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Ben Shaktman Papers

An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Shaktman, Ben, 1937-
Title: Ben Shaktman Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1949-2009
Quantity: 54 linear feet
Abstract: Papers of the American playwright and director. Correspondence subject files; production material comprising research, notes, costume sketches, and drafts for plays by Bertolt Brecht, Eugene O'Neill, Arnold Wesker, Ben Shaktman and others; manuscripts; printed material (posters, playbills, programs, more); audiovisual material including audiotapes, photographs; material pertaining to Royal Court Theater in London, The Berliner Ensemble, Pittsburgh Public Theater (PPT), Theatre Nationale Populaire (TNP) in Paris, The National Endowment for the Arts; more
Language: Majority in English, a few published items in French and German.
Repository: Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

Ben Shaktman (1937- ) is an American playwright and director of Off-Broadway, regional repertory and television productions. He also created Shaktman Associates, an executive skills training company.

Shaktman was born in Peabody, Massachusetts in 1937. His given first name was Bernard which he changed to Ben in 1960. He received his B.A. degree Magna Cum Laude from Syracuse University in 1959 and his M. A. degree in social science from the Maxwell School of Political Science at Syracuse University in 1964.

Upon receiving a Fulbright fellowship (1959-1961) in playwriting and subsequently in directing, Shaktman went to Europe where he studied and worked at Oxford, Bristol University, the University of London, Paris, and Berlin. He was an observing director at the Royal Court Theater in London, and at the Theatre Nationale Populaire (TNP) in Paris, he co-directed Bertolt Brecht's Les Fusils de Señora Carrar in 1961. He worked as a directorial associate at the Berliner Ensemble which at that time was in East Berlin, assisting in the staging of Ostrovsky's The Abyss. His own play, Point in the Square, was produced in 1960 by the Bristol Old Vic School.

After returning to the United States in 1962, Shaktman served for two years as artist-in-residence and lecturer in drama at Syracuse University. While at Syracuse he staged the U.S. premiere of Bertolt Brecht's The Guns of Carrar, with a new translation by George Tabori.

In 1964 he spent a year at the Charles Playhouse in Boston collaborating with poet Anne Sexton in the development of her first play, which at the time had a working title of Give Me Your Answer (Do Daisy) (the final title was Tell Me Your Answer True). He also staged the musical She Loves Me, and created a unique musical theater for children, with musical director Joe Raposo, which toured schools in the greater Boston area.

In 1975 Shaktman was one of the founders of the Pittsburgh Public Theater where he served as general and artistic director until 1982. During that time he was responsible for establishing the theater's financial and artistic foundations and directed a majority of productions during PPT's first seven years.

In 1983 Shaktman expanded the application of his theatrical and directorial skills to the business world when he became the founder and president of Shaktman Associates, an executive consulting and training firm. It trains and coaches corporate executives, teachers, professors, and community leaders in the effective preparation and delivery of presentations. (See separate collection, Shaktman Associates Records.) He continues as its president today (2015).

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Ben Shaktman Papers spans the years 1949-2009 and is divided into six groups: Biographical material, Correspondence/subject files, Productions directed by Shaktman, Productions involving Shaktman, Productions proposed by Shaktman, Writings, and Memorabilia.

Biographical material contains a biographical article, typewrittten biography and c.v. with notes and corrections by Mr. Shaktman, plus his passport.

Correspondence/subject files is arranged alphabetically and includes letters to and from actors, agents, playwrights and other members of the theatrical community as well as personal correspondence.

Productions directed by Shaktman comprises materials relating to the production of the plays for which Ben Shaktman was the principle director.

Productions involving Shaktman comprises materials relating to the production of the plays for which Ben Shaktman was in some other role than principle director. The bulk of the material is from Pittsburgh Public Theater during the years he was General Director of the company.

Productions proposed by Shaktman comprises materials relating to the production he proposed that were either not produced or were produced by others.

All productions are arranged alphabetically by title. Correspondence dealing directly with a particular production has been arranged chronologically and placed under the play with which it is concerned. Some larger photographs as well as costume sketches for "The Emperor Jones," are located in the oversize packages at the end of the collection.

Writings is divided into the following sections: Adaptations of others' work; Articles and essays; Books; Lectures and courses; Letters to the editor; Lyrics; Pamphlets; Personal journals; Plays; Poetry; Program notes; Reviews; Screeplays; Television series and specials and Thesis (material collected by him for a study of the Negro actor on the legitimate stage done at Syracuse University). the thesis material is arranged alphabetically by section titles given by Mr. Shaktman.

Memorabilia is divided into the following sections: Address books and calendars; Clippings; Event programs(many of which include Shaktman's marginal notes); Phone messages;Photographs; Printed material; Pittsburgh Public Theater; Posters; Postcards; Scrapbook; scheduling planners; and Travel souvenirs.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Material is arranged alphabetically by type or title.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

Published books have been transferred to Rare Books for cataloging. Please refer to Libraries Search and search on the phrase "Gift of Ben Shaktman" for a complete listing.

As part of the complete reprocessing in March 2012, material relating to Shaktman Associates was removed and processed as a separate collection., the Shaktman Associates Records.

Special Collections Research Center has a large number of collections relating to theatre and drama; please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.

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Subject Headings

Persons

Alexander, Jane, 1939-
Anderson, Lindsay, 1923-1994.
Arden, John.
Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005.
Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008.
Baxter, Anne.
Bellantoni, Patti.
Bellon, Jacquie.
Bochco, Steven, 1943-
Boorstein, Joan.
Booth, Susan V.
Borenstein, Joyce.
Bosakowski, Phil.
Bottner, Barbara.
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000.
Brown, Arvin.
Caliguiri, Richard S.
Carden, William.
Case, Bertha.
Castang, Veronica, 1938-1988.
Cates, Gilbert, 1934-2011.
Cheskin, Irving.
Clay, Buriel, 1943-1978.
Copeland, James, 1923-2002.
Copelin, David.
Cronyn, Hume.
Crosby, Kathryn, 1933-
Croyden, Joan.
Cutrona, Ryan.
Davidson, Gordon, 1933-2016.
Davis, Sammy Jr. 1925-1990.
Devine, George, 1910-1966.
Dillingham, Charles.
Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983.
Duberman, Martin B.
Duke, Patty, 1946-2016.
Dunster, Claude.
Empleton, Elizabeth.
Fichandler, Zelda, 1924-2016.
Flaherty, Peter F., 1924-
Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987.
Funt, Allen, 1914-1999.
Gaines, William Louis.
Garcia, Andy.
Gister, Earle R., 1934-
Going, John.
Golden, Joseph, 1928-2009.
Goldschmidt, Gilbert de.
Grossman, Milton M.
Guettel, Hank.
Guthrie, Tyrone, 1900-1971.
Handman, Wynn.
Hankin, Larry.
Harris, Berkeley.
Hart, Bruce.
Hart, Lou S.
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984.
Henson, Jim.
Heriza, Nirmala, 1946-
Hesseltine, Stark.
Howard, Pamela, 1939-
Irving, Jules, 1925-1979.
Jones, James Earl.
Jones, Welton.
Kahn-Leavitt, Laurie.
Kalfin, Robert.
Kastelas, Milton.
Langella, Frank.
Levinson, Aaron.
Lithgow, John, 1945-
Litz, Robert J.
Lorant, Stefan, 1901-1997.
Lovelace, Margo.
Ludden, Allen.
MacDermot, Galt.
Markson, Edith Sherin.
Medencevic, Suki.
Michlin, Barry.
Miner, Worthington, 1900-1982.
Moore, Dudley, 1935-2002.
Movsesian, Nance.
Nagrin, Daniel.
Neijna, Barbara.
Neipris-Wille, Janet.
Newberry, Greg.
Newman, Danny.
Nimoy, Leonard.
Noel, Craig.
Noonan, John Ford.
Norton, Elliot, 1903-
O'Bannon, Helen B., 1939-1988.
O'Casey, Eileen.
O'Neill, Carlotta.
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
Obadiah, Rick.
Obolensky, Kira.
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989.
Padula, Edward, 1916-2001.
Pagano, Rich.
Passeltiner, Bernie.
Piskor, Frank Peter.
Poitier, Sidney.
Polis, Joel.
Pons, Beatrice Moore.
Posvar, Wesley.
Prince, Harold, 1928-2019.
Raposo, Joe.
Rayvid, Jay.
Reidenbaugh, Gerald F.
Rich, David Lowell.
Ridley, Clifford A.
Robbins, Jerome.
Rogers, Fred.
Rosenak, David.
Ruscio, Michael.
Schell, Ina.
Schoenfeld, Gerald, 1924-2008.
Schreiber, Terry.
Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974.
Shaktman, Ben, 1937-
Shaw, Roy, 1936-2012.
Sileika, Gintare.
Silverman, Fred, 1937-2020.
Soble, Lisa-Marie.
Solvang, Tobi.
Sondheim, Stephen.
Strauch, Barbara.
Strickland, William E., Jr.
Strouse, Charles.
Swoyer, Julia.
Tabori, George, 1914-2007.
Tagg, Alan.
Thornburgh, Dick.
Toser, David.
Tutera, Cindy.
Vestoff, Virginia.
Wakefield, Yanoulla.
Waley, Arthur.
Wanamaker, Sam, 1919-1993.
Weil, Marian J.
Weiswiller, Carole.
Weitzman, Lew.
Wesker, Arnold, 1932-2016.
Wilcox, Kay.
Wilder, Isabel, 1900-1995.
Wolsk, Eugene V.
Zabusky, Charlotte Fox.
Zeisler, Peter.
Zulia, Ernest.

Corporate Bodies

Actors' Equity Association.
American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Berliner Ensemble.
Carnegie-Mellon University.
Chesterfield Writers' Project.
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
City Theatre, Pittsburgh.
Directors Guild of America.
George Washington University.
Humana Festival.
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.
MTV Networks.
National Endowment for the Arts -- Theater Program.
North Shore Music Theatre.
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Pittsburgh Public Theater.
Syracuse University.
TACT, The Actors Company Theatre.
The Charles Playhouse.
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
The Pythons.
Universal City Studios.
University of California, Los Angeles. -- School of Theater, Film and Television.
University of Pittsburgh.
Warner Bros.
Yale University.

Subjects

Acting -- Study and teaching.
African Americans in the performing arts.
Musicals -- Production and direction.
Television -- Production and direction.
Theater -- Production and direction.

Genres and Forms

Audiotapes.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Drafts (documents)
Lecture notes.
Photographs.
Research notes.
Reviews (documents)
Scripts (documents)
Sketches.
Slides (photographs)
Theater programs.

Occupations

Directors.
Dramatists.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Ben Shaktman Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Ben Shaktman, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991-1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006-2009.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: ASD
Date: Apr 1966
Revision history: May 1970 - updated/revised (ASD); 17 Jul 2009 - converted to EAD (MRC); 4 Jan 2011 - updated biography, scope/content, subject headings, acquisition information (MRC); 28 Mar 2012 - reprocessed entire collection to include all accessions (PRB); 13 Apr 2012 - itemized posters in memorabilia (MRC); 12 Jun 2013 - map-case locations updated (MRC); 4 Jun 2015 - bioghist updated (MRC); 12 Oct 2015 - Joyful Noise recordings updated (MRC); 11 Jun 2024 - adds: Pagano correspondence, "Uncle Vanya" pre-rehearsal script, "The seagull" rehearsasl script, and Box 70 (MRC)

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Inventory

Biographical material
Box 1 Article 1975
Box 1 Biographical sketch 1975-1982
Box 1 Curriculum vitae 1975-1982
Box 1 Passport
Correspondence Subject Files
Box 2 AA-AL
Box 2 AM-AV
Box 2 The Actors Company Theatre 1996
Box 2 Actors' Equity Association 1965-1981
Box 2 Adam, Nancy 1980-1981
Box 2 Adams, Beth 1978-1981
Box 2 Adler, Pam 1985-1986
Box 2 Alexander, Jane 1974
Box 2 Alexander, Robert 1966
Box 2 Alexander, Wayne 1992-1996
Box 2 Alford, Walter 1965
Box 2 Allmanrae, Didi 1978, 2003, 2004, 2007
Box 2 Altshuler, Evelyn 1971, 1989-2006
Box 2 American Academy of Dramatic Arts 1966-1967
Box 2 American Cinematheque 1995
Box 2 American Conservatory Theatre of San Francisco 1974-1975
Box 2 American Film Market Seminars 1996-1998
Box 2 American Symphony Orchestra League 1983
Box 3 Amitin, Nancy 1985
Box 3 Anderson, George 1978, 1982, 1992
Box 3 Anderson, Lindsay 1976
Box 3 Angelou, Angel 1992-2005
Box 3 Apt, Joan 1973-2003
Box 3 Arden, John 1964
Box 3 Arizona Theatre Company 1991
Box 3 Arkin, Jonathan 1982-1983
Box 3 Arthurs, Alberta
See Chatham College and The RockefellerFoundation.
Box 3 Askestig, Erika 1992-2005
Box 3 Astin, Art and Jeane 1990-2005
Box 3 Atkins, Tom 1975-1978
Box 3 Ausman, Sandra and Sheldon 1975-1983
Box 3 BA-BL
Box 3 BO-BU
Box 3 Backes, Roy 1980-1983
Box 3 Baker, Nancy 1978-1996
Ball, Bill
See American Conservatory Theatre of San Francisco .
Box 3 Bancroft, Anne 1972
Box 3 Barnes, Clive 1977
Box 3 Barr, Richard 1966, 1970
Box 3 Barranger, Milly 1982-1985
Box 3 Barry, P.J. 1994
Box 3 Bassuk, Ellen and Steve 1983-1986
Box 3 Baxter, Anne 1975
Box 4 Behrman, S. N. 1972
Box 4 Bellantoni, Patti 1978-1979
Box 4 Bellon, Jacquie 1998
Benson, Jay
See Universal City Studios .
Box 4 Berger, Ira M. 1980-1981
Berger, Lisa
See MTV Networks .
Box 4 Berliner Ensemble 1956-1960, undated (2 folders)
Oversize 1 Berliner Ensemble photographs
Box 4 Biro, Samantha 1979-1995 (2 folders)
Box 5 Bochco, Steven 1972-1983
Box 5 Boorstein, Joan 1996
Box 5 Booth, Susan 1997
Box 5 Borenstein, Joyce 1993-1994
Box 5 Bosakowski, Philip 1994
Box 5 Bottner, Barbara 1981
Box 5 Brandt, George W. 1963, 1981
Box 5 Brannigan, Bernard and Carol 1986-1992
Box 5 Brecht, Bertolt 1960, undated
Box 5 Brooks, Gwendolyn 1997
Box 5 Brown, Arvin 1987, 1996
Box 5 Bundy, Barbara 1973-1974, 1977
Box 5 Burlingame, Ed 1995
Butler, Robert
See White Mile Workshop .
Box 5 C-CL
Box 5 CO-CU
Box 5 California Lawyers For The Arts Workshop 1994
Box 5 Caliguiri, Richard S. 1979, 1981
Box 5 Camillo, Mary Ann 1967, 1982-1987
Box 5 Cancelino, Sally 1979-1981
Box 6 Caprile, Marie 1983-1986
Box 6 Carden, William 1997
Carnahan, Peter
See Pennsylvania Council on the Arts .
Box 6 Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1974, 1977
Box 6 Carnegie-Mellon University 1973-1977, 1993, 1997
Box 6 Carpenter, John 1981-1983
Box 6 Case, Bertha 1964-1965
Box 6 Castang, Veronica 1976-1980
Box 6 Cates, Gilbert 1968
Box 6 Center Theatre Group 1996
See also Davidson, Gordon .
Box 6 Chaffon, V. 1981-1987
Box 6 The Charles Playhouse 1964
Box 6 Chatham College 1976-1978
Box 6 Cheskin, Irving 1975
Box 6 Chesterfield Writers' Project 1994
Box 6 Chotzinoff, Kris and Blair 1973-1986
Box 6 Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park 1996
Box 6 City of Lights, City of Angels: A Week of French Films 1999
Box 6 City Theatre, Pittsburgh 1996
Box 6 Clay Buriel III 1975
Box 6 Cohen, Alexander H. 1965, 1967, 1974-1975, 1981
Box 6 Cold Spring Film Workshop 1996
Box 6 Cole, Toby 1964-1965
Box 6 Contacts 1995-2000
Box 6 Copeland, James 1977-1980
Box 6 Copelin, David 1979
Box 6 Corbett, Anne 1966-1967, 1986
Box 6 Cornell, Mark W. 1996
Box 6 Cowles, Arthur W. 1975, 1987
Box 6 Craig, Jackie L. 1986-1987
Box 7 Cronyn, Hume 1972
Box 7 Crosby, Kathryn 1976-1977
Box 7 Croyden, Joan 1976, 1978
Box 7 Cutrona, Ryan 1991
Box 7 D
Box 7 Dane, Ann 1980-1983
Box 7 Dane, Barbara (Mrs John Hunter Dane) 1974-1976, 1979-1981
Box 7 Davidson, Gordon 1966, 1971, 1973-1981, 1990, 1992, 1996
Box 7 Davidson, John and Inga 1975-1976, 1978
Box 7 Davis, Sammy, Jr. 1962
Box 7 DeCarlo, Charles R. 1972-1976, 1987, 2005
Box 7 Devine, George 1963
Box 7 Diamondstone, Nathlyn 1995-1999
Box 7 Digital Visual Effects 1994
Box 7 Dillingham, Charles 1972, 1981
Box 7 Directors Guild of America 1970, 1981, 1987-1997
Box 8 The Director's Notebook Workshop 1993
Box 8 The Director's Perspective on Filmmaking BAFTA Seminar UCLA 1994
Box 8 Dodson, Owen 1961
Box 8 Dretzin and Kauff 1981-1983
Box 8 Duberman, Martin 1986
Box 8 Duke, Patty 1972
Box 8 Dunn, Susan L. 1981-1982
Box 8 Dunster, Mark ("Claude") 1967
Box 8 E
Eddy, Edward D.
See Chatham College .
Box 8 Effron, Jill 2000-2007
Box 8 Eils, Nancy 1991-2002
Box 8 Eismen, Audrey 1977-1979, 1983, 1985
Box 8 Elderman, Edward 2002-2004
Box 8 Eliasberg, Jan 1983-1985, 1991
Box 8 Ellsworth, Ellie 1984, 1992-1995
Box 8 Empleton, Elizabeth 1989-1992
Box 8 Engel, Susan 1982, 1987
Box 8 Epstein, David 1997
Epstein, Jon
See Universal City Studios .
Box 9 The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center 1989-1997
Box 9 Europe 1982-1987
Box 9 F
Box 9 Fichandler, Zelda 1971, 1978-1979, 1982, 1987, 1995, 1997
Box 9 First American Congress of Theatre 1976
First Comics, Inc
See Obadiah, Rick .
Box 9 Flaherty, Pete 1978
Box 9 Flanagan, Michael 1975-1978
Box 9 Fleischman, Stephanie 1996-1997
Box 9 Forbes, Jan 1976-1981, 1990-1993, 2000, 2002
Box 9 Fosse, Bob 1976
Frand, Harvey
See Warner Brothers Studio .
Box 9 Friedman, Lauren (Lauren Shaktman) 1966-1972, 1995, 1998, 2005
Box 9 Friedman, Samuel E. 1971
Box 9 Funt, Allen A. 1970
Box 10 G - GL
Box 10 GO - GY
Box 10 Gaines, William Louis 1963-1968, 1978
Box 10 Garcia, Andy undated
Box 10 Garver, Richard 1973-1974
Box 10 Gauri, Indra 1994
Box 10 George Washington University 1962
Box 10 Gibeley, Albert 1967
Box 10 Giovanetti, Clara 1997-1998, 2006
Box 10 Gister, Earle R. 1975, 1982-1983
Box 10 Going, John 1975-2005, 2007
Box 10 Golden, Joe 1964-1966
Box 10 Goldschmidt, Gilbert de 1984-1987
Box 10 Grabie, Morris 1991, 2002
Box 10 Grossman, Anne ("Cookie") and Elizabeth ("Lisa") 1971-2005 (2 folders)
Box 10 Grossman, Milton M. 1972-1973
Box 11 Groth, Michael J. 2003
Box Guettel, Henry 1966
Box 11 Guthrie, Tyrone 1963
Box 11 Gwathmey, Annie 1999-2003
Box 11 Gwathmey, Emily 1999-2006 (2 folders)
Box 11 H
Box 11 Hadaller, Carrie 1996
Box 12 Hahn, Richard 1994
Box 12 Hainesworth, Margaret 1985
Box 12 Halpern, Sophye 1968-2003 (4 folders)
Box 12 Handman, Wynn 1964
Box 12 Hankin, Larry 1990
See also "Emmet Sez" .
Box 12 Hanks, Nancy 1976, 1983
Box 12 Hannigan, Patricia 1976-1978
Box 12 Harris, Audrey 1976
Box 12 Harris, Berkeley 1984
Box 13 Hart, Bruce and Carole 1964-2006 (3 folders)
Box 13 Hart, Lou S. 1964, 1970, 1981
Box 13 Havardi, Raz 1999
Box 13 Heim, Michael 1976-1982, 1990
Box 13 Hellman, Lillian 1985
Box 13 Hemlock Society 1994
Box 13 Henson, Jim 1983
Box 13 Heriza, Nirmala 1991, 1998-2005
Box 13 Hesseltine, Stark 1966-1975
Box 13 Hettleman, Bertha 1966
Box 13 Hill, Carol 1966-1967
Box 13 Hollister, Jo Ann 1990
Box 13 Homas, Mary 1985-1986
Box 13 Houghton, Katherine 1976-1987
Box 13 Howard, Pamela 1975, 1983-1984, 1987
Box 13 Howe, Tina 1981-1982
Box 14 Hughes, Tressa 1973, 1975, 1977, 1986-1987
Box 14 Hulton, Christine 1975-1976
Box 14 Human Relations Workshop Syracuse University 1963
Box 14 Humana Festival of New American Plays 1996
Box 14 Humana Festival of New American Plays 1997
Box 14 Hunt, Alfred M. 1977, 1983
Box 14 Hunt, Marion 1986
Box 14 I - J
Box 14 Institute For The Preservation Of The Original Languages Of The Americas 1993
Box 14 International Documentary Association 1992-1995 (2 folders of 3)
Box 15 International Documentary Association 1992-1995 (1 folder of 3)
Box 15 Irving, Jules 1967, 1973
Box 15 Jacker, Corinne 1995
Box 15 Jenkins, Carol Mayo 1971-1975
Box 15 Jensen, John 1976-1978
Box 15 Job prospects 1982-1983
Box 15 Jonas, Judy 1995
Box 15 Jones, James Earl 1972, 1977, 1988-1989
Box 15 Jones, Welton 1981
Box 15 K
Box 15 Kahn-Leavitt, Laurie 1994
Box 15 Kandrack, Lucille 1982-1983
Box 15 Kalfin, Robert 1974-1976
Box 15 Kaplan, Morris 1978-1979
Box 15 Kastelas, Milton 1975
Box 15 Kauff, Jerome B. 1972-1975, 1979, 1983
Box 15 Kelson, Ellen 1981-1982
Box 15 Kennedy, Canice 1976-1981
Box 15 Kennedy, Ellen 1977-1993
Box 15 Kennedy, John J., Jr. 1981-1990
Box 15 Kerr, Elaine 1977-1978, 1983
Box 15 Kerr, Michael 1983
Box 15 King, Woodie, Jr. 1982, 1986
Box 16 Kirkwood, James 1972
Box 16 Kitto, Humphrey Davey, Findley 1962-1963
Box 16 Koschies, Maryjane 1983-1986, 1991-1994
Box 16 Kroll, Lucy 1992
Box 16 L
Box 16 The Lab Theater 1996
Box 16 Lacey, Verna 1978-1980
Box 16 Lafotune, Josse 1984
Box 16 Lamp, Jere 1982-2006
Box 16 Langella, Frank 1975
Laundra, Linda
See Sileika, Gintare .
Box 16 Lester, Raymond A. 1970-1971
Box 16 Lawrence, Stephen 1973
Box 16 Leonard, Jim 1996
Box 16 Levinson, Aaron 1975-1991
Levinson, Richard
Box 16 Lindsay, Claudette and Werner 1997-2005
Link, William
See Universal City Studio .
Box 16 Lippa, Sonia 1977-1985
Box 16 Lithgow, John 1982
Box 16 Living Works 1995
Box 16 Litz, Robert J. 1980-1982, 1993, 1995
Box 16 Lorant, Stefan 1975
Box 16 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival 1995
Box 16 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival 1998
Box 16 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival 1999
Box 17 Lovelace, Margo 1974-1975
Box 17 Lowell, Joan 1991-2001
Box 17 Ludden, Allen 1966-1967
Box 17 Lundquist, Barbara 1970-1986, undated
Box 17 Lynn, Amy 1964, 1976
Box 17 M
Box 17 MacDermot, Galt 1978-1982
Box 17 MacDonald, Jane 1987-1990
Box 17 Marcus, Deena 1987
Box 17 Marcus, Herbert 1970-1971, 1976
Box 17 Markey, Mary Jo ("MJ") 1996-1998
Box 17 Markson, Edith Sherin 1973
Box 17 Martin, Stephen 1972-2005
Box 17 Mason, Clifford 1972
Box 17 Massie, Sallie 1973-1975
Box 17 Mastergeorge, Harry 1982
Box 17 Matter, David 1977-1982
McCarthy, Frank
See Universal City Studio .
Box 17 McClintock, Jodie Lynne 1986
Box 17 McDonald, Beth and Nick Wyman 1978-1981
Box 18 Medencevic, Suki 1993
Box 18 Meyer, Suzanne 1978-1981, 1998
Box 18 Michlin, Barry 1977, 1980, 1991, 1994, 1997
Box 18 Middlebrook, Diane Woods 1983-1984, 1991
Box 18 Miller, Donald 1977-1978
Box 18 Miller, J. Michael 1975-1976, 1982
Box 18 Miner, Worthington 1966, 1970
Box 18 Mon Valley Travel 1980
Box 18 Monarch Press 1966
Box 18 Moore, Dudley 1964-2002
Box 18 Morrow, Helene 1980-1990
Box 18 Mosher, Gregory 1986
Box 18 Moss, Robert 1981
Box 18 Movsesian, Nance 1965, 1978
Box 18 MTV Networks 1996
Box 18 Myers, Michele 1998-1999
Box 18 N
Box 18 Nacht, Milton 1964, 1966
Box 18 Nagrin, Daniel 1960-1997 (2 folders)
Box 19 Naragon, Maurice and Maggie 2003-2005
National Endowment For The Arts: Theater Evaluation Program 1983-1985
Box 19 Administrative and financial
Box 19 Site visits (3 folders)
Box 19 The National Observer 1973
NationalPlaywrights Conference
See The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center .
Box 19 Nazareth, Jeanine and Vasca 1975-1979
Box 19 Neijna, Barbara 1994-1996
Box 19 Neipris-Wille, Janet 1982
Box 19 New Federal Theatre 1982
Box 19 New York Public Library 1977
Box 19 Newberry, Greg 1995
Box 19 Newman, Danny 1977, 1982
Box 19 Nimoy, Leonard 1972-2002
Box 20 Noel, Craig 1971-1973
Box 20 Noonan, John Ford 1972
North Shore Music Theatre
See Slane, Stephen .
Box 20 Norton, Elliot 1971, 1982
Box 20 Nugent-Head, Marie 1975-2007, undated (3 folders of 4)
Box 21 Nugent-Head, Marie 1975-2007, undated (1 folder of 4)
Box 21 Nussbaum, Susan 1992-1993 1982
Box 21 O-PA
Box 21 Oates, Joyce Carol 1973
Box 21 Obadiah, Rick 1982
Box 21 O'Bannon, Helen 1976, 1979
Box 21 Oberlin Music Theater 1970
Box 21 Obolensky, Kira 1996-1997
Box 21 O'Casey, Eileen 1982
O'Casey, Sean
See O'Casey, Eileen .
Box 21 Ojai Music Festival 2007
Box 21 Olivier, Laurence 1976
Box 21 O'Neill, Carlotta Monterey 1964-1965
Box 21 Padula, Edward 1966
Box 21 Pagano, Richard and L.M. 1981-2005
Pagano Casting 1996
Box 21 Administrative
Box 21 "Chicago Hope"
Box 21 "Internal Affairs"
Box 21 "Picket Fences"
Box 21 "Rakes Progress"
Box 21 "Where's Marlowe?"
Box 22 Passeltiner, Bernie 1976
Box 22 Pasternak's "Thinking Like A Director" Workshop 1994
Box 22 Pawley, Barbara 1996
Box 22 PE-Q
Box 22 Peabody (MA) High School 1990, 1995, 2004
Box 22 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 1975
Box 22 Perkins, Grant 1997-2005
Box 22 Philippe, Gillieron 1999
Box 22 Pierson, Jon 1995-1996
Box 22 Piskor, Frank 1963-1975
Box 22 Pittsburgh Public Theater 1974-2004 (4 folders of 13)
Box 23 Pittsburgh Public Theater 1974-2004 (4 folders of 13)
Box 24 Pittsburgh Public Theater 1974-2004 (5 folders of 13)
Oversize 1 Pittsburgh Public Theater photographs
Box 25 Poitier, Sidney 1962
Box 25 Polis, Joel 1978-1979
Box 25 Pons, Beatrice Moore 1971
Box 25 Posvar, Wesley 1977-1980
Box 25 P.O.V. 1993
Box 25 Preston, Carol 1975-1977
Box 25 Prince, Harold 1964-1965, 1975-1976
Box 25 The Pythons 1983
Box 25 Quen, Jacques M. 1971-1974
Box 25 R-RI
Box 25 Raphael, Esther 1964-1975
Box 25 Raphael, Lisa 1982-2007, undated (3 folders of 5)
Box 26 Raphael, Lisa 1982-2007, undated (2 folders of 5)
Box 26 Rappaport, Ruth 1995, 2003, 2005
Box 26 Rawson, Chris 1994-1996
Box 26 Rayvid, Jay 1976, 1981
Box 26 Rea, Edith 1975
Box 26 Reidenbaugh, Gerald F. 1962-1963
Box 26 Rich, Christine 1990
Box 26 Rich, David Lowell 1972
Box 26 Ridley, Clifford A. 1973
Box 26 Rieck, Margaret 1975-2000 (2 folders)
Box 27 RO-RY
Box 27 Robbins, Jerome 1965-1966
Box 27 Rochestie, Sally Jo 1994
Box 27 The Rockefeller Foundation 1983, 1985, 1987
Box 27 Roenly (?), Lynn 1985-1986
Box 27 Rogers, Fred and Joan 1975-1981, 2003
Box 27 Rosenak, David 1995
Box 27 Rosenblatt, Suzanne 2005-2006
Box 27 Rosenberg, Claire 1989-1993
Box 27 Ruscio, Michael 1993
Box 27 Russell, Cathy 1992-1995
Box 27 Ryan, Michael S. 1996
Box 27 Ryback, Ronnie 1984-1985
Box 27 S-SC
Box 27 St Ivany, Andra undated
Box 27 Sandy-Bedino, Joyce 1967-1991
Box 27 Sanfield, Steven 1975, 1980, 1991-1999
Box 27 Santa Fe Film Workshops 1994
Box 27 Santa Monica Bay Towers 1996
Box 27 Schell, Ina 1973
Box 27 Schneider, Alan 1980-1981
Box 27 Schneider, Eugenie ("Jean") 1983-2005
Box 28 Schoenfeld, Gerald 1982, 1997
Box 28 Schreiber, Terry 1979-1999
Box 28 Schulberg, Sandra 1981-1982
Box 28 Scott, Rina 1990-2006
Box 28 SE-SM
Box 28 Seidner, Harold 1979-1980, 1992-2000
Box 28 Sexton, Anne 1965-1974, 1982
The Sexton Company
See Sileika, Gintare .
Shaktman, Esther
See Raphael, Esther .
Box 28 Shaktman, Lewis 1995-2005
Box 28 Shaktman, Lizzie 1970
Box 28 Shaktman Family miscellaneous 1968-1998
Box 28 Shapiro, Aaron 1968-1999
Box 28 Shaw, Roy 1994
Shayne, Alan
See Warner Brothers Studio .
Box 28 Sileika, Gintare 1980-1981
Box 28 Silverman, Fred 1970
Box 28 Singleton, Margeaux 1982-1987
Box 28 Sioux, Sarah 1999-2002
Box 28 Skinner, Jeane 1994
Box 29 Slane, Stephen 1971-2002
Box 29 SN-SZ
Box 29 Snow, Anne 1998-2008
Soble, Lisa-Marie
See Pagano, Richard and L.M. .
Box 29 Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers 1964-1981
Box 29 Solvang, Tobi 1996
Box 29 Sondheim, Stephen 1976, 1994
Box 29 Speers, Thelma 1973- 1990
Box 29 Stellar, Grace, John and Pat 1997-2002
Box 29 Stern David 1967-2006 (2 folders)
Box 30 Stern, Diane 1968-2006, undated (2 folders)
Box 30 Stern, Lois Shaktman 1960-2002 (3 folders of 6)
Box 31 Stern, Lois Shaktman 1960-2002 (3 folders of 6)
Box 3` Strauch, Barbara 2000
Box 31 Strickland, William E., Jr. 1977-1978
Box 31 Strouse, Charles 1968-1978
Box 31 Sundance Institute Independent Producers Conference 1994 (1 folder of 2)
Box 32 Sundance Institute Independent Producers Conference 1994 (1 folder of 2)
Box 32 Sundance Institute Independent Producers Conference 1995
Box 32 Swartz, Nellie Lou 1975-1978
Box 32 Swoyer, Julia 1977, 1983
Box 32 Syracuse University 1963-2005
Box 32 T-TH
Box 32 Tagg, Alan 1978-1982
Box 32 Teitel, Carol 1976-1982
Box 32 Thompson, Michael 1976-1978
Box 32 Thornburgh, Richard 1978
Box 32 TI-U
Box 32 Toser, David 1974-1985
Box 32 Tutera, Cindy 1977-1993
Box 33 UCLA School of Theater Film and Television 1997
Box 33 UCLA Workshops 1993
Box 33 Universal City Studios 1972-1975
Box 33 University of Pittsburgh 1975-1981
Box 33 V-WE
Box 33 Van Scoten, Neil 1990-2000
Box 33 Vestoff, Virginia 1973-1982
Box 33 Wakefield, Yanoulla 1983-1987
Box 33 Waley, Arthur 1963
Box 34 Wanamaker, Sam 1960
Box 34 Warner Brothers Studio 1973, 1979-1985
WARP
See Obadiah, Rick .
Box 34 Watson, Doug undated
Box 34 Weil, Marian J. 1982, 1986
Box 34 Weiswiller, Carole 1998
See also "The Human Voice" .
Box 34 Weitzman, Lew 1973-1983
Box 34 Wells, Wendy 1967, 1985-1988
Box 34 Wesker, Arnold 1974-2003 (4 folders)
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Annie Wobbler" 1984
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Caritas" 1992
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Catching Up With Wesker" 2003
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Chips With Everything" 1997
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Denial" 1997
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Four Portraits Of Mothers" undated
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "The Kitchen" 1987
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Letter To A Daughter" 1991
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Shylock" 1989
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Their Very Own And Golden City" 1980
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Three Women Talking" (working title) undated
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Toys" (provisional title) 1985
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Whatever Happened to Betty Lemon?" 1986
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Wild Spring" 1992
Box 35 Wesker, Arnold "Yard Sale" undated
Box 36 Wesker, Daniel 1988-1994
Box 36 Wesker, Dusty 1985-2007 (3 folders)
Box 36 Wesker, Lindsay 1985-2005
Box 36 Wexler, Connie and Peter 1979-1994
Box 36 "White Mile" Workshop 1994
Box 37 Wilcox, Kay 1976, 1982-1983
Box 37 Wilder, Isabel 1966
Box 37 Wilson, Rhonda 1994
Box 37 Wilt, Robert D. 1972
Box 37 Wolff, Wendy 1974
Box 37 Wolfson, Barbara 1977-1979
Box 37 Williams, Elaine 1979, 1985, 1990
Box 37 Wolsk, Eugene V. 1966, 1979
Box 37 Wood, Audrey 1966, 1974-1975
Box 37 Yale University 1962, 1967, 1975, 1984
Box 37 Zabusky, Charlotte Fox 1982
Box 37 Zacky, Dolores 1995
Box 37 Zeisler, Peter 1962-2005
Box 37 Zimmerman, Paul 1994
Box 37 Zulia, Ernest 1996
Miscellaneous, partial name:
Box 37 A-I (5 folders)
Box 38 J-P (6 folders)
Box 39 R-Z, unsigned (4 folders)
Productions directed by Shaktman
Box 40 "Annabelle Broom, The Unhappy Witch" Charles Playhouse 1965
"The Balcony" Charles Playhouse 1966
Box 40 Reviews
"Balyashnikov" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1977-1978
Box 40 Music
Box 40 Notes
Box 40 Photographs
Box 40 Programs
Box 40 Reviews
Box 40 Script (3 folders)
Box 40 Set design
"The Beggar's Opera" Syracuse University 1963
Box 40 Director's report
Box 40 Photographs
Box 40 Production book
Box 40 Publicity
Box 40 Research and notes
Box 40 Reviews
"The Blood Knot" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1978
Box 40 Audio tape
Box 40 Notes
Box 40 Programs
Box 40 Props
Box 40 Publicity
Box 40 Reviews
Box 40 Schedules
Box 40 Script
Box 40 Set design
"Cabaret" Cape Cod Melody Tent 1970
Box 41 Notes
Box 41 Programs
Box 41 Reviews
Box 41 Script
Box 41 "The Cave Dwellers" George Washington University 1962
"Death of a Salesman" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1981
Box 41 Audio tapes
Box 41 Costumes
Box 41 Notes
Box 41 Production book
Box 41 Programs
Box 41 Publicity
Box 41 Reviews
Box 41 Set design
"Diplomatic Relations" Cape Playhouse 1965
Box 41 Notes
Box 41 Production book
Box 41 Reviews
Box 41 Script (with revisions)
"A Doll's House" North Shore Music Theater 1973
Box 41 Correspondence
Box 41 Notes
Box 41 Script (2 folders)
Box 41 Set design
"Emmet Sez" The Marsh Theater 1996
Box 41 Correspondence
Box 41 Costume sketches
Box 41 Notes
Box 41 Publicity
Box 41 Reviews
"The Emperor Jones" Charles Playhouse 1964
Box 41 Correspondence
Map-Case 110 Costume sketches
Box 41 Production book
Box 41 Reviews
"Faces of Love" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1978-1979
Box 41 Audio tapes
Box 41 Production book
Box 41 Programs
Box 41 Reviews
Box 41 Script
"Fiddler On The Roof" North Shore Music Theater 1971
Box 42 Casting
Box 42 Clippings and reviews
Box 42 Correspondence
Box 42 Notes
Box 42 Photographs
Box 42 Production book (3 folders)
Box 42 Programs
Box 42 Reviews
Box 42 Schedule
Box 42 Vocal score
"Finishing Touches" Royal Poinciana Playhouse 1974
Box 42 Files
Box 42 Programs
Box 42 Reviews
Box 42 Script
Box 42 Set design
"The Glass Menagerie" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1975
Box 42 Correspondence
Box 42 Photographs
Box 42 Production book
Box 42 Programs
Box 42 Publicity
Box 42 Reviews
"Good Day"/"The Exhaustion Of Our Son's Love" Cherry Lane Theatre 1965
Box 42 Reviews
"The Guns of Carrar" Syracuse University 1963
Box 42 Correspondence
Box 42 Drafts
Box 42 Photographs
Oversize 1 Photographs, oversize
Box 42 Production book
Box 42 Poster
Box 42 Programs
Box 42 Reviews
Box 42 Script
Henry V
See "King Henry V" .
"The Importance of Being Earnest" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1978-1979
Box 43 Audio tapes
Box 43 Costumes
Box 43 Notes
Box 43 Production book
Box 43 Programs
Box 43 Props
Box 43 Publicity
Box 43 Reviews
Box 43 Schedules
Box 43 Scripts
Box 43 Set design
"Jack and Jill" City Theatre Pittsburgh 1996
Box 43 Casting
Box 43 Correspondence
"A Joyful Noise" 1966
Box 43 Audiorecording, Joyful Noise I (1 reel, 7 1/2 ips, running time 9:25) (ID#: shaktman_001)
Box 43 Audiorecording, Joyful Noise II (1 reel, 7 1/2 ips, running time 34:16) (ID#: shaktman_002)
Box 43 Casting
Box 43 Correspondence
Box 43 Notes
Box 43 Outlines
Box 43 Photographs
Box 43 Programs
Box 43 Research
Box 43 Reviews
Box 43 Revisions
Box 43 Rewrites (4 folders)
Box 43 Script
"King Henry V" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1976-1977
Box 44 Notes
Box 44 Production book
Box 44 Programs
Box 44 Publicity
Box 44 Reviews
Box 44 Script
Box 44 Set design
"King Lear" North Shore Music Theater 1973
Box 44 Casting
Box 44 Character notes
Box 44 Clippings and reviews
Box 44 Correspondence
Box 44 Costumes
Box 44 Music and sound effects
Box 44 Photographs
Box 44 Production book (3 folders)
Box 44 Programs
Box 44 Rehearsal schedules
Box 44 Research
Box 44 Set design
Box 44 Text prosody
"Macbeth" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1980
Box 44 Audio tapes
Box 44 Casting
Oversize 2 Costumes
Box 44 Music
Box 44 Notes
Box 44 Production book
Box 44 Programs
Box 44 Publicity
Box 44 Reviews
Box 44 Script
Box 44 Set design
"The Man in the Glass Booth" Old Globe Theater 1971
Box 44 Correspondence
Box 44 Notes
Box 44 Photographs
Box 44 Programs
Box 44 Publicity
Box 44 Production book
Box 44 Research
Box 45 Reviews
Box 45 Scripts
Box 45 Set design
"The Motel Plays" H B Playwrights Foundation 1997
Box 45 Correspondence
Box 45 Programs and flyers
Box 45 Research and notes
Box 45 Scripts
"New Morning For The World" 1982-1983
Box 45 Clippings and reviews
Box 45 Correspondence
Box 45 Programs
Box 45 Research and notes
"Of Mice and Men" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1978
Box 45 Costumes
Box 45 Music
Box 45 Notes
Box 45 Photographs
Box 45 Production book
Box 45 Programs
Box 45 Publicity
Box 45 Reviews
Box 45 Schedules
Box 45 Script
Box 45 Set design
"The Old Ones" The Lambs 1974
Box 45 Audio tapes
Box 45 Casting
Box 45 Correspondence
Box 45 Costs
Box 45 Costumes
Box 46 Legal
Box 46 Music
Box 46 Production book (2 folders)
Box 46 Publicity
Box 46 Reviews
Box 46 Scenery
Box 46 Script (2 folders)
Box 46 Script galleys
Box 46 Stage manager's book
"Politics and Poker" Charles Playhouse undated
Box 46 Notes
Box 46 Production book
"Poppy" Charles Palyhouse 1964
Box 46 Photographs
"She Loves Me" Charles Playhouse 1964
Box 46 Notes
Box 46 Poster
Box 46 Production book
Box 46 Program
Box 46 Reviews
Box 46 Set design
Box 46 "Shelton Maine" InterACTivity Festival 1996
"Square in the Eye (Let's Face It)" Establishment Theatre 1965
Box 46 Correspondence
Box 46 Production book
Box 46 Notes
Box 46 Reviews and clippings
Box 46 Script
"Tangles" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1981
Box 47 Notes
Box 47 Production book (2 folders)
Box 47 Publicity
Box 47 Script (4 folders)
Box 47 Set design
Box 47 Programs
Box 47 Reviews
"Three Sisters" Syracuse University 1963
Box 47 Notes
Box 47 Photographs
Box 47 Printed material
Box 47 Production book
Box 47 Script
"Tom Sawyer" Charles Playhouse 1964
Box 47 Costume design
Box 47 Notes
Box 47 Production book
"Twelfth Night" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1975
Box 48 Costumes
Box 48 Photographs (3 folders)
Box 48 Production book
Box 48 Programs
Box 48 Props
Box 48 Publicity
Box 48 Reviews
Box 48 Set design
"Uncle Vanya" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1976
Box 48 Notes
Box 48 Production book
Box 48 Programs
Box 48 Pronunciation guide
Box 48 Reviews
Box 48 Set design
Box 48 Script, pre-rehearsal
Box 48 Script
"Voices" Trinity Church 1970
Box 48 Auditions
Box 48 Libretto
Oversize 1 Music
Productions involving Shaktman
Box 49 "Betrayal" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1981
Box 49 "Buried Child" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1980
Box 49 "Campaign Relief" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1980
Box 49 "The City Girls" undated (2 folders)
Box 49 "The Desert" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1981
Box 49 "Father's Day" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1977
Box 49 "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide…" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1979
Box 49 "Home" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1982
Box 49 "I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On The Road" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1980
Box 49 "James Joyce's Women" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1980
Box 49 "Juno and the Paycock" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1981
Box 49 "Krapp's Last Tape/Act Witout Words II/Come and Go" Pittsburgh PublicTheater 1979
Box 49 "The Life Of Galileo" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1981
Box 49 "Loot" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1980
Box 49 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1982
Box 49 "Mister Roberts" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1979
Box 49 "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1975
Box 49 "Saint Mark's Gospel" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1980
Box 49 "The Seagull" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1979 - rehearsal script,clippings, etc.
Box 49 "Sizwe Bansi Is Dead" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1976
Box 49 "Sleight Of Hand" Piyysburgh Public Theater 1980
Box 49 "Slow Dance On The Killing Ground/Medal Of Honor Rag" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1978
Box 49 Streetsongs" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1981
Box 49 "Tartuffe" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1982
Box 49 "Terra Nova" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1981
Box 49 "Tintypes" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1982
Box 50 "Two Gentlemen Of Verona" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1981
Box 50 "Vanities and Ashes" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1979
Box 50 "You Know Al, He's A Funny Guy" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1981
"You Never Can Tell" Pittsburgh Public Theater
Map-Case 110 Costume design for character Gloria, played by Erica Peterson, Pittsburgh Public Theatre 3rd season 1977-1978 - Artist/mark: David Toser, '77 28 x 50.6
Box 50 Miscellaneous material 1979
Productions proposed by Shaktman
Box 50 "The Cherry Orchard" 1980
Box 50 "Emigrants" undated
Box 50 "The Four Seasons" 1988
Box 50 "Golden Boy" 1981
Box 50 "Goose Amid the Revolt" 1994
Box 50 "Hart Songs": 1996
Box 50 Audio tapes (2 folders)
Box 50 Correspondence
Box 50 Sheet music
Box 50 "He Who Gets Slapped" 1967
Box 50 "In White America" 1996
Box 50 "Letter To A Daughter" 1979-1980
Box 50 "Major Barbara" 1965
Box 50 "The Man in the Glass Booth" Film remake 1996
Box 50 "Orlando" undated
Box 50 "Private Eyes" Odyssey Theater Ensemble 1996-1997 (2 folders)
"The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui" Village Version 1964
Box 50 Notes
Box 50 Research
Box 50 Script
Box 50 "Take It From Me" 1966
Box 50 "Thornton Wilder Tribute" 1966
Box 50 "Try Try Again" 1966
Productions. misc
Box 70 Nagrin, Daniel, "The Fall" - acting text
Box 70 Nimoy, Leonard, "Vincent" - 2 copies, one with handwritten notes; 2-page itinerary for Nimoy (2 folders)
Box 70 Sexton, Anne, "Mercy Street" - draft; two pages of news about a tribute to her
Box 70 Sexton, Anne, "Mercy Street" - revision #2
Box 70 Wesker, Arnold, "Love letters on blue paper" - typescript carbon with cover letter
Box 70 Wesker, Arnold, "The merchant" - includes sheet of handwritten notes
Writings
Adaptations of others' work
Box 51 "The Human Voice" 1994-1998
Box 51 Copyright
Box 51 Correspondence
Box 51 Research and notes
Box 51 Scripts
Box 51 "Little Orphan Annie" 1966
Box 51 "Marjorie Morningstar" 1968
"Once Upon a Time"
See "Balyashnikov" .
Box 51 "Song in the Theatre" 1960
Box 51 Correspondence
Box 51 Production notes
Box 51 Scripts and sheet music
Articles and essays
Box 51 "Aryan Corn" 1982
Box 51 "Association of Producing Artists" 1962
Box 51 "Brecht on Broadway" 1962
Box 51 "Letter From New York" 1961
Box 51 "Society of Space" 1963
Box 51 "Talks With Mrs. Berthold Brecht" 1962
Books
Box 51 Use a Mirror 1968
Lectures and courses
Box 51 "Activity for Progress" Syracuse University 1963
Box 51 Chinese Drama 1962
Box 51 "Drama 62" Syracuse University 1963
Box 51 "Great Playwriting" New York University undated
Box 51 IBM Seminars 1968-1969 (4 folders)
Box 52 "Makers of Modern Drama" New York University undated
Box 52 Performing Arts Course California Institute of the Arts 1990
Box 52 "Play Production" Syracuse University 1962
Box 52 "Repertory Theater" undated
Box 52 "The Social Consciousness of an Artist" 1966
Box 52 "Social Science 300" undated
Box 52 "Theater" Syracuse University 1965
Box 52 "Writing for the Theatre" New york University 1966
Letters to the editor
Box 52 On death of Bernie Jacobs 1996
Lyrics
Box 52 "Village Idiot" 2000
Pamphlets
Box 52 "PPT's Building Program" Pittsburgh Public Theater 1980
Box 52 Personal journals 1967-2006 (4 folders)
Plays
Box 52 "Communism Now" 1989
Oversize 1 Clippings
Box 52 Correspondence
Box 52 Proposal packets (2 folders)
Box 52 Research and notes
Box 52 "Frances" 1961
In The Words of the Faithful
See "Communism Now" .
"Judge/Jazz": 1985-1990
Box 52 Correspondence
Box 52 Drafts (2 folders)
Box 53 Research notes
Box 53 Scripts (5 folders)
Box 53 "Let There Be Voices" 1958
Box 53 "The Living Stage" Charles Playhouse 1964
Box 53 "Lucretia" 1973
Box 53 "Point in the Square" 1960
"Puss in Boots": 1965
Box 53 Drafts
Box 53 Notes and revisions
"Spain 1937" 1963
Box 53 Correspondence
Box 53 Draft
Box 53 Production book
Box 53 Research and notes
"The Waiting Room" 1970
Box 53 Poetry 1959, 1971, 1973, undated
Program notes
Box 53 Pittsburgh Public Theater 1975-1982
Reviews
Box 53 "The Deer Park" 1967
Box 53 "Inadmissable Evidence" 1965
Box 53 "The Mating Dance" 1965
Box 53 "Postmark Zero" 1965
Box 53 "Solo recital by Daniel Nagrin" 1966
Box 53 "To The Actor" 1985
Box 53 fragments and notes 1966
Screenplays
Box 53 "The Arnold Idea" 1993
Box 53 "Ask Me, I'll Tell You How I Feel" for Marcus Welby, M.D. 1972
Box 53 "Away For The Weekend" undated
Box 53 "The Builders" 1972
Box 54 "Campaign Relief" 1983
Box 54 Copyright
Box 54 Correspondence
Box 54 Drafts
Box 54 Pittsburgh Public Theater production
Box 54 Research
Box 54 TV proposals
Box 54 "Father To My Father" 1972
"The Frozen Boy" for Hill Street Blues 1984
Box 54 Drafts
Box 54 Research and notes
Box 54 Script
Box 54 "The Glory Club" 1972
Box 54 "Hands" 1972
"In My Father's House" 1972-1974
Box 54 CBS contract
Box 54 Correspondence
Box 54 Drafts
Box 54 Research and notes
Box 54 Story outlines (2 folders)
Box 54 "Inside Out" undated
Box 54 "The Nothing Child" 1973
Box 54 "Mother To My Mother" 1973
Box 54 Research
Box 54 Story outlines
Box 54 "My Kind Of Woman" 1974
Box 54 Drafts (2 folders)
Box 54 First revision (2 folders)
Box 54 Notes
Box 54 Scripts
"Tell Me All About Her" 1984
Box 55 Correspondence
Box 55 Drafts (2 folders)
Box 55 Research and notes
Box 55 Scripts
Box 55 Miscellaneous screenplay ideas and outlines 1966, 1967, undated
Television series and specials
Box 55 "Place the Place" 1966
Box 55 "Revue" 1965-1966
Box 55 "Stunt Man" 1965-1966
Box 55 "The World Game" 1966
Thesis "Negro In The New York Theater" Syracuse University 1962
Box 55 Actors and actresses
Box 55 "The American Negro Theater"
Box 55 Bibliography
Box 55 Clippings and programs about individuals
Box 55 Committee for the Employment of Negro Performers
Box 55 Discrimination on the road
Box 55 Eartha Kitt
Box 55 Economics
Box 55 Federal Theater
Box 55 General notes and clippings
Box 55 "Green Pastures"
Box 55 History
Box 55 Negro theater groups
Box 55 Positive policy
Box 55 Published material
Box 55 Richard Wright
Box 55 Sociology
Box 55 Source material
Box 55 Statistics
Box 55 Miscellaneous notes
Memorabilia
Box 56 Address books and calendars 1970-2006
Artwork
Map-Case 110 Print "Still Light" by David Freed 18 x 22
Clippings
Box 56 Film and TV 1998
Box 56 Paris 2006
Box 56 Shaktman critical reviews 1964-1974
Box 56 Theater 1963-1964
Box 56 Miscellaneous 1965-2008
Event programs
Box 57 1956-1968
Box 58 1970-1975
Box 59 1976-1979
Box 60 1980-1982
Box 61 1983-1987
Box 62 1988-1992
Box 63 1993-1995
Box 64 1996-1999
Box 65 2000-2009
Box 66 Undated
Box 67 Phone messages
Box 67 Photographs
Photographs, oversize
Map-Case 110 Black and white photograph of three women, oversize, framed - possibly theater prop?
Map-Case 110 Black and white photograph of black couple on bench
Map-Case 110 Black and white photo of montage of theater scenes - handwritten on back, "We will meet in the year we are sixty-two and you'll give notes as you used to do, VI Chaffon, 1982"
Map-Case 110 Photograph of clipping collage "Stahl Aktien Steigen" 50 x 64
Oversize 1 Miscellaneous
Box 67 Printed material
Box 68 Pittsburgh Public Theater 1996-2004
Tube 927 Pittsburgh Public Theater 1996-2004
Posters
Map-Case 110 1941-1945 / PODVIG NARODA BESSMEPTEN ["The victor of the people is eternal"] - Artist/mark: N. K. Vatolina 66.5 x 96
Map-Case 110 Amphitryon 38; Komodie von Jean Girardoux in den Kammerspielen, Deutsches Theater 82 x 59
Map-Case 110 Arnold Wesker's reading of his "Whatever Happened to Betty Lemon?" 1986
Map-Case 110 Athol Fugard's The Blood Knot, Pittsburgh Public Theater; Allegheny Theater 4th Season 1978-1979 - Artist/mark: Gabriel Difiore Associates 45.5 x 68.5
Map-Case 110 Balyasnikov: A new play by Pittsburgh Public Theater; Aleksei Arbuzov, playwright, Pittsburgh Public Theater 3rd Season 1977-1978 46 x 73.5
Map-Case 110 Benjamin Britten, Albert Hering oder Der Tugendpreis, Komische Oper - Artist/mark: Hei 58.8 x 84
Map-Case 110 Brecht, Leben Des Galilei, Berliner Ensemble am Schiffbauerdamm 83.2 x 117.3
Map-Case 110 Die Affaire Dreyfus - Artist/mark: Weyl 58; caption, "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite" 83.2 x 59
Map-Case 110 Die Heilige Johanna, G. B. Shaw, Volksbuhne 58.3 x 83.4
Map-Case 110 Die Weber by Gerhart Hauptmann, Volksbuhne am Luxemburgplatz - Artist/mark: K 57 58.5 x 83.2
LA Chamber Music Festival 1992 - Artist/mark: Peter Alexander (signed)
Map-Case 110 LIBERTAD! 1967 - Artist/mark: C.Y.63; secondary title in Cyrillic, transl. "Free people of Spain" 55.5 x 70.5
Map-Case 110 London Street Scene limited edition print (#175/25), signed and inscribed to Ben Shaktman 1986 - Artist/mark: John Allen
Map-Case 110 Macbeth von William Shakespeare, Volksbuhne - Artist/mark: Weyl 59 81 x 57.6
Map-Case 110 Neon Rose #15 1967 55.5 x 70.5
Map-Case 110 Neuland Unterm Pflug/Scholochow, Deutsches Theater im Berliner Ensemble - Artist/mark: Reher 58.5 x 83.2
Map-Case 110 Oscar Wilde, "The Importance of Being Earnest," Pittsburgh Public Theatre 4th Season 1978-1979 45.5 x 68
Map-Case 110 Pauken und Tromptene (Trumpets and Drums), Berliner Ensemble, Palace Theater - Artist/mark: Karl Appen 55 83.8 x 118.2
Map-Case 110 Picasso from the Musée Picasso, Paris 1980 - exhibit poster for exhibit at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pittsburgh Public Theater 30th anniversary banner, VERY large 2004
Map-Case 110 Scenic design sketch, black and white - Artist/mark: Ed Wittstein '74 56.2 x 43.5
Map-Case 110 Sommergaste; Maxim Gorki Shauspiel, Deutsches Theater - Artist/mark: Klemke 59 83.8 x 58
Map-Case 110 Supreme Court Planned Parenthood 1992 - Artist/mark: Robbie Conal
Map-Case 110 Tage die die Welt erschutterten, Volksbuhne 10 - Artist/mark: Weyl 57 58.5 x 83.6
Map-Case 110 Venice Art Walk 1990 - Artist/mark: John Baldessari (signed)
Map-Case 110 Wallenstein Trilogie, Deutsches Theater 80 x 59
Box 67 Postcards
Box 67 Scrapbook: Syracuse University 1962-1963
Box 67 Scheduling planners 1982-1986
Travel souvenirs
Box 69 Bermuda 2006
Box 69 Big Sur, California 2007
Box 69 China 2000
Box 69 Maine 1994
Box 69 Napa Valley and Sonoma, California 1995
Box 69 Sedona, Arizona 1992
Box 69 U.S.S.R. 1982
Box 69 Miscellaneous

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