted by Kelly Nespor. Script, circa 2001 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | The Vagabond. Program, publicity, reviews, notes and box office, 2001 January 19-March 4 |
| Box 22 | Folder 9 | The Vagabond. 87 photographs, 3 contact sheets, negatives, 2001 |
| Oversize Folder 1 | The Vagabond. 1 drawing [partial], 2000 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | Jeeves and the Mating Season by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Page Hearn. Program, publicity, reviews, marketing and box office, 2001 April 13-June 10 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | Jeeves and the Mating Season. Audition sides and casting, circa 1991 |
| Box 22 | Folder 10 | Jeeves and the Mating Season. 6 photographs, 1 contact sheet, 2001 |
| Oversize Folder 1 | Jeeves and the Mating Season. 3 drawings, 2001 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | General season brochure, 2001-2002 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | Uncle Fred in the Springtime by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Page Hearn. Script, circa 2001 |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | Uncle Fred in the Springtime. Program, publicity, reviews, marketing and box office, 2001 November 8-2002 January 5 |
| Box 22 | Folder 11 | Uncle Fred in the Springtime. 26 photographs, 1 contact sheet, negatives, 2001 December |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Program, publicity, reviews, 2002 February 7-March 31 |
| Box 22 | Folder 12 | The Importance of Being Earnest. 4 photographs, 2002 February |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn. Program, publicity, reviews, notes, 2002 April 18-June 16 |
| Box 22 | Folder 13 | Taking Steps. 2 photographs, 2002 May |
| Oversize Folder 1 | Taking Steps. 6 drawings, 2002 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | General season brochure, 2002-2003 |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. Program, publicity, reviews, 2002 September 5-October 27 |
| Box 22 | Folder 14 | She Stoops to Conquer. 3 photographs, 2002 September |
| Oversize Folder 1 | She Stoops to Conquer. 6 drawings, circa 2002 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | Cocktail Time by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Page Hearn. Prompt script, 2002 November 8 |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | Cocktail Time. Program, publicity, reviews, box office and set designs, 2002 November 14-2003 January 26 |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | Cocktail Time. Stage manager’s reports, 2002-2003 |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | Cocktail Time. Props, circa 2002-2003 |
| Box 22 | Folder 15 | Cocktail Time. 2 photographs, circa 2003 |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | Tartuffe by Moliere. Prompt script (1 of 2), circa 2003 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | Tartuffe. Prompt script (2 of 2), circa 2003 |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | Tartuffe. Program, publicity, reviews, 2003 February 20-April 13 |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 | Tartuffe. Stage manager’s reports, research, 2003 February-April |
| Box 22 | Folder 16 | Tartuffe. 4 photographs, 2003 February |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | An Ecstasy of Dragonflies by Page Hearn. Program, publicity, reviews and notes, 2003 May 8-June 22 |
| Box 22 | Folder 17 | An Ecstasy of Dragonflies. 8 photographs, 2003 |
| Oversize Folder 2 | An Ecstasy of Dragonflies, 3 drawings, 2003 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | General season brochure, press release, marketing and notes 2003-2004 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | The Play’s the Thing by Ferenc Molnar, adapted by P.G. Wodehouse. Script, circa 2003 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 | The Play’s the Thing, program, promotional material, reviews, 2003 November 13-2004 January 11 |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 | The Play’s the Thing. Box office, 2003 November-2004 January |
| Box 22 | Folder 18 | The Play’s the Thing. 2 photographs, 2003 November |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 | The Belle of Amherst by William Luce. Script, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 11 | The Belle of Amherst. Programs, promotional material, reviews, 2004 February 12-March 28 |
| Box 6 | Folder 12 | The Belle of Amherst. Box office, 2004 March-April |
| Box 6 | Folder 13 | The Belle of Amherst. Props lists and notes, 2004 January-February |
| Box 22 | Folder 19 | The Belle of Amherst. 6 photographs, 2003 |
| Box 6 | Folder 14 | The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Script, undated and sound cues, circa 2004 |
| Box 6 | Folder 15 | The Rivals. Promotional material, programs, reviews, invitation, 2004 May 6-June 13 |
| Box 22 | Folder 20 | The Rivals. 11 photographs, 2003 |
| Oversize Folder 2 | The Rivals. Poster, 2004 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | General season, press release, 2004-2005 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 | The Doctor in Spite of Himself and Pretentious Young Ladies by Moliere, adapted by Page Hearn. Script, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | The Doctor in Spite of Himself and Pretentious Young Ladies. Programs, promotional material, reviews, 2004 November 11-2005 January 2 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | The Doctor in Spite of Himself and Pretentious Young Ladies. Box office, 2004 November-December |
| Box 22 | Folder 21 | The Doctor in Spite of Himself and The Pretentious Young Ladies. 7 photographs, 2005 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Wild About Wodehouse, three short stories by P.G. Wodehouse. Program and press release for 25th anniversary special event, 2005 January 7-16 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 | Doctor Knock or the Triumph of Medical Science by Jules Romains, adapted by Richard Hesler. Script, circa 2005 |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 | Doctor Knock. Annotated script, notes, circa 2005 |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 | Doctor Knock. Program notes, audition sides, circa 2005 |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 | Doctor Knock. Promotional material, 2004 February 10-March 27 |
| Box 22 | Folder 22 | Doctor Knock. 12 photographs, 2005 February |
| Oversize Folder 2 | Doctor Knock. 2 drawings, 2004 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 10 | Pigs Have Wings by P.G. Wodehouse. Script, published by Penguin Books, [copyright] 1957 |
| Box 7 | Folder 11 | Pigs Have Wings. Script with sound cues, CD backup of script, 2005 April 26 |
| Box 7 | Folder 12 | Pigs Have Wings. Program, invitation, 2005 April 28-June 12 |
| Box 7 | Folder 13 | Somebody Foreign by Douglas Post. Script, 2006 |
| Box 7 | Folder 14 | Somebody Foreign. Promotional material, 2006-February 10-March 26 |
| Box 22 | Folder 23 | Somebody Foreign. 1 photograph, 1 CD, 2006 |
| Box 7 | Folder 15 | Holmes and Watson by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by Terry McCabe. Program, promotional material, world premiere, 2006 April 21-June 4 |
| Box 22 | Folder 24 | Holmes and Watson. 2 photographs, 2006 |
| Box 7 | Folder 16 | General season brochure, 2006-2007 |
| Box 22 | Folder 25 | Christmas As We Grow Older. 4 contact sheets, 2006 |
| Box 7 | Folder 17 | The Juniper Tree: A Tragic Household Tale written and composed by Wendy Kesselman. Script, Chicago premiere, 2007 |
| Box 7 | Folder 18 | The Juniper Tree. Promotional material, 2007 February 23-April 7 |
| Box 7 | Folder 19 | Gidget by Frederick Kohner, adapted by Terry McCabe and Marissa McKown, world premiere. Promotional material, 2007 April 20-June 3 |
| Box 7 | Folder 20 | The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by Terry McCabe. Stage manager’s script, 2007 |
| Box 7 | Folder 21 | The Hound of the Baskervilles Promotional material, 2007 August 31-October 14 |
| Box 22 | Folder 26 | Off Off Loop Theater Festival, directors. 2 photographs, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 22 | Unidentified. Casting, undated |
| Oversize Folder 2 | Unidentified drawings, undated | |
| Box 22 | Folder 28 | Unidentified production. 4 photographs, 2 negatives, undated |
| Box 22 | Folder 29 | Unidentified productions. 29 photographs, 1 contact sheet, 6 slides, negatives, undated |
Series 2: Scripts, 1984-2007
Scope and Contents
The Scripts series includes adapted works and scripts submitted but not presented as part of the main City Lit season. Scripts may have been presented as part of concert readings, special events or not produced at all.
Arrangement
Series 2: Scripts, arranged alphabetically by title.
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | The Adventure of the Speckled Band. Script, 2007 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 | After Holbein by Edith Wharton. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant by W.D. Wetherell, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | Beaux Stratagem. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | Bedtime Stories by Mary Scruggs. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | Bertie Changes His Mind by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | Big Night by Michael Sexton. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 | Bridge of San Luis Rey. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 | Birth of a Requiem by Ken Prestininzi. Script, 1993 |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 | Bonding by Barbara L. Kensey, adapted by Glenda Starr Kelley. Script 1991 |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 | The Boogeyman by Stephen King. Script source material, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 | Brooklyn Wept by W.D. Wetherell, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 13 | The Caldron of Kibitsu by Ueda Akinari. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 14 | Change by Barbara L. Kensey, adapted by Glenda Starr Kelley. Script, 1987 |
| Box 8 | Folder 15 | Clustering Round Young Bingo [by P.G. Wodehouse]. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 16 | Contra Naturam, or Everybody’s Damaged by Will Schutz. Script, 2000 March 17 |
| Box 8 | Folder 17 | The Conversion of the Jews by Philip Roth. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 18 | Day Trading and Jane Austen by Keith Howard. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 19 | A Dickens Halloween adapted by Arnold Aprill. Script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 20 | The Drunkard. Script, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 1 | The End of Something by Ernest Hemingway. Script, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 | Ending the Game, Play No More, How to End the Game. Script, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 3 | The Execution of Private Slovik by William Bradford Huie, adapted by Joseph Wycoff. Script, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 | Farrell’s Caddie by John Updike, adapted by Kelly Nespor. Script, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 | The Feast of Nemesis. Script, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 | The Floatplane Notebooks by Clyde Edgerton, adapted by Paul Fitzgerald and Jason Moore. Script, 1996 June 1 |
| Box 9 | Folder 7 | Good Country People. Script, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 8 | A Good Man is Hard to Find. Script, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 9 | Gorilla My Love by Toni Cade Bambara, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 10 | Heat by Marsha Estell. Script, 1999 |
| Box 9 | Folder 11 | The Holy Sinner by Thomas Mann, adapted by John Biser. Script, circa 2004 |
| Box 9 | Folder 12 | I Am No Good at Love. Script, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 13 | I Owe You a Lullaby by Beverly Wilens Rosen. Script, 2002 June |
| Box 9 | Folder 14 | In Search of God, Redemption, and Oblivion by Allen Jonas. Script, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 1 | The Involuntary Side Effect of Living by P.E. Dawkins. Script, 2003 |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 | James Fenimore Cooper Revisited… Script, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 3 | Jeeves and the Song of Songs by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 | Jeeves Makes an Omelette. Script, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 5 | Jeeves Takes Charge by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 6 | Kingfish by Marlane Meyer. Script, 1989 January |
| Box 10 | Folder 7 | The Last Asset by Edith Wharton. Script, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 8 | Life is Sweet at Kumansenu by Abioceh [Abioseh?] Nicol. Script, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 9 | M [Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain]. Script, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 10 | The Magic Chalk by Abe Kobo. Script, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 11 | The Man Who Loved Levittown by W.D. Wetherell, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 12 | Mencken and Sara by C. Crupi and R. Aiuto. Script, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 13 | My Man Bovanne by Toni Cade Bambara, adapted by Arnold Aprill. Script, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 14 | My Mistress adapted by Kathryn Gallagher. Script, undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 1 | The Name-Day Party by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Arnold Aprill. Script, undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 | Nelson and Simone by John Susman. Script, 2000 |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 | Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Robert Kauzlaric. Script, 2001 |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 | Not Even the Children by Philip Dawkins. Script, 2000 |
| Box 11 | Folder 5 | The Open Window. Script, undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 6 | The Ordeal of Young Tuppy by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 7 | The Philanderer. Script, undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 8 | A Piece of Pie by Damon Runyon, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 9 | Pipistrel by Richard Selzer, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 10 | The Prince, based on The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky, adapted by Ron. St. Germain. Script, 2000 November |
| Box 11 | Folder 11 | Private Lives by Noel Coward. Script, director’s submission, 2004 |
| Box 11 | Folder 12 | The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, adapted by Allan Bates. Script, undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 13 | Relatives by Melissa Lentricchia, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 | A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry, adapted by Terry McCabe. Script, undated |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 | Revelation. Script, undated |
| Box 12 | Folder 3 | A Rhinoceros, Some Ladies and a Horse by James Stephens, adapted by Mark Richard. Scripts, undated |
| Box 12 | Folder 4 | Room Service by John Murray and Allen Boretz. Script, [copyright date]1964 |
| Box 12 | Folder 5 | Roman Fever by Edith Wharton, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, circa 1988 |
| Roman Fever. Video recording of a live reading and promotional introduction. Adapted and directed by Mark Richard, with Kelly Thompson, Christine St. John and Page Hearn. See: Chicago Theater Videotape Collection, #1.25, 1988 November | ||
| Box 12 | Folder 6 | Romance Language by Peter Parnell. Script, undated |
| Box 12 | Folder 7 | Salt Creek Writing. Script, 1984 February 3 |
| Box 12 | Folder 8 | The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, adapted by Ed Shimp. Script, 1999 June 4 |
| Box 12 | Folder 9 | So Much Remains: A Play by and About Katherine Mansfield by Allan Bates. Script, 2000 |
| Box 12 | Folder 10 | Speaking Out by Adrianne Brown, et. al. Script, undated |
| Box 12 | Folder 11 | Sredni Vashtar. Script, undated |
| Box 12 | Folder 12 | The Standard of Living by Dorothy Parker, adapted by Arnold Aprill. Script, undated |
| Box 12 | Folder 13 | The Stronger Sex (Men in Trouble) adapted by Kathryn Gallagher. Script, 1996 February 14 |
| Box 12 | Folder 14 | The Story of a Scar by James Alan McPherson. Script, undated |
| Box 12 | Folder 15 | Three Heavy Husbands. Scripts, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 1 | Tobermory. Scripts, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 2 | To Hell with Dying by Alice Walker. Script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 3 | Tosca (Printers’ Row Bookfair Reading) by Isabel Allende. Script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 4 | The Underpants by Steve Martin. Script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 5 | The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face by Dorothy Sayers. Short story, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 6 | A Very Honorable Guy by Damon Runyon. Script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 7 | Vengeful Creditor by Chinua Achebe. Script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 8 | Ward Six by Anton Chekhov, adapted by David Nava. Script, 1992 |
| Box 13 | Folder 9 | What Did We Do Wrong by Garrison Keillor, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 10 | What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 11 | Whither Thou Goest by Richard Selzer, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 12 | Wimsey – The Image in the Mirror, The Entertaining of the Article in Being, The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste, The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will, The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey. Scripts, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 13 | Winter Cruise by W. Somerset Maugham. Script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 14 | You Could Look It Up by James Thurber, adapted by Mark Richard. Script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 15 | Young Unicorns by Madeleine L’Engle, adapted by Franette Liebou. Script, 1991 |
| Box 13 | Folder 16 | Zack and Jill by David Parr. Script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 17 | Unidentified script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 18 | Unidentified script, undated |
| Box 13 | Folder 19 | Unidentified script, undated |
Series 3: Administrative Files, 1979-2005
Scope and Contents
The Administrative Files contain Board of Director records, budget and financial information, grants received and fundraising documents, information on theater space, theater history, correspondence (predominantly outgoing business and artistic) and strategic plans.
Arrangement
Series 3 is arranged topically by subject, and then chronologically or alphabetically within each topic.
| Box 14 | Folder 1 | Articles of incorporation, not for profit applications, 1980-2004 |
| Box 14 | Folder 2 | Board of directors - development, 1982-1985, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 3 | Board of directors - board donations, Live Bait negotiations vote, hiring, 1988 |
| Box 14 | Folder 4 | Board of directors - schedule, retreat agenda1990-1991 |
| Box 14 | Folder 5 | Board of directors - minutes and reports, 1995 January 12-December 6 |
| Box 14 | Folder 6 | Board of directors - minutes and reports, 1996 April 23-November 6 |
| Box 14 | Folder 7 | Board of directors - minutes and reports, 1997 January 15-November 28 |
| Box 14 | Folder 8 | Board of directors - minutes, reports, membership guidelines, 1998 |
| Box 14 | Folder 9 | Board of directors - minutes and reports, 1999 |
| Box 14 | Folder 10 | Board of directors - meeting minutes, 2003-2004 |
| Box 14 | Folder 11 | Board of directors - membership agreement, committee commissions, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 12 | Budget and financial statements, 1979-1984 |
| Box 14 | Folder 13 | Budget and financial statements, 1983-1987 |
| Box 14 | Folder 14 | Budget and financial statements, 1988-1989 |
| Box 14 | Folder 15 | Budget and financial statements, 1993-1999 |
| Box 14 | Folder 16 | Budget and financial statements, 2000-2001 |
| Box 14 | Folder 17 | Budget and financial statements, 2002-2003 |
| Box 14 | Folder 18 | Budget and financial statements, 2003-2004 |
| Box 14 | Folder 19 | Budget and financial statements, 2004-2005 |
| Box 14 | Folder 20 | By-laws, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 1 | Contracts and rights - Policy on ownership of adaptations, 1990 |
| Box 15 | Folder 2 | Contracts and rights - Deep Blue Funk and Rainy Day Stories, 1993 |
| Box 15 | Folder 3 | Contracts and rights - The Dreyfus Affair, 1998 |
| Box 15 | Folder 4 | Correspondence, 1982 |
| Box 15 | Folder 5 | Correspondence, 1988 |
| Box 15 | Folder 6 | Correspondence, 1989 |
| Box 15 | Folder 7 | Correspondence, 1990 January-May |
| Box 15 | Folder 8 | Correspondence, 1990 June-December |
| Box 15 | Folder 9 | Correspondence, 1991 January-December |
| Box 15 | Folder 10 | Correspondence, 1992 January-July |
| Box 15 | Folder 11 | Correspondence, 1994 May-December |
| Box 15 | Folder 12 | Correspondence, 1995 January-May |
| Box 15 | Folder 13 | Correspondence, 1995 June-December |
| Box 15 | Folder 14 | Correspondence, 1996 January-December |
| Box 15 | Folder 15 | Correspondence, 1997 January-December |
| Box 15 | Folder 16 | Correspondence, 1998 April-July |
| Box 15 | Folder 17 | Correspondence, 2001-2004 |
| Box 15 | Folder 18 | Correspondence, undated |
| Box 16 | Folder 1 | Fundraising - Ladies Night at the Drones Club: A Benefit for City Lit Theater Company, program, invitation, 1995 October 30 |
| Box 16 | Folder 2 | Fundraising - New Year’s Eve gala, 1998 |
| Box 16 | Folder 3 | Fundraising - Sponsors and in-kind donations, 1998 |
| Box 16 | Folder 4 | Fundraising - Appeals for funding, 2000 |
| Box 16 | Folder 5 | Fundraising - Appeals for funding, donations, fundraising auction, 2002-2003 |
| Box 16 | Folder 6 | Fundraising - Matching gifts, 2005 |
| Box 16 | Folder 7 | Grant applications - AT&T, 1991-1996 |
| Box 16 | Folder 8 | Grant applications - Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, 1993-1997 |
| Box 16 | Folder 9 | Grant applications - Chicago Community Trust, 1985-1995 |
| Box 16 | Folder 10 | Grant applications - Chicago Foundation for Women, 1993-1996 |
| Box 16 | Folder 11 | Grant applications - Chicago Sun-Times, 1987-1994 |
| Box 16 | Folder 12 | Grant applications - Chicago Tribune, 1991-1993 |
| Box 16 | Folder 13 | Grant applications - Chicago Tribune, 1993-1994 |
| Box 16 | Folder 14 | Grant applications - Chicago Tribune, 1995 |
| Box 16 | Folder 15 | Grant applications - Chicago Title and Trust Company Foundation, 1993 |
| Box 16 | Folder 16 | Grant applications - City Arts Program, 1995 |
| Box 16 | Folder 17 | Grant applications - City Arts Program, 1996 |
| Box 16 | Folder 18 | Grant applications - City Arts Program, 1997 |
| Box 16 | Folder 19 | Grant applications - City Arts Program, 1998 |
| Box 16 | Folder 20 | Grant applications - Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, 1990-1996 |
| Box 16 | Folder 21 | Grant applications - Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy Fund, 1994 |
| Box 16 | Folder 22 | Grant applications - Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, 1986-1998 |
| Box 16 | Folder 23 | Grant applications - Donors Forum of Chicago, 1993 |
| Box 16 | Folder 24 | Grant applications - Richard Driehaus Foundation, 1992-1994 |
| Box 16 | Folder 25 | Grant applications - Fel-Pro/Mecklenburger Foundation, 1987-1992, 1995 |
| Box 16 | Folder 26 | Grant applications - Fralens Foundation, 1995-1996 |
| Box 16 | Folder 27 | Grant applications - Lloyd Fry Foundation, 1994 |
| Box 16 | Folder 28 | Grant applications - GATX Corporation, 1993-1995 |
| Box 16 | Folder 29 | Grant applications - Harris Bank Foundation, 1995-1996 |
| Box 16 | Folder 30 | Grant applications - Harris Foundation, 1988-1995 |
| Box 16 | Folder 31 | Grant applications - IBM, 1992-1993 |
| Box 16 | Folder 32 | Grant applications - Illinois Arts Council, 1996-1998 |
| Box 16 | Folder 33 | Grant applications - Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, 1995 |
| Box 16 | Folder 34 | Grant applications - Joyce Foundation, 1992-1993 |
| Box 16 | Folder 35 | Grant applications - Mayer and Morris Kaplan Foundation, 1993-1995, 1998 |
| Box 16 | Folder 36 | Grant applications - Konica Business Machines, 1996 |
| Box 16 | Folder 37 | Grant applications - Kraft Foods, 1996 |
| Box 17 | Folder 1 | Grant applications - Little Chicago, 1995 |
| Box 17 | Folder 2 | Grant applications - Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation, 1985, 1989-1991 |
| Box 17 | Folder 3 | Grant applications - National Endowment for the Arts, Tour reports, 1993 |
| Box 17 | Folder 4 | Grant applications - National Endowment for the Arts, 1994-1995 |
| Box 17 | Folder 5 | Grant applications - National Endowment for the Arts, 1997 |
| Box 17 | Folder 6 | Grant applications - Northern Trust Company, 1988-1997 |
| Box 17 | Folder 7 | Grant applications - Omron Foundation, 1993-1996 |
| Box 17 | Folder 8 | Grant applications - Oppenheimer Family Foundation, 1983 |
| Box 17 | Folder 9 | Grant applications - Osco Drug, Inc., 1987 |
| Box 17 | Folder 10 | Grant applications - Peoples Gas, 1987, 1993, 1998 |
| Box 17 | Folder 11 | Grant applications - Pew Charitable Trust, 1993 |
| Box 17 | Folder 12 | Grant applications - Philip Morris Companies, 1998 |
| Box 17 | Folder 13 | Grant applications - Albert Pick Jr. Fund, 1985, 1988, 1993-1994 |
| Box 17 | Folder 14 | Grant applications - Playboy Foundation, 1996 |
| Box 17 | Folder 15 | Grant applications - Polk Brothers Foundation, 1995 |
| Box 17 | Folder 16 | Grant applications - Polk Brothers Foundation, 1997 |
| Box 17 | Folder 17 | Grant applications - Prince Charitable Trusts, 1989-1997 |
| Box 17 | Folder 18 | Grant applications - Sara Lee Foundation, 1993 |
| Box 17 | Folder 19 | Grant applications - Sara Lee Foundation, 1994-1995 |
| Box 17 | Folder 20 | Grant applications - Sara Lee Foundation, 1995-1997 |
| Box 17 | Folder 21 | Grant applications - Dr. Scholl Foundation, 1993-1995 |
| Box 17 | Folder 22 | Grant applications - United Airlines, 1991, 1995 |
| Box 17 | Folder 23 | Grant applications - WPWR-TV Channel 50 Foundation, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 24 | Grant applications - Woods Charitable Fund, 1991-1993 |
| Box 17 | Folder 25 | Grant applications - Woods Fund of Chicago, 1995 |
| Box 17 | Folder 26 | Grant applications - Woods Fund of Chicago, 1997 |
| Box 18 | Folder 1 | History - City Lit Theater Company, Production histories, 1980-2003 |
| Box 22 | Folder 27 | History - City Lit Theater Company, Staff and Page Hearn. 34 photographs, negatives, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 2 | History - City Lit Theater Company, Staff biographies, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 3 | Marketing - Press releases, public service announcements, 1980s, 2005, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 4 | Marketing - Marketing plan tactics, notes, circa 2003, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 5 | Marketing - Requests for tickets, but not recognized, 2005-2006 |
| Box 18 | Folder 6 | Mission Statement and Strategic Planning - City Lit Theater Company Mission Statement, 1988 July 12 |
| Box 18 | Folder 7 | Mission Statement and Strategic Planning - Strategic plans and planning, 1989-2000 |
| Box 18 | Folder 8 | Mission Statement and Strategic Planning - City Lit research study, 2002 December |
| Oversize Folder 3 | Space - Chicago Theater Complex, demolition plans for sixth floor and roof, 2 drawings, 1985 | |
| Box 18 | Folder 9 | Space - Live Bait theater space, 1989-1990 |
| Box 18 | Folder 10 | Space - “Little Chicago” Theater lease, 1994-1996 |
| Box 18 | Folder 11 | Space - Fine Arts, Lease, 1995-1996 |
| Box 18 | Folder 12 | Space - Ivanhoe Theater License and Service agreement, 1998 April 14 |
| Box 18 | Folder 13 | Space - Theater Building, 1999 |
| Box 18 | Folder 14 | Space - Storage requirements, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 15 | Vendors - Restaurants, 1993-1994 |
| Box 18 | Folder 16 | Vendors - Mid City Printing, 2001 |
| Box 18 | Folder 17 | Vendors - Local neighborhood businesses, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 18 | Vendors - Props and costumes, undated |
Series 4: Touring Files, 1984-2004
Scope and Contents
Touring Files contain records of City Lit’s outreach efforts to schools and neighborhood agencies, as well as touring shows.
Arrangement
Series 4 is arranged chronologically.
| Box 19 | Folder 1 | A Tale of Two Cities tour [See also: Series 1: Production History Files, Box 1, Folders 16-19] , circa 1984 |
| Box 20 | Folder 9 | A Tale of Two Cities, unidentified high school tour. 3 photographs, 1 contact sheet, negatives, circa 1984 |
| Box 19 | Folder 2 |
Deep Blue Funk. Outreach, correspondence, 1987
[See also: Series 1: Production History Files, Box 1, Folder 29] |
| Daughters of the Late Colonel and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield, adapted and directed by Arnold Aprill. Special performance at the Newberry Library for the Katherine Mansfield centenary. Video recording of a live performance. See: Chicago Theater Videotape Collection #1.22, 1988 September 9 | ||
| Box 19 | Folder 3 | Folktales of the World. Scripts, circa 1989 |
| Box 19 | Folder 4 | Folktales of the World. Source material, circa 1989 |
| Box 19 | Folder 5 | Folktales of the World. Notes, clippings, 1989, 1993 |
| Box 19 | Folder 6 | Surveys, 1989-1990, 1993 |
| Box 19 | Folder 7 | Urban Gateways history, 1989-1993, 1997 |
| Box 19 | Folder 8 | Performance contracts, 1989-1994 |
| Box 19 | Folder 9 | Adaptation requests, 1991, 1994 |
| Box 19 | Folder 10 | Site reports, 1991-1994 |
| Box 19 | Folder 11 | Fee schedules, 1993 |
| Box 19 | Folder 12 | Job specifications, 1993 |
| Box 19 | Folder 13 | Correspondence, 1993-2000 |
| Box 19 | Folder 14 | Surveys, 1994-1996 |
| Box 19 | Folder 15 | Bookings – done, 1996-1998 |
| Box 19 | Folder 16 | Invoices, surveys, bookings, 1997-1999 |
| Box 19 | Folder 17 | Invoices, bookings, 2002 |
| Box 19 | Folder 18 | Bucktown Arts Festival, 2003 |
| Box 19 | Folder 19 | Urban Gateways, 2003 |
| Box 19 | Folder 20 | Schedules, 2004 |
| Box 19 | Folder 21 | Surveys, undated |
