| Dates: | 1970-2019, bulk dates 1994-2019 |
| Size: | 5.5 linear feet in 10 boxes, plus 2544 electronic files (9.91 GB) |
| Collection number: | spe.t00108 |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | Donated to the library by ShawChicago Managing Director, Luther Goins in 2019 |
| Conditions Governing Use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Materials 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-hour prior to your research visit to coordinate access. |
| Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements: | Access to some audiovisual material may not be possible due to available replay equipment or to state of physical media. Tapes have not been checked to ensure content or playability. Titles and other descriptive information is as transcribed from packages. Please contact the archives before your visit. |
| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: ShawChicago Theater Company Records [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library |
| Finding Aid Author: | Sarah Zimmerman, 2019. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Sarah Zimmerman, 2022. |
Abstract
ShawChicago specialized in concert readings of works by playwright George Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries. The collection includes production records, including programs and promotional materials, in addition to scripts, photographs and papers from long serving Artistic Director Robert Scogin.
Biographical/Historical
ShawChicago began in 1994 as a program of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. In the Studio Theater at the Cultural Center, ShawChicago presented concert readings of Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries. In 2000, ShawChicago became an independent not-for-profit organization, and moved its office and productions to the Ruth Page Center for the Arts.
In 2019, the ShawChicago Board of Directors made the decision to close, after the death of 24-year long Artistic Director Robert Scogin in 2018 and a general downturn in ticket sales and subscriptions. The final performance, The Doctor’s Dilemma, was the same play ShawChicago presented as its first reading 25 years prior.
Scope and Contents
The ShawChicago Theater Company Records include programs, promotional and marketing materials, scripts, photographs, recordings for the theater’s productions and events. The collection also includes administrative files and papers from long serving Artistic Director Robert Scogin who directed more than 60 productions over a span of 23 years.
Production and event recordings are housed in Box 10 and listed at the end of the finding guide. The audio-video formats include cassette, VHS, betacam, mini video and DVD. The content of this media covers productions and various outreach events conducted by ShawChicago. Please note: Film video formats have not been checked to ensure content or playability.
Arrangement
The ShawChicago Theater Company Records are arranged into four series:
- Series 1: Production History Files, 1994-2019, undated
- Series 2: Scripts, 1994-2019 undated
- Series 3: Artistic Director Files, 1998-2018, undated
- Series 4: Recordings, 1994-2010, undated
Subject Headings
- Scogin, Robert -- Archives.
- ShawChicago Theater Company -- Archives.
- ShawChicago Theater Company -- Photographs.
- ShawChicago Theater Company -- Management.
- Theater – Illinois – Chicago.
- Theater Programs.
- Scripts (Documents)
- Video Recordings.
- Records (Documents)
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Production History Files, 1994-2019, undated
Scope and Contents
Files include both regular season productions and performances in addition to benefit performances and special events.
Arrangement
Files are arranged chronologically by theater season.
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Doctor’s Dilemma, programs, announcements, 1994 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | The Apple Cart, programs, audience forms, reviews, announcements, 1994 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Back to Methuselah, Act I and Act V, programs, reviews, announcements, 1995 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Getting Married, reviews, announcements, 1995 |
| Box 9 | Folder 13 | Getting Married, 1 photograph, 1995 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Misalliance, programs, description, announcements, reviews, 1995 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | John Bull’s Other Island, programs, description, announcements, reviews, 1996 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | I Knock at the Door, programs, description, announcements, 1996 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Heartbreak House, programs, photographs, 1996 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | Androcles and the Lion, programs, press release, 1996 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, programs, 1997 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Major Barbara, programs, 1997 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The Simpleton of Unexpected Isles, programs, 1997 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Lute Song, by Sidney Howard and Will Irwin, programs, 1997 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | The Skin of Our Teeth, by Thornton Wilder, programs, 1998 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, programs, 1997 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, programs, advertisement, photographs, 1998 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Mrs. Warren’s Profession, programs, photographs, 1998 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | Shaw Chicago Reviews, 1994-1998 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | The Devil’s Disciple, programs, photographs, news release, 1998 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | Lady Windermere’s Fan, by Oscar Wilde, programs, news release, reviews, photographs, negatives, 1999 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | You Never Can Tell, programs, news release, 1999 |
| Box 9 | Folder 14 | You Never Can Tell, 1 photograph, 1999 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | Arms and the Man, programs, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | Two By Shaw: Augustus Does his Bit; Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress, Celtic Fest, programs, 1998 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | Kuvayi Milliye: The Long Struggle, by Nazim Hikmet, programs, audience surveys, 1999 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | Back to Methuselah, program, 1999 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | In Good King Charles’s Golden Days, program, reviews, advertisements, photograph, 2000 |
| Box 9 | Folder 15 | In Good King Charles’s Golde Days, 1 photograph, 2000 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | Geneva, programs, 2000 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | Man and Superman, programs, 2000 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 | Don Juan in Hell, program, 2001 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 | Arms and the Man, program, 2001 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | Widowers’ Houses, programs, advertisements, reviews, 2001 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 | Candida, programs, 2002 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 | The Millionaire$$, program, promotional material, 2002 |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 | Great Catherine, programs, 2002 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 | 2001-2002 season program |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 | Too True to be Good, programs, 2002 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 | Jitta’s Atonement, program, 2003 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 | The Philanderer, programs, 2003 |
| Box 9 | Folder 16 | Unidentified benefit, 61 photographs, negatives, 2003 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | On the Rocks, programs, 2003 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | Fanny’s First Play, programs, 2004 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | The Lady from the Sea, by Henrik Ibsen, programs, 2004 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | Mrs. Warren’s Profession, programs, 2005 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | Pygmalion, program, 2004 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | The Man of Destiny and The Old Lady Shows Her Medals, by Bernard Shaw and J.M. Barrie, programs, 2005 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1-1.232 | ShawChicago Benefit Gala, 232 photographs by Adam Veness, 2005 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Major Barbara, programs, 2005
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| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.233-1.297 | Major Barbara rehearsal, 65 photographs, 2005 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | Don Juan in Hell, programs, 2006 |
| Box 9 | Folder 17 | Don Juan in Hell, 2 photographs, 2006 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.298-1.391 | Don Juan in Hell, 94 photographs, 2006 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | The Devil’s Disciple, programs, 2006 |
| Box 9 | Folder 18 | The Devil’s Disciple, 10 photographs, 2006 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.392-1.447, 2.1-2.3 | The Devil’s Disciple, 56 photographs by Brett Taylor, promotional video, 2006 |
| Box 9 | Folder 19 | Best of Friends, 2 photographs, 2006 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.448-1.463 | The Best of Friends, at Grace Episcopal Church, 16 photographs, 2006 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | Bernard Shaw 150th Birthday, O’Flaherty V.C. and The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet, programs, 2006 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.464-1.506, 2.4-2.11 | Bernard Shaw 150th Birthday Celebration, 43 photographs, promotional video, 2006 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | You Never Can Tell, programs, press release, 2006 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.507-1.556 | You Never Can Tell, 50 photographs by David Krupp, 2006 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | Caesar and Cleopatra, programs, announcements, 2007 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.557-1.600 | Caesar and Cleopatra, 43 photographs by Lisa Howe-Ebright, 2007 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | 2006-2007 season programs |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.601-1.605 | ShawChicago Fundraiser, 5 photographs by Lisa Howe-Ebright, 2007 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | Getting Married, programs, 2007 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.606-1.629 | Getting Married, 24 photographs, 2007 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | What Every Woman Knows, by James Barrie, programs, advertisements, 2008 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | The Cassilis Engagement, by St. John Hankin, programs, review, 2008 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | 2007-2008 season programs |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 | ShawChicago annual gala benefit program |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.630-1.646 | Shaw Festival: Shaw v. Shakespeare, Newberry Library, 17 photographs, 2007 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.647-1.691 | Supporters Reception at Driehaus Museum, 45 photographs by Mitchell Canoff, 2007 November |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.692-1.714 | Shaw and Shakespeare Sharing the World Stage, Lecture at Chicago Shakespeare, 23 photographs by Charles Alves, 2008 January 12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 | The Apple Cart, programs, 2008 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.715-1.728 | Apple Cart, 14 photographs, 2008 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | Mid-Winter’s Tales, programs, 2008 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.729-1.730 | Mid Winter’s Tales, 1 photograph, poster, 2008 |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 | John Bull’s Other Island, programs (incl. survey), advertisements, 2009 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.731-1.739 | John Bull’s Other Island, 9 photographs, 2009 |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 | Ghosts, by Henrik Ibsen, programs, advertisements, 2009 [2009 March 27 performance part of World Theater Day special performance, Suleyman Demirel Center, Selbuk University, Konya, Turkey. 2009 April-May performances at the Studio Theater, Chicago Cultural Center.] |
| Box 9 | Folder 20 | Ghosts, 7 photographs, 2009 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.740-1.1086 | Ghosts, 347 photographs, 2009 |
| Box 2 | Folder 23 | Assorted advertisements |
| Box 2 | Folder 24 | 2008-2009 season programs |
| Box 2 | Folder 25 | Mid-Winter’s Tales ’09, programs, advertisements, 2010 |
| Box 2 | Folder 26 | Votes for Women, by Elizabeth Robins, programs, 2009 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1087-1.1089 | Votes for Women, 3 photographs, 2009 |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 | The Philanderer, programs, 2010 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1090-1.1099 | The Philanderer, 10 photographs, 2010 |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 | The Doctor’s Dilemma, programs, 2010 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1100-1.1118 | The Doctor’s Dilemma, 19 photographs, 2010 |
| Box 2 | Folder 29 | When Everything Seemed Possible, by Paul R. Cooper, program, 2010 |
| Box 2 | Folder 30 | 2009-2010 season programs |
| Box 2 | Folder 31 | Candida, programs, advertisement postcards, 2010 |
| Box 2 | Folder 32 | Paradise Lost, by Clifford Odets, programs, 2011 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.119-1.1125 | Paradise Lost, 7 photographs, 2011 |
| Box 2 | Folder 33 | Arms and the Man, programs, 2011 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1126-1.1135 | Arms and the Man, 10 photographs, 2011, 2016 |
| Box 2 | Folder 34 | Cashel Byron’s Profession, program, 2010 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1136-1.1165 | Cashel Byron’s Profession, 30 photographs, 2010-2011 |
| Box 2 | Folder 35 | 2010-2011 season programs |
| Box 2 | Folder 36 | Homecoming: Scenes from the Road, (outreach program), programs, 2011 |
| Box 2 | Folder 37 | Supporters’ reception invitations |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1166-1.1262 | Supporters’ reception at Ransom R. Cable House, 97 photographs, 2011 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1263-1.1266 | Address Unknown, at World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust annual conference, 4 photographs, circa 2011 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1267-1.1274 | Unidentified benefit, 8 photographs, 2011 |
| Box 2 | Folder 38 | Androcles and the Lion, programs, 2012 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1275-1.1284 | Androcles and the Lion, 10 photographs, 2011-2012 |
| Box 2 | Folder 39 | Mrs. Warren’s Profession, programs, 2012 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1285-1.1299 | Mrs. Warren’s Profession, 15 photographs, 2012 |
| Box 2 | Folder 40 | Dear Liar, by Jerome Kitty, programs, 2012 |
| Box 2 | Folder 41 | Noel Coward in Two Keys, by Noel Coward, programs, advertisement postcards, 2011 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1300-1.1309 | Noel Coward in Two Keys, 10 photographs, 2011 |
| Box 2 | Folder 42 | Mark Twain in Person, program, 2012 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1310-1.1317 | Mark Twain in Person, 8 photographs, 2012 |
| Box 2 | Folder 43 | 2011-2012 season programs |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1318-1.1322 | Unidentified benefit, 5 photographs, 2012 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | The Millionairess, programs, advertisement postcards, 2012 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1323-1.1330 | Millionairess, 8 photographs, 2012 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | Will Rogers: An American Original, program, 2012 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1331-1.1339 | Will Rogers an American Original, 9 photographs, 2012 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | The Art of Cornelia Otis Skinner, programs, invitations, 2013 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | Widowers‘ Houses, programs, 2013 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1340-1.1350 | Widowers’ Houses, 11 photographs, 2013 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | James Barrie’s Quartets, programs, 2013 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1351-1.1357 | James Barrie’s Quartets, 7 photographs, 2013 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | 2012-2013 season programs |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1358-1.1538 | 20th Anniversary Dinner, 181 photographs, 2013 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | Pygmalion, programs, 2013 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1539-1.1582 | Pygmalion, 44 photographs, 2013-2014 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Saint Joan, programs, advertisement postcards, 2014 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1583-1.1606 | Saint Joan, 24 photographs, 2013-2014, 2016 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | Man and Superman, programs, 2014 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1607-1.1624 | Man and Superman, 18 photographs, 2014 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | Look Away, by Jerome Kilty, programs, 2014 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1625-1.1626 | Look Away, 2 photographs, 2014, 2016 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | Don Juan in Hell, programs, 2014 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1627-1.1636 | Don Juan in Hell, 10 photographs, 2014, 2016 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | The Importance of Being Earnest, programs, advertisements, 2015 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1637-1.1651 | The Importance of Being Earnest, 15 photographs, 2014-2015 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | Abraham Lincoln Carved in Stone, by Richard Marlatt, announcements, advertisements, 2015 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1652-1.1657 | Abraham Lincoln Carved in Stone, 6 photographs, 2014-2015 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | Major Barbara, programs, 2015 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1658-1.1703 | Major Barbara, 45 photographs, 2015 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | 2014-2015 season programs |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1704-1.1710 | Gala: Shaw at Downton, 7 photographs, 2015 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | Geneva, programs, advertisements, 2015 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1711-1.1734 | Geneva, 24 photographs, 2015 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 | Private Lives, by Noel Coward, programs, 2015 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1735-1.1763 | Private Lives, 29 photographs, 2015-2016 |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 | Scandalous Wit: An Evening with Noel Coward, program, 2015 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1764-1.1829 | Scandalous Wit: An Evening with Noel Coward, 66 photographs, 2015 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | You Never Can Tell, programs, advertisements, 2016 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1830-1.1838 | You Never Can Tell, 9 photographs, 2016 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | Mark Twain in Person, programs, advertisements, 2016 |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 | ShawChicago event schedules, 2016 |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 | Jeeves Intervenes, programs, advertisements, 2016 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1848-1.1857 | Jeeves Intervenes, 10 photographs, 2016 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 | Misalliance, programs, advertisements, 2016 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1858-1.1880 | Misalliance, 23 photographs, 2016 |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 | Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters, programs, advertisements, 2017 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 | Shakespeare’s Legacy, by James Barrie and Shakespeare’s People, programs, advertisements, 2016 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1881-1.1906 | Heartbreak House, 26 photographs, 2017 |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 | 2016-2017 season programs |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.1907-1.2022 | Gala: Shaw’s Speakeasy, 118 photographs, 2017 |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 | The Devil’s Disciple, programs, 2017 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.2023-1.2035 | The Devil’s Disciple, 13 photographs, 2017 |
| Box 3 | Folder 28 | Jeeves in Bloom, programs, 2018 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.2036-1.2042 | Jeeves in Bloom, 7 photographs, 2018 |
| Box 3 | Folder 29 | Hay Fever, programs, 2018 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.2043-1.2064 | Hay Fever, 22 photographs, 2018 |
| Box 3 | Folder 30 | The Art of Langston Hughes, by Luther Goins, programs, advertisements, 2017 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.2065-1.2081 | The Art of Langston Hughes, 17 photographs, 2017-2018 |
| Box 3 | Folder 31 | Shaw vs. Chesterton: The Debate, by Timothy Gregory, programs, 2018 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.2082 | Shaw vs. Chesterton: The Debate, 1 photograph, 2018 |
| Box 3 | Folder 32 | ShawChicago membership cards, 2017-2018 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.2083-1.2128 | Gala: Shaw at 25, 46 photographs, 2018 |
| Box 3 | Folder 33 | Candida, programs, advertisements, donation requests, schedules, 2018 |
| Box 3 | Folder 34 | The Women of Shaw: Smart, Strong, Rebellious, and Heroic!, programs, advertisements, 2018 |
| Box 3 | Folder 35 | Arms and the Man, programs, advertisements, fundraiser announcement, 2019 |
| Box 3 | Folder 36 | The Doctor’s Dilemma, programs, advertisements, 2019 |
| Box 3 | Folder 37 | 2018-2019 season programs, membership cards, decals, subscription order forms |
| Box 3 | Folder 38 | Misalliance Repertory Theater advertisements, 2019 |
| Box 9 | Folder 21 | Unidentified, 32 photographs, negatives, undated |
Series 2: Scripts, 1994-2019, undated
Scope and Contents
Scripts produced by ShawChicago. Unless otherwise noted, Bernard Shaw is the playwright.
Arrangement
Scripts are arranged alphabetically by play title.
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | Address Unknown, script, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Androcles and the Lion, scripts, 1996, 2012 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | Annajanska the Bolshevik Empress and Great Catherine, scripts, 2002 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | Annajanska the Bolshevik Empress and Great Catherine, teacher handbook, 2002 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | The Apple Cart, script, 1994, 2008 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Arms and the Man, script, 2006, 2011, 2019 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | Art of Langston Hughes, script, 2017 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | Back to Methuselah, script, 1995 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | Black Girl in Search of God, script, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | Candida, script 2002, 2010, 2018 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 | Cashel Byron’s Profession, script, 2010 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, script, 1998 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | Dear Liar, script, 2012 |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 | The Devil’s Disciple, script, 1998, 2006, 2017 |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 | The Doctor’s Dilemma, script, 1994, 2010, 2019 |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 | Don Juan in Hell, script, 2001, 2006, 2014 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | The Evils of Tobacco, script, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | Geneva, script, 2000, 2015 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | Getting Married, script, 1995, 2007 |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | Ghosts, scripts, 2009 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | Hay Fever, scripts, 2018 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | Heartbreak House, scripts, 2016, 2017 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | I Knock at the Door, script, 1996 |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | The Importance of Being Earnest, script, 2015 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | In Good King Charles’s Golden Days, script, 2000, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | James Barrie’s Quartets, scripts, 2013 |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | Jeeves in Bloom, script, 2018 |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | Jeeves Intervenes, script, 2016 |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | Jitta’s Atonement, script, 2003 |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | John Bull’s Other Island, scripts, 1996, 2009 |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | Kuvayi Milliye, script, 1999 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | Lady Windermere’s Fan, script, 1999 |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | Look Away, script, 2014 |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 | Love Scenes, script, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | Major Barbara, scripts, 1997, 2005, 2015 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | Man and Superman, scripts, 2000, 2014 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | The Man of Destiny, script, 2005 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 | The Millionairess, script, 1997, 2001, 2012 |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 | Misalliance, script, 1995, 2016 |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 | Mrs. Warren’s Profession, script, 1998, 2005, 2012 |
| Box 6 | Folder 11 | Noel Coward in Two Keys, script, 2011 |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | Paradise Lost, script, 2011 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 | The Philanderer, script, 2003, 2010 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | Private Lives, script, 2015 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | Pygmalion, scripts, 2004, 2013 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Saint Joan, script, 2014 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 | Santa Claus’s Partner, Christmas Every Day, Nibsey’s Christmas, scripts, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 | Shakespeare’s Legacy, script, 2016 |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 | Shakespeare’s People, script, 2016 |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 | Shaw vs. Chesterton: The Debate, scripts, 2018 |
| Box 7 | Folder 10 | Shaw vs Shakespeare: A Meeting of the Minds, scripts, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 11 | ShawChicago vs Shakespeare, script, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 12 | The Shewing Up of Blanco Posnet, script, 2006 |
| Box 7 | Folder 13 | The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles, script, 1997 |
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | Too True to be Good, script, 2002 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 | Village Wooing, script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | Two Views of Atticus Finch, script, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | Votes for Women, scripts, 2002 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | Widowers’ Houses, script, 2001, 2013 |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | The Women of Shaw, scripts, 2018 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | You Can Never Tell, scripts, 1999, 2007, 2016 |
Series 3: Artistic Director Files, 1970-2018, undated
Scope and Contents
This series includes ShawChicago administrative records, and some personal papers from Robert Scogin.
Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
| Box 9 | Folder 1 | 10th Anniversary Campaign to support ShawChicago, 2004 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.2129-1.2247 | Actor Headshots, 119 photographs, 2008-2018 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 | Actor’s Equity, 2017, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 3 | Benefits, 2015-2018, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 | City of Chicago 20th Anniversary resolution, 2013 |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 | Clippings, 1998-2015 |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 | Designs and graphics, 2006, undated |
| Electronic Files 1 | Documents | Financial report, 2006 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Documents | Financial statement, 2007 |
| Box 9 | Folder 7 | George Bernard Shaw Newsletter, 2005 December, 2006 |
| Box 9 | Folder 8 | Outreach and touring, 1998-2019 |
| Box 9 | Folder 9 | Scogin, Robert (Bob), 1970, 2000, 2018, undated |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.2248-1.2286 | Robert Scogin, 29 photographs by Johnny Knight, 2004 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.2287-1.2463 | Scogin trip to Turkey and Arms and the Man, 177 photographs, 2007 |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.2464-1.2488 | Shaw Images, 25 photographs, undated |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.2489-1.2506 | Shaw Festival, 18 photographs, 2011-2014, 2016 |
| Box 9 | Folder 10 | Shaw Symposium, 2010, 2013, undated |
| Electronic Files 1 | Photograph 1.2507-1.2530 | Shaw Symposium, 23 photographs, 2010 |
| Box 9 | Folder 11 | ShawChicago History, 2019, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 12 | Smartscope Survey for ShawChicago, 2005 |
Series 4: Recordings, 1994-2010, undated
Scope and Contents
The audio-video formats include cassette, VHS, betacam, mini video and DVD. The content of this media covers productions and various outreach events conducted by ShawChicago.
Please note: Film video formats have not been checked to ensure content or playability.
Arrangement
Recordings are arranged chronologically.
| Box 10 | Doctor’s Dilemma, radio Access Chicago, audio cassette, 1994 February 25 |
| Box 10 | Devil’s Disciple, Act 1, mini digital video cassette, [1998] |
| Box 10 | Devil’s Disciple, Act 2, mini digital video cassette, [1998] |
| Box 10 | Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde with Richard Marlatt, Rebecca Covey, Terence Gallagher, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Deborah Harris, Sierra Cleveland, Donald Ilko, Mary Michell, Christian Gray, Joseph Bowen, Kevin McKillip, Matthew Penn and Gale Curry, VHS videotape, [1999] |
| Box 10 | You Never Can Tell with Terence Gallagher, Reyna Kahan, Scott Parkinson, Belinda Bremner, Karen Wooditsch, Tony Dobrowolski, William J. Norris, Duane Sharpe and Matt Diehl, VHS videotape, 1999 May 8 |
| Box 10 | [You Never Can Tell?], Shaw Chicago #1, beta videotape, 1999 May 8 |
| Box 10 | [You Never Can Tell?], Shaw Chicago #2, beta videotape, 1999 May 8 |
| Box 10 | [You Never Can Tell?], Shaw Chicago #3, beta videotape, 1999 May 8 |
| Box 10 | [You Never Can Tell?], Shaw Chicago #4, beta videotape, 1999 May 8 |
| Box 10 | Back to Methuselah with Terence Gallagher, Rebecca Covey, Deborah Harris, Steve Cardamone, Michael McAlister, Donald Brearley, Holly Orfanedes, Joseph Bowen, Tony Dobrowolski, Tania Richard, Ann Joseph, Jacqueline Jones, Amanda Pajer, Tracy Gurtatowski, Fabian Sattler, Justin Speer and Billy Minshall, VHS videotape [2000] |
| Box 10 | Back to Methuselah (millennium performance) with Terence Gallagher, Rebecca Covey, Deborah Harris, Steve Cardamone, Michael McAlister, Donald Brearley, Holly Orfanedes, Joseph Bowen, Tony Dobrowolski, Tania Richard, Ann Joseph, Jacqueline Jones, Amanda Pajer, Tracy Gurtatowski, Fabian Sattler, Justin Speer and Billy Minshall, VHS videotape, 2000 |
| Box 10 | Don Juan in Hell with Adrianne Cury, Terence Gallagher, Michael McAlister and Tony Dobrowolski, VHS videotape, 2001 January 13, |
| Box 10 | Don Juan in Hell with Adrianne Cury, Terence Gallagher, Michael McAlister and Tony Dobrowolski, promotional segment on Ben Around Town, VHS videotape, [2001] |
| Box 10 | Don Juan in Hell with Adrianne Cury, Terence Gallagher, Michael McAlister and Tony Dobrowolski, promotional segment on Ben Around Town, VHS videotape, [2001] [copy 2 labeled “Shaw Chicago”] |
| Box 10 | Arms and the Man, promotional segment with Jacqueline Renee Jones, Amanda Pajer, Terence Gallagher, Steve Cardamone, Tony Dobrowolski, Matthew Penn and Karen Woditsch, VHS videotape, 2001 May 4 |
| Box 10 | Caesar and Cleopatra and Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, reading at Wright College Theater with Amanda Pajer, Adrianne Cury, Matthew Penn, Michael McAlister, Christian Gray and Steve Cardemone, VHS videotape, 2002 February 27 |
| Box 10 | Cover to Cover with Mara Tapp, includes interview with Bob Scoggin and segment of Geneva with Steve Cardemone and Mary Michell and Androcles and the Lion with Steve Cardemone and Adrianne Cury, VHS videotape, 2002 May 28 |
| Box 10 | Cover to Cover with Mara Tapp, includes interview with Bob Scoggin and segment of Geneva with Steve Cardemone and Mary Michell and Androcles and the Lion with Steve Cardemone and Adrianne Cury, VHS videotape, 2002 May 28 |
| Box 10 | Devil’s Disciple with Deborah Davis, Brandice Manuel, Gary Alexander, Matt Penn, Adrianne Cury, Martin Yurek, Michael McAlister, Dana Wall, Mark Douglas-Jones, Tony Dobrowolski, John Francisco and James Dolson, DVD, 2006 |
| Box 10 | Community Connection, DVD, 2009 June 11 |
| Box 10 | When Everything Seemed Possible by Paul R. Cooper with Lydia Berger, Deborah Davis, Andrew Knight, Stephen Fedo, Ben Chang, Matthew Gall, Kaelan Strouse and C. Sean Piereman, DVD, 2010 January 9 |
| Box 10 | Shaw Chicago #1, beta videotape, undated |
| Box 10 | Shaw Chicago #2, beta videotape, undated |
| Box 10 | Shaw Chicago #3, beta videotape, undated |
| Box 10 | Shaw Chicago #4, beta videotape, undated |
| Box 10 | Darrow #1, beta videotape, undated |
| Box 10 | Darrow #2, beta videotape, undated |
| Box 10 | Darrow #3, beta videotape, undated |
| Box 10 | Darrow #4, beta videotape, undated |