Queer Theatre Collection, 1974-2015

Container List

Series 1: Scripts, Publications, and Memorabilia, 1974-2015 Add to Shelf

Series 1 contains paper documents related to queer theatre. This includes, but is not limited to, scripts, theatre journals, books, playbills, flyers, and posters.

Box-Folder 1.1: Literature, 1994-2005 Add to Shelf

Northwest Theatre Review (1994), International Theatre Journal (2005), and Out Front: Contemporary Gay and Lesbian Plays Introduction by Don Shewey.

Box-Folder 1.2: Non-OSU Playbills and Programs, 1990-2011 Add to Shelf

Breaking the Code (1990), Top Girls (1991), Playbill - Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (August 1993), Playbill - Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (September 1993), Playbill - Angels in America (October 1993), Playbill - Angels in America: Perestroika (1994), Well (2006), and Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (2011).

Box-Folder 1.3: OSU Program and Flyer, 2009-2015 Add to Shelf

Flyer for 2014-2015 season with a letter on the back and a program for the Laramie Project: Ten Years Later reading presented by the Pride Center and other Oregon State University LGBTQ+ related divisions.

Box-Folder 3.1: Posters (Oversized), 1991-2009 Add to Shelf

Includes posters from three OSU productions: Remember My Name (1991), Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (2009), Stop Kiss (2010). Also includes one poster from Broadway of Angels in America (1994).

Box-Folder 1.4: Scripts - Assorted, 1974-2003 Add to Shelf

A Late Snow (1974), Last Summer at Bluefish Cove (1982), A Bright Room Called Day (1985), In the Land of Make Believe (1989), and Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg (2003).

Box-Folder 1.5: Scripts - Pride Center, 1983-2005 Add to Shelf

These materials were mixed with the Pride Center's administrative materials, as opposed to the others that were contained within a separate box. The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, The Rocky Horror Show (1983), Mr. Butterfly (1988), and Sordid Lives (2005).

Box-Folder 1.6: Scripts - Standing Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, 2013 Add to Shelf

Two copies including one with annotations that was performed at Majestic Theatre, a local theater in Corvallis, Oregon.

Series 2: OSU Productions and Commercial Broadcasts, 1989-2003 Add to Shelf

Series 2 contains recordings of OSU theatre productions and recordings of commercial broadcasts that Headrick used for educational purposes. The OSU productions include recordings of the Laramie Project and Act 1 from Remember My Name. The commercial broadcasts used as teaching materials include documentaries and television episodes including two episodes of In the Life, a queer television newsmagazine that ran from 1992 to 2012, and a documentary about the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.

VHS tapes were the original audiovisual format for all recordings. All materials in this series have been digitized and are available upon request. Please see the SCARC "Accessing Audio-Visual Content" policy for more information.

Box-Item 2.1: "Common Threads - Stories From The Quilt" Documentary, 1989 Add to Shelf

"Common Threads" is an American documentary film that tells the story of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, aired as an HBO special presentation (01:21:08).

Extent: 1 .mv4 file; 0.642 GB

Box-Item 2.2: "Remember My Name" - Act 1 Production, 1991 Add to Shelf

An Oregon State University production; a play based on the AIDS Memorial Quilt; the recording includes brief interviews with members of the production (01:16:30).

Extent: 1 .mv4 file; 0.612 GB

Box-Item 2.3: In the Life Episode 503 "Black History Month", 1992 Add to Shelf

In the Life Episode 503 "Black History Month" (16:38; note the recording begins after the start of the episode).

Hosted by Katherine Linton.

A partial episode of In the Life starting with the segment "In the World" which covers gay history and rights in South Africa, the film Out in Africa and the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission with Ciprian Cucu, speaking about human rights abuses in Romania. The Quick stats segment gives hate crime statistics in the US, and in the Book review, Chelsea House Press highlights author James Baldwin.

[The text written on the VHS is "TA 360 - Gays Lesbian"]

Extent: 1 .mv4 file; 0.132 GB

Box-Item 2.4: In the Life Episode 1301 "Violent Opposition", 2003 Add to Shelf

In the Life Episode 1301 "Violent Opposition" (51:41; note the recording begins after the start of the episode)

Host: André DeShields. Featured guests: George Ratliff, Klaus Wowereit, Harvey Fierstein, Christian de la Huerta, Lesley Gore, Bill Thomas, Judith Light, Keith Boykin, Jason Stuart, Patricia Clarkson.

Summary: The first episode of season 12 begins with a segment on the fifth anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death and the rise of hate crimes, with an emphasis on Sakia Gunn. The Real to Reel segment is about George Ratliff's documentary, Hell House. The next segment examines religion in the classroom and an Arkansas public school administration's treatment of a gay student. Another segment focuses on the political evolution of Germany and Klaus Wowereit, the openly gay mayor of Berlin. Next, four lesbian Muslims discuss their experiences with gender, religion and sexuality. Harvey Fierstein's Out Takes segment is titled "3 Questions." Christian de la Huerta, Lesley Gore, Bill Thomas, Judith Light, Keith Boykin and Jason Stuart provide historical PSAs throughout the episode, and Patricia Clarkson provides the celebrity ID.

[The text written on the VHS is "Headrick - Matthew Shepard"]

Extent: 1 .mv4 file; 0.4 GB

Box-Item 2.5: "The Laramie Project" Production, 2003 Add to Shelf

An Oregon State University production (02:15:29).

[There are 2 VHS tapes; 1 is a duplicate]

Extent: 1 .mv4 file; 1.05 GB