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Guide to the
Lake Charles Little Theatre Records
1927- 2009
54.22 linear feet
Collection Number 004
Prepared by Patricia A. Threatt
April 2011
CITATION: The Lake Charles Little Theatre Records, Collection No. 4, Series name, Box
number, Folder number, Archives and Special Collections Department, Frazar Memorial Library,
McNeese State University.
Archives and Special Collections Department
Frazar Memorial Library
McNeese State University
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Historical Sketch
The Lake Charles Little Theatre (LCLT) began around 1927 when Annabel Essary Dees,
Emma Michie, Mrs. J. W. Gardiner, Mary Gayle Porter, and Rosa Hart met to establish a new
community theater group. The first play, Moonshine, opened on February 24, 1927 with Rosa
Hart directing. Early productions were sporadic due to the Great Depression and the Second
World War. After 1946, the LCLT began to increase its offerings to four or five productions
each year.
The Theatre group used several buildings to stage its productions. The groups used local
churches, civic buildings, and schools, for its earliest productions. In 1939, the LCLT took
over the old Wells Fargo building on Bilbo Street with Outward Bound. After a fire in 1958,
the LCLT again found itself homeless. The group moved to the Arcade Theater on Ryan
Street. In 1966, the LCLT moved to the abandoned chapel at the Chennault Air Force Base
and christened it the “Memorial Theater Center.” Another disastrous fire occurred in 1975,
leaving the LCLT scrambling to find a new stage. The group moved its production of Juliet in
Mantua to the Lake Charles Civic Center Theater. After years of staging productions on
various stages throughout the area, the LCLT moved into its new home on Enterprise
Boulevard, the New Stable Playhouse, on September 26, 1986.
For further information see:
Hart, Rosa. “Assert the Stage.” The McNeese Review, vol. 1 # 1, Spring 1948, p. 67-83.
Downer, Brett, Editor. On With the Show, Published by the Lake Charles Little Theatre, Lake
Charles, Louisiana, 2001.
Martin, Charles Placide. Rosa. Foreword by Marion Keats Reed Copyright 1965 by Grace
Martin Printed by Lake Charles Letter Shop.
Heidt, Patsy Ruth. The History of the Theatre in Lake Charles, Louisiana from 1920 to 1950.
Key, Nancy Martin. A Narrative History of the Lake Charles Little Theatre Lake Charles,
Louisiana, 1927-1982.
Smythe, Ann Quilty, Editor. Final Curtain. Lake Charles? 1964.
The Rosa Hart Papers: http://library.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/rosa1.htm.
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Scope and Content Note
The records consist of material relating to the productions of the Lake Charles Little Theatre
from its beginning in 1927, primarily playbills, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The
records also contain other material relating to the organization and management of the theatre,
including membership lists, correspondence, legal documents, clippings, and photographs.
Container List
Series - Little Theatre Productions
Box Folder Description
1 1 Photograph from four 1927 productions: Moonshine, Rickey
(Ricky) Runs Amok, Overtones, and Suppressed Desires; one
unidentified photograph from an early production, ca. 1927-28;
photocopies of newspaper articles about the first three seasons.
Playbills:
- LCLT presents the Beaumont Little Theatre in The Ship, Feb. 7,
1929
- Beaumont Little Theatre presents The LCLT in The Giant's
Stair, May 29-30, 1929
- The LCLT Third Season, November 8, 1928, You and I
- Third Season, December 18, 1928, The Vanishing Princess, The
Giant's Stair, and The Mayor and the Manicure
- Third Season, May 7, 1929, for A Cup of Tea, The Eldest, and
The Twelve Pound Look
2 Three Cornered Moon - April 6, 1936 - playbills
3 The Ghost Train - May 25, 1936 - playbills, photograph
4 Cock Robin - Sept. 28, 1936 - playbills
5 The Drunkard - October 22, 1936 - photograph
6 The Barker - Dec. 14, 1936 - playbills, photographs
7 A Bill of Divorcement - Feb. 22, 1937 - playbills, photograph
8 The Revealing Moment - April 19, 1937 - playbills, photograph
9 Lightnin' - May 17, 1937 - playbills, photograph
10 First Lady - Oct. 4, 1937 - playbills, a copy of the play, clippings
11 Kind Lady - Nov. 22, 1937 - playbills, photograph
12 Ceiling Zero - Feb. 28, 1938 - playbills
13 Stage Door -May 9, 1938 - playbills
14 Night of January 16th - Oct. 10, 1938 - playbills
15 Outward Bound - Feb. 6-7, 1939 - photographs, telegrams,
newsletters, clippings, ticket
16 Personal Appearance - Mar. 27-28, 1939 - ticket, playbills
17 Cradle Snatchers - May 22-23, 1939 - playbills, photographs
18 You Can't Take it With You - Oct. 16-17, 1939 - playbills, clippings
19 Night Must Fall - Dec. 4-5, 1939 - playbills, clippings, ticket
20 Room Service - April 8-9, 1940 - playbill, clippings
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1 21 The Bat - May 20-21, 1940 - playbills, note on cast
22 Candle Light - Oct. 14-15, 1940 - playbills
23 Whistling in the Dark - Dec. 16-17, 1940 - playbills
24 Old Man Taterbug, Backstage, and The Minuet - playbills of three
plays by the LCLT Junior Members - March 31, April 1, 1941
25 Elizabeth the Queen - April 28-May 1, 1941 - playbills (Bundles
for Britain benefit)
26 Here Today - June 9-10, 1941 - playbills
2 1 The Man Who Came to Dinner - Nov. 10-11, 1941 - playbills
2 What a Life - Feb. 11-12,1942 - playbills
3 Reserve Two for Murder - June 11-12, 1942 - playbills
4 My Sister Eileen - Nov. 16-17, 1942 - playbills, list of cast and acts
5 Boy Meets Girl - Oct. 14-17, 1946 - clippings, newsletter, tickets
6 I Remember Mama - Dec. 9-12, 1946 - clippings, tickets, playbills
7 Mary of Scotland - Feb. 17-20, 1947 - playbills, clippings, ticket
8 Biography - March 8, 1947 - playbills, clippings, ticket (play
presented by Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, New Orleans)
9 Arsenic and Old Lace - April 21-24, 1947 - playbills, clippings,
postcard
10 State of the Union - Oct. 13-17, 1947 - playbills, clippings, ticket
11 Barretts of Wimpole Street - Dec. 15-19, 1947 - playbills,
clippings, postcard, ticket
12 Dear Ruth - Jan. 31, 1948 - playbills, clippings (play presented by
the Little Theatre of Shreveport)
13 Death Takes a Holiday - Mar. 15-19, 1948 - playbills, clippings,
ticket
14-15 The Great Big Doorstep - May 17-22, 1948 - playbills, one
autographed by the cast, copy of script, photographs, including Life
photographs
16 Life with Father - Oct. 20-26, 1948 - playbills (one autographed by
cast), clippings, ticket, photographs
17 Seven Keys to Baldpate - Dec. 13-18, 1948 - playbills, clippings,
ticket, worksheet
18 Lovers and Madmen - Jan. 29, 1949 - playbills, clippings (play
presented by the Houston Little Theatre)
19 The Glass Menagerie - Mar. 14-20, 1949 - playbills, clippings
20 Blithe Spirit - May 9-16, 1949 - clippings, ticket, Stable Talk
(newsletter), playbill for Blithe Spirit from Le Petit Theatre du
Vieux Carre from 1945)
21 Over Twenty-One - Oct. 10-15, 1949 - playbills, ticket
22 The Pursuit of Happiness - Dec. 12-17, 1949 - playbills, postcard
23 The Fatal Weakness - Feb. 4, 1950 - playbills, postcard (play
presented by the Memphis Little Theatre)
24 The Little Foxes - March 27-April 1, 1950 - playbills, postcard,
ticket
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2 25 Two Blind Mice - May 29-June 5, 1950 - playbills (one
autographed by cast), postcard, tickets, clipping
26 Light Up the Sky - Oct. 5-11, 1950 - playbills
27 Peter Pan - Jan. 15-20 and Feb. 23-24, 1951 (extra performances)
- playbills, clippings, notes, postcard, ticket
3 1 Goodbye, My Fancy - Mar. 17, 1951 - playbills, postcard (play
presented by the Tulsa Little Theatre)
2 Medea - Apr, 2-7, 1951 - playbills, photographs
3 The Silver Whistle - May 21-26, 28, 1951 - playbills (one
autographed by cast), postcard, ticket
4 The Voice of the Turtle - Oct.18-25, 1951 - Stable Talk
(newsletter), clippings
5 Rain - Feb. 2, 1952 - photograph (good photograph of Rosa Hart),
postcard, notes, playbills, clippings (play presented by the
University of Houston)
6 The Twentieth Century - Feb. 18-24, 1952 - photograph, postcards,
clippings, playbills
7 The Snow Queen - May 5, 1952 - playbills, clippings, notes, Dixie
Roto Magazine article (Kenneth Gaburo, Composer and Margery
Wilson, Librettist)
8 The Happy Time - Oct. 20-25, 1952 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, notes
9 Come Back Little Sheba - Dec. 6, 1952 - playbills, clipping,
postcard (play presented by New Orleans Little Theatre
Productions in association with Tulane University according to
playbill), (playbill in folder from the play when presented by the
Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre in November 1952)
10 Darkness at Noon - Jan. 22-28, 1953 - playbills, notes, postcard,
ticket
11 Remains to be Seen - Mar. 18-21, 23-24, 1953 - playbills,
photographs, clippings, postcard
12 Bell, Book, and Candle - May 4-9, 1953 - playbills, ticket, notes,
dues and membership reminder
13 Mr. Roberts - Oct. 19-24, 1953 - playbills, photographs, clippings,
ticket, cast notes (photographs of guest star Jeffrey Lynn)
14 Born Yesterday - Jan. 14-20, 1954 - playbills, notes, script,
postcards, ticket
15 King Henry the Fourth: First Part - Feb. 19-20, 1954 - playbills,
photographs, notes, clippings, postcard (play presented by the
Bayou Players of McNeese State College)
4 1 The Hasty Heart - Mar. 24-30, 1954 - playbills, notes, clippings,
ticket, postcard, information on costumes
2 Out of the Frying Pan - May 24-30, 1954 - playbills, photograph,
clippings, postcard, ticket (also notices about a Theatre Party)
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R-1-11 4 3 Detective Story - Oct. 26 - Nov. 1, 1954 - playbills, photographs,
clippings, notes, ticket, correspondence (photographs of guest star
Steve Cochran)
4 My Three Angels - Dec. 30, 1954 - Jan. 5, 1955 - playbills (one
autographed by cast), clippings, postcard, ticket (also playbills
from presentation at LaGrange Middle School on Nov. 4-5, 11-12
5 The Man - Jan. 29, 1955 - playbills, clippings, postcard (play
presented by the Sam Antonio Little Theatre)
6 Androcles and the Lion and Le Carnaval - Apr. 20-26,1955-
playbills, clippings, postcard, photographs (Le Carnival presented
by Ida Clarke's Ballet Group)
7 The Fourposter - May 26, - June 1, 1955 - playbills, photographs,
clippings, postcard
8 Stalag 17 - Oct. 17-23, 1955 - playbills, photographs, clippings,
ticket, correspondence (photographs of guest star Hurd Hatfield)
9 Quality Street - Dec. 12-18, 1955 - playbills, clippings, postcard,
ticket
10 Happy Birthday - Jan. 7, 1956 - playbills, postcard (play presented
by the Baton Rouge Little Theatre)
11 High Ground - Mar. 5-11, 1956 - playbills, clippings, ticket
12 Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker - May 14-20, 1956 - playbills,
clippings, ticket, postcard
13 Solid Gold Cadillac - Nov. 5-11, 1956 - playbills, clippings,
postcard
14 Fifth Season - Dec. 1956 - playbills, clippings, postcard, notes
(play presented by Stage, Inc., Beaumont, Texas)
15 The Lark - Feb. 24, - Mar. 2, 1957 - playbills, photographs,
clippings, notes, postcard
16 Barefoot in Athens - May 11-15, 1957 - playbills, clippings, notes
R-1-12 5 1 The Teahouse of the August Moon - Oct. 7-13, 1957 - playbills
(including two autographed by the cast), clippings, notes, postcard
(also a playbill from the Martin Beck Theatre for Teahouse)
2 The Teahouse of the August Moon - Oct. 7-13, 1957 - photographs
3 Bus Stop - Dec. 14, 1957 - playbills, notes, clippings, postcard,
photographs (play presented by the Galveston Little Theatre)
4 Death of a Salesman - Feb. 5-11, 1958 - playbills , clippings, notes,
photographs, postcard, correspondence
5 Sabrina Fair - Apr. 17-23, 1958 - playbills, notes, clippings,
postcard
6 White Sheep of the Family - Oct. 12-18, 1958 - playbills, notes,
clippings, postcard
7 White Sheep of the Family - Oct. 12-18, 1958 - photographs
8 Inherit the Wind - Dec. 14-20, 1958 - playbills, notes, script,
postcard
9 Inherit the Wind - Dec. 14-20, 1958 - photographs
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R-1-12 5 10 No Time for Sergeants - Apr. 1-5 1959 - playbills (including two
autographed by the cast), photographs, clippings, script, postcard
11 Dial M for Murder - May 13-17, 1959 - playbills (including two
autographed by the cast), clippings, postcards
12 The Rainmaker - Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 1959 - playbills (including two
autographed by the cast), photographs, clippings, correspondence,
postcard
13 Visit to a Small Planet - Dec. 8-12, 1959 - playbills (includes one
from the Port Arthur production Nov. 27 - Dec. 3, 1959),
postcards, clippings, photographs (play presented by the Port
Arthur Little Theatre)
R-1-12 6 1 Tiger at the Gates - Feb. 25-29, 1960 - playbills, photographs,
negatives, clippings, postcard
2 Lo and Behold! - Apr. 19-23, 1960 - playbills, clippings, postcard
3 Charley's Aunt - Oct. 18-22, 1960 - playbills, clippings
4 Witness for the Prosecution - Dec. 6-10, 1960 - playbills,
clippings, postcard, photographs (by T. M. “Mickey” Read
5 Skin of Our Teeth - Feb. 7-11, 1961 - playbills (also includes
playbill from Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre of same production
in 1944), clippings, photographs, postcard
6 See How They Run - Mar. 21-25, 1961 - playbills, clippings,
postcard
7 The Boy Friend - Apr. 28-30, May 2-3, 1961 - playbills (including
playbill from the Beaumont Community Players for this
production), clippings, photographs, notes, postcard
8 Mrs. McThing - Oct. 18-22, 1961 - playbills, clippings,
photographs (by T. M. “Mickey” Read)
9 The Time of the Cuckoo - Nov. 28, - Dec.2, 1961 - playbills,
clippings, photographs, postcard
10 The Diary of Anne Frank - Jan. 30, - Feb. 3, 1962 - playbills,
clippings, photographs
11 Misalliance - Mar. 13-17, 1962 - playbills (also includes playbill
from Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre of same production in 1945),
photographs, clipping, postcard
12 The Pajama Game - Apr. 27, - May 5, 1962 - playbills (also
includes playbill from St. James Theatre of same production in
1954), clippings, photographs, also photographs by T. M.
“Mickey” Read
13 The Pleasure of His Company - Oct. 16-20, 1962 - playbills,
clippings, correspondence, photographs, also photographs by T. M.
“Mickey” Read, notes
R-1-12 7 1 The Crucible - Dec. 4-8, 1962 - playbills, clippings, photographs,
postcard
2 The Deadly Game - Feb. 5-9, 1963 - playbills, clippings, postcard
3 Nude With Violin - Mar. 19-23, 1963 - playbills, clippings,
postcard
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R-1-12 7 4 The Rebel's Revenge - May. 16-18, 1963 - script, playbills,
clippings, photographs (The Cabaret Playhouse sponsored by the
Lake Charles Little Theatre)
5 The Perils of Pamona (Pomona) - June 20-22, 1963 - playbills,
clippings, script (The Cabaret Playhouse sponsored by the Lake
Charles Little Theatre)
6 Love Lies A' Bleeding - Aug. 1- 3, 1963 - playbills, clippings (The
Cabaret Playhouse sponsored by the Lake Charles Little Theatre)
7 Carnival - Nov. 20-27, 1963 - playbills, clippings, notes (dates
altered somewhat in deference to "national tragedy" - the
assassination of President Kennedy, extended through the 30th, but
closed 24-25th and 28th)
8 Everybody Loves Opal - Jan. 21 (23?)-25, 1964 - playbills,
clippings, photographs, postcards
9 The Seven Year Itch - Mar. 10-14, 1964 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, postcards
10 Once Upon a Mattress - Apr. 30 - May 5, 1964 - playbills,
clippings, photographs, postcards
11 Dirty Work at the Crossroads - June 19-20, 1964 (date on playbill,
July 17-18 date on postcards) - playbills, photographs, clippings,
postcards (The Cabaret Playhouse sponsored by the Lake Charles
Little Theatre)
12 The Drunkard - July 24-25 and 31 - Aug. 1, 6-8, 13-15, 20-21,
1964 - playbills, clippings, correspondence, postcards (The Cabaret
Playhouse sponsored by the Lake Charles Little Theatre)
13 Auntie Mame - Oct. 20-24, 1964 - playbills (includes playbill from
same production by Orange Community Players in May, 1962?),
clippings, photographs by T. M. “Mickey” Read
14 A Far Country - Nov. 27-30, Dec. 1, 1964 - playbills, clippings,
notes, postcards
R-1-12 8 1 Kind Sir - Feb. 11-13, 19-20, 1965 - playbills (including one
signed by cast), clippings, postcard
2 The Sound of Music - Apr. 30, May, 6-8, 1965 - playbills,
clippings, notes, photographs
3 A Shot in the Dark - Oct. 15-16, 21-23, 1965 - playbills, clippings
4 The Importance of Being Earnest - Jan. 15, 1966 - cast list,
clipping, postcard (single performance)
5 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs - Feb. 17-19, 24-26, 1966 -
playbills, clippings, postcard
6 LCLT Little Group's Cinderella - March 19-20, 26-27, 1966 -
playbills, clippings
7 Camelot - Apr. 28-30, May 5-7, 1966 - playbills, clippings, notes,
(includes playbill from Beaumont Little Theatre performance in
1966)
8 Mary, Mary - June 9-11, 16-18, 1966 - playbills, clippings, notes,
photographs
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R-1-12 8 9 Bell, Book, and Candle - June 23-25, 30, July 1-2, 1966 -
clippings, notes, playbills
10 West Side Story - Oct. 20-22, 1966 - playbills, clippings, notes,
booklet of drawings titled "Souvenir of West Side Story," (this
performance was the first in the Memorial Theater Center of Lake
Charles located at the Chennault Air Force Base, folder contains a
photograph of the kitchen in the theater building)
11 You Can't Take it With You - Dec. 13-17, 1966 - playbills,
clippings, postcard
12 A Streetcar Named Desire - Feb. 7-11, 1967 - playbills, clippings
13 Any Wednesday - Apr. 4-8, 1967 - playbills, clippings
14 Riverwind - May 23-27, 1967 - playbills, clippings, postcards
15 Rosie's Ricochet Romance - June 1, 2, 3, 1967 - playbills,
clippings, photographs (The Cabaret Playhouse sponsored by the
Lake Charles Little Theatre)
16 Rebel's Revenge - July 6-8, 1967 - playbills, clippings (The
Cabaret Playhouse sponsored by the Lake Charles Little Theatre)
R-1-12 9 1 Odd Couple - Oct. 12-14, 19-21, 1967 - playbills, clippings,
photographs
2 The Man Who Came to Dinner - Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2, 7-9, 1967 -
playbills
3 Critic's Choice - April 24-27, 1968 - playbills, notes
4 The Winslow Boy - June 6-8, 1968 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, notes
5 Dirty Work at the Crossroads - July 18-20, 1968 - playbills,
clippings, photographs (The Cabaret Playhouse sponsored by the
Lake Charles Little Theatre)
6 Rosie's Ricochet Romance - Aug. 22-24, 1968 - clippings, playbills
7 The Little Foxes - Dec. 12-14, 1968 - playbills, photograph,
clippings, letter (performed by the Beaumont Community Players,
dedicated to the memory of Tallulah Bankhead)
8 Star-Spangled Girl - Feb. 27-28, - Mar. 1, 1969 - playbills,
clippings, photograph, notes, tickets
9 Come Blow Your Horn - June 12-14, 1969 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, postcard
10 Caught in the Villain's Web - July 24-26, - Aug. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16,
1969 - playbills, clippings, tickets (The Cabaret Playhouse
sponsored by the Lake Charles Little Theatre)
11 Luv - Oct. 9-11, 1969 - playbills, clippings, photographs, notes
12 Gloucester - Dec. 4-6, 1969 - playbills, clippings, photographs,
letters (an original play written and director by local
author/director K. Ramsey MacLeod)
13 Wait Until Dark - Feb. 5-7, 1970 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, notes (includes playbill from same production by The
Omaha Playhouse)
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R-1-12 9 14 The Caretaker - Apr. 9-11, 1970 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, notes
15 The Women - May 28-30, 1970 - playbills, clippings, notes
16 Light Up the Sky - Nov. 5-7, 1970 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, correspondence, tickets
17 The Bad Seed - Dec. 16-19, 1970 - playbills, clippings,
photographs
R-1-12 10 1 The White Sheep of the Family - Mar. 11-13, 1971 - playbills,
clippings, photographs
2 The Great Big Doorstep - May 4-8, 1971 - Sept. 23, 29, 30, 1972 -
playbills, clippings, script (includes program from Spotlight on the
Arts '72 and Lake Charles Festival of the Arts 1972, both of which
featured Act II, Scene 2 of The Great Big Doorstep)
3 The Great Big Doorstep - May 4-8, 1971, Sept. 23, 29, 30, 1972 -
photographs
4 I Do! I Do! - June 10-12, 1971 - playbills, clippings, photograph
5 Jenny Kissed Me - Oct. 5-9, 1971 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, slides
6 The Curious Savage - Dec. 9-11, 1971 - playbills, clippings,
photographs
7 Antigone - Feb. 10-12, 1972 - playbills, clippings, photographs,
slides, postcard
8 Under the Yum Yum Tree - May 10-13, 1972 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, postcard, ticket
9 Telemachus Clay - July 7-8, 14-15, 1972 - playbills, clippings,
slides
10 Butterflies are Free - Oct. 13-14, 20-21, 1972 - playbills, clippings,
photographs
R-1-13 11 1 Arsenic and Old Lace - Dec. 8- 9, 15-16, 1972 - playbills,
clippings, photographs
2 The Glass Menagerie - Feb. 16-17, 23-24, 1973 - playbills,
clippings, ticket
3 Natalie Needs a Nightie - Apr. 27-28, - May 4-5, 1973 - playbills,
clippings
4 Last of the Red Hot Lovers - Oct. 25-27, Nov. 1-3, 1973 - playbills,
clippings, notes
5 Upstairs at the Whitehouse - Feb. 8-9, 1974 - playbills, clippings,
ticket (Book Theatre presented by the LCLT, Mrs. Weldon Lynch
presented her interpretation of the book, original lithographs and
etchings of famous American artists were on sale at the
presentation, pamphlet included in file)
6 I Never Sang for My Father - Apr. 5-6, 12-13, 1974 - playbills,
clipping, photograph
7 The Tender Trap - June 27-29, 1974 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, postcard
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R-1-13 11 8 Old Timers Night - Theater Under The Stars (including Here We
Are, Macbeth (from The Twisted Tales of Shakespeare), The Odd
Couple
(Act II) - Aug. 23, 1974 - playbills, clippings, photographs,
postcard (A late summer divertissement, three one-act plays aimed
at re-uniting LC old-timers)
9 Generation - Oct. 2, 4-5, 1974 - playbills, clippings
10 A Man for All Seasons - Dec. 5-7, 13-14 (special performances),
1974 - playbills, clippings, postcard
11 Juliet in Mantua - Mar. 22, 1975 see below - playbills, clippings,
photographs, postcard (in rehearsal when fire destroyed the
theatre's auditorium at Chennault, this played at the Civic Center,
original scheduled dates were Feb. 26, 28, March 1, includes
photograph of the destroyed Memorial Theatre)
12 Under the Gaslight - Aug 23-24, 1975 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, postcard (presented at Bord Du Lac Park at the Civic
Center, note says also presented at DeRidder, DeQuincy, and the
Ranch House at McNeese)
13 Room Service - Nov. 14-15, 21-22, 1975 - playbills, clipping,
photograph (staged at LaGrange Middle School auditorium)
14 LCLT Showcase of High School Talent - Feb. 11, 1976 - programs
(Explorer Post 25), clippings, photographs (LaGrange auditorium,
includes acts from various plays with students from Bell City,
Boston, LaGrange, Marion, and Barbe High Schools)
15 Dracula Baby - April 30, May 1, 7-8, 1976 - playbills, clippings,
photographs
16 An American Odyssey - July 4, 1976 - playbill, photographs
17 Fannie the Frivolous Flapper - Aug. 13-14, 1976 - programs
(Explorer Post 25), clippings, photographs (Sing Along)
18 Night Must Fall - Oct. 8-9, 15-16, 1976 - playbills, photographs
19 Solid Gold Cadillac - Dec.3-4, 10-11, 1976 - playbills, clippings,
photograph, notes (Stable Talk)
20 Anything Goes - Mar. 11-12, 18-19, 1977 - playbills, clippings,
photographs (performed at Central School Theatre)
21 The Owl and the Pussycat - Mar. 25 and Apr. 1, 1977 - programs,
clippings, photographs (first dinner theatre production), also
includes invitations and clippings concerning the end of the season
party, the Fin-de-Saison Soirée
R-1-13 12 1 The Drunkard - Aug. 5-7, 1977 - playbills, clippings, photographs
2 A Midsummer Night's Dream - Sept. 9-11, 1977 - playbills,
clippings
3 My Three Angels - Nov. 4, 5, 11, 12, 1977 - playbills, photographs
4 The Miser - Jan. 20-22, 27-28, 1978 - playbills, clippings,
photographs
5 Guys and Dolls - Mar. 31, - Apr. 1, 7- 8, 1978 - playbills,
clippings, photographs
12
R-1-13 12 6 The Comedy of Errors - Sept. 8-10, 1978 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, flyer
7 An Enemy of the People - Oct. 27-28, - Nov. 3-4, 1978 - playbills,
clippings, photograph
8 School for Scandal - Dec. 1-2, 8-9, 1978 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, newsletters
9 Real Inspector Hound - Feb. 8-10, 1979 - playbills, clippings,
photographs
10 Kiss Me, Kate - Apr. 19-21, 1979 - playbills, clippings,
photographs (with visiting artist J. B. Davis)
11 The Merry Wives of Windsor - July 27-28, August 3-5, 1979 -
playbills, clippings, Mayor's Proclamation
12 Life With Father - Oct. 12-13, 19-20, 1979 - playbills, clippings,
newsletter
13 The Runner Stumbles - Nov. 9-10, 16-17, 1979 - clippings
14 The Great Golden Radio Hour - Feb. 21-23, 1980 - playbills,
clippings (presented live on NOVA-104 radio Feb. 20) (co-
sponsored by McNeese's dramatic honor fraternity, Alpha Psi
Omega)
15 The Pirates of Penzance - May 9, 10, 1980 - playbills, clippings,
newsletter
16 Shakespeare's - Romeo And Juliet - July 18-20, 1980, As You Like
It - July 25-27, 1980 - playbills, clippings (Shakespeare Under the
Stars)
17 Ten Little Indians - Oct. 10-11, 17-18, 1980 - playbills, clippings
18 No Sex Please, We're British! - Nov. 13-15, 20-22, 1980 -
playbills, clippings, postcard
R-1-13 13 1 An Almost Perfect Person - Feb. 6-7, 13-14, 1981 - playbills,
clippings (includes clipping and program from Cinema-on-the-
Side, COTS, for Feb.-March, 1981)
2 The Would-Be Gentleman - Apr.1-4, 1981 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, notes
3 The Fantasticks - May 27-30, 1981 - playbill
4 DA - October 22-24, 1981- playbills
5 Caught in the Villain's Web or More Sinned Against Than Sinning
- March 10-13, 1982 - playbills
6 Candida - Apr. 7-10, 1982 - playbills
7 Dolls (A Louisiana Trilogy) - Nov. 11-13, 1982 - playbill, clipping
8 Tartuffe - Feb. 18-19, 25-26, 1983 - clippings, playbills
9 Night of The Iguana - Mar. 1, 2, 1983 - clippings, playbills,
photographs, correspondence, clipping
10 Hamlet - Aug. 12-14, 1983 - playbill
11 The Man Who Came to Dinner - October 14-15, 21-22, 1983 -
clipping, playbills
12 Hot L Baltimore - November 30, December 1-3, 1983 - playbill,
correspondence
13
R-1-13 13 13 Look at the Grouse - January 10-15, 1984 - playbill, postcard;
Twilight Snacks Theatre - Laundry and Bourbon and Lone Star -
Feb. 24-26, 1984 announcements, clippings
14 Over at Miss Emma's - March 9-10, 16-17, 1984 - playbills,
clippings
15 Angel Street - May 11-12, 18-19, 1984 - playbills, clippings
16 Moliere Meets Shakespeare (Louisiana Shakespeare Festival) -
clippings, Two Gentlemen of Verona - Aug. 31, Sept. 1-2, 1984 -
playbill (file includes photo of collapsed Capo Building, corner of
Kirby and Ryan Streets, used for LCLT rehearsals)
17 A Streetcar Named Desire - Oct. 11-13, 19- 20, 1984 - playbills
(including one autographed by the cast), clippings, photographs
18 Over at Miss Emma's II - Nov. 29-30 - Dec. 1, 7- 8, 1984 -
playbills, clippings, photographs
19 The Fourposter - Jan. 24-26, Feb. 1-2, 1985 - playbills, clippings
20 Wait Until Dark - Mar. 7- 9, 15-16, 1985 - playbills, clippings
21 Crimes of the Heart - May 16-18, 24-25, 1985 - playbills, clippings
22 Much Ado About Nothing (Louisiana Shakespeare Festival) - July
26 - Aug. 4, 1985 - clippings, playbills (the play was presented on
the Fridays and Saturdays during this time; the Chamber Singers of
the Louisiana Choral Foundation presented Lovesongs and
Memories and the Storytellers presented Grimm's Magic on the
Sundays)
23 Grease - Oct. 25-26, 31 and Nov. 1-2, 1985 - clippings, playbills,
brochure for the 59th season
24 Lion in Winter - Dec. 6-7, 12-14, 1985 - clippings, playbills
R-1-13 14 1 Belle of Amherst - Jan. 24-25, 30-31, Feb. 1, 1986 - playbills,
announcement, clipping
2 Room Service - March 14-15, 20-22, 1986 - playbills, photograph,
announcements
3 Amadeus - May 2-3, 8-10, 1986 - photograph clipping, playbills,
announcement of Harlequinade (according to the playbill,
Amadeus was the last production at Central School; the theatre was
moving to new site on Enterprise Blvd)
4 The Charred Bard and The Most Tragical Historie of Pyramus and
Thisby - July 25-26 and Aug. 1-3, 1986 - clippings, playbills, three
photographs from the 1964 production which took place at the
home of Mordelo Vincent (see Rosa's book Final Curtain in the
Special Collections), two Louisiana Shakespeare Festival posters
1985 and 1986 (outside the box) (VHS and broadcast tape of PBS
(LPB) program Louisiana: The State We're In concerning
Louisiana Shakespeare Festival, Acadiana Profile vol. 12 no. 2,
1985 special issue p. 17)
5 60th Season brochure and poster, Noises Off - Sept. 26-28, Oct. 3-
5, 1986 - clippings, playbills, photograph
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R-1-13 14 6 Dracula - Oct. 24-25, 31 and Nov. 1 - 2, 1986- playbills, clippings,
invitation to a "Theatre Warming"
7 LCLT Twilight Snack Play - Patio/Porch, presented at the
Sheraton Chateau Charles - Dec. 8-9, 1986 - clipping, playbills,
announcement
8 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Jan. 16-17, 23-25, 1987 -
playbills, clippings, photographs (final performances moved to Jan.
30-31 and Feb. 1)
9 Arsenic and Old Lace - Mar. 6-7, 13-15, 1987 - photographs,
clippings, playbills, publicity brochure
10 The Merry Widow - Mar. 25-28, Mar. 29-Apr. 3, 1987 -
photographs, clippings, playbills - (joint production with the Lake
Charles Symphony, Dance Theatre Southwest, and the Louisiana
Choral Foundation on April 4 and announcements/invitations from
these organizations), file also includes playbill and announcement
from Patio (Dinner Theatre play) May 31-June 1, 1987
11 Li'l Red - June 20-21, 27-28, 1987 - clippings, playbills,
photographs, announcement
12 Hay Fever - Sept. 12-13, 18-20, 25-26, 1987 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, announcement, Season 61 publicity brochures
13 Harvey - Nov. 7-8, 13-15, 20-21, 1987 - playbills, clippings,
audition announcements
14 The Mousetrap - Jan. 23-24, 29-31, Feb. 5-6, 1988 - playbills,
photographs, clippings, newsletter
15 The Foreigner - Mar. 12-13, 18-20, 25-26, 1988 - clippings, fact
sheet, audition announcement, playbill, photographs
16 The Importance of Being Earnest - May 14-15, 20-22, 27-28, 1988
- announcement, clippings, photographs, playbills
R-1-13 15 1 The Gospel According to Rita Mae - Feb. 19-21, 1988 - playbills,
clippings, announcements
2 Twelfth Night - July 30-31 - Aug. 5-6, 1988 - photographs,
clippings, playbills, Louisiana Shakespeare Festival
announcements and poster (outside box)
3 Strange Snow - Aug. 12-13, 1988 - playbills, clippings,
photographs, announcement (Twilight Snacks Presentation)
4 Blithe Spirit - Sept. 17-18, 23-25, 30 - Oct. 1, 1988 - clippings,
photographs, playbills, publicity brochure
5 Sherlock's Last Case - Nov. 5-6, 11-13, 18-19, 1988 - clippings,
playbills, photographs, audition announcement
6 The House of Blue Leaves - Jan. 21-22, 27-29 - Feb. 3-4, 1989 -
clippings, playbill, photographs, announcement for set construction
party
15
15 7 Madama Butterfly - April 8, 1989 - (joint production of the Lake
Charles Little Theatre, the Lake Charles Symphony Orchestra and
the Louisiana Choral Foundation) Lake Charles Symphony 31st
Season booklet, photographs and negatives, clippings, posters
8 Steel Magnolias - May 13-14, 19-21, 26-27, 1989 - clippings,
playbill, photographs, set construction announcement
9 Bus Stop, Sept. 23-24, 29-30, Oct.1, 6-7, 1989; photographs,
clippings, playbills, publicity brochures about Season 63
10 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune, Oct. 13-14, 20-22, 1989
- playbills, clippings, photographs
11 Anastasia - Nov. 11-12, 17-19, 24-25, 1989 - playbills,
photographs, clippings
12 Painting Churches - Dec. 1-2, 8-9, 1989 - clippings, photographs
(including Andrew Traister, guest artist-in-residence), playbills
13 Absurd Person Singular - Feb. 17-18, 23-25, Mar. 2-3, 1990 -
photographs, clippings, playbills, audition announcement
14 On the Verge - March 23-24, 30-31, 1990 - photographs, clippings,
playbills, audition announcement
15 Evita - April 28-29, May 4-6, 11-12, 1990 - audition
announcement, clippings, playbill, photographs
16 Kith and Kin - August 10-11, 17-18, 1990 - playbills, photographs,
clippings
17 The Imaginary Invalid - September 22-23, 28-30, October 5-6,
1990 - 64th Season brochure, playbills, clippings, calendar
18 Whodunnit -November 10-11, 16-18, 23-24, 1990 - playbills,
photographs, clippings
19 Greater Tuna Christmas - January 19-20, January 25-27, February
1-2, 1991 - clippings, playbills
20 The Cocktail Hour - March 9-10, 15-17, 22-23, 1991 - clippings,
playbills, photographs
21 Lend Me a Tenor - May 11-12, 17-19, 24-25, 1991 - photographs,
clippings, playbills
16 1 The Rose Tattoo - September 21-22, 27-29 - Oct 4, 5, 1991 -
photographs, clippings, 65th Season Brochure, playbills, posters
(including one autographed by the cast), tickets, newsletter
2 The Mystery of Irma Vep - November 9-10, 15-17, 22-23, 1991 -
playbills, photographs, clippings.
3 Lettice and Lovage - January 25-26, 31 - February 1-2, 7-8 1992 -
photograph, clippings, playbills
4 Mornings at Seven (a substitute for The Little Foxes) - March 21-
22, 27-29 - April 3-4, 1992 -photograph, clippings, playbills
5 The Miser - May 9-10, 15-17, 22-23, 1992 - clippings,
photographs, playbills, poster
6 Ain't Misbehavin' - Sept. 12-13, 18-20, 24-26, 1992 - clipping,
playbills, 66th Season brochures
16
16 7 I Hate Hamlet - Nov. 7, 8, 13-15, 19-21, 1992 - clippings, playbills
8 Love Letters - January 9-10, 15-17, 21-23, 1993 - clippings,
playbills, notice
9 The Bad Seed - February 27-28, March 5-7, 11-13, 1993 -
clippings, playbills
10 Daddy's Dying, Who's Got the Will? - April 17-18, 23-25, 29-30,
May 1, 1993 - clippings, playbills, photographs
11 Steel Magnolias - June 18-19, 25-26, July 2-3, 1993 - A Summer
Encore notice, clippings, playbills
12 Nunsense - The Second Coming - September 11-12, 17-19, 23-25,
1993 - clippings, playbills, 67th Season Brochures (also billed as
Nunsense II or 2: The Second Coming)
13 To Kill a Mockingbird - November 6-7, 12-14, 18-20, 1993 -
clipping, playbills
14 The Cemetery Club - January 22-23, 28-30, February 3-5, 1994 -
clippings, playbills
15 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - March 12-13, 17-20, 24-26, 1994 -
clippings, playbills - Dedication invitation and programs for the
ceremony dedicating and naming the Little Theatre auditorium the
"Robert F. Michel Auditorium" in The New Stable Playhouse
16 The Odd Couple - April 30, May 1, 6-8, 11-14, 1994 - clippings,
playbills
17 Dangerous Liaisons - September 10-11, 16-18, 22-25, 1994 -
playbills, clippings, 68th Season Brochures
18 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - November 5-
6, 11-13, 17- 20, 1994 - clippings, playbills, photographs
17 1 Other People's Money - January 21-22, 27-29, February 2-5, 1995
- clippings, playbills
2 Arms and the Man - March 11-12, 17-19, 23-26, 1995 - clippings,
playbill
3 A Little Night Music - April 29-30, May 5-7, 11-14, 1995 -
clippings, playbill
4 Laundry & Bourbon and Lone Star - two one-act plays - July 27-
29, August 3-5, 1995 - playbill, clipping, photograph (also includes
playbill for productions of Lone Star on July 10-11, no year, given
with a different cast)
5 Gumbo-Ya-Ya - An Evening of Stories from Many Cultures with
Storyteller Lynette Braxton - August 11-12, 1995 - announcement
(Summer Cafe Theatre)
6 A Streetcar Named Desire - September 23-24, 28-30, October 1, 5-
7, 10, 1995 - clippings, playbills, 69th Season brochures
7 The Foreigner - November 4-5, 10-12, 16-19, 1995 - clippings,
playbills
8 Season's Greetings - a Holiday Omnibus Reader's Theatre -
December 6-10, 1995 - announcement, playbill, clipping
17
17 9 The Golden Radio Hour - January 24-28, 1996 - announcement,
clippings, playbills
10 The Picnic - February 24-25, March 1-3, 7-10, 1996 - playbills,
clippings, announcement
11 You Can’t Take it With You- April 19-21, 25-28, May 2-5, 1996 -
playbills
12 The Rainmaker - September 14-29, 1996 - playbills, clippings,
photographs from 70th season celebration, 70th Season brochures
13 Noises Off - November 9 - 24, 1996 - playbills, clippings
14 One Act Times Three - February 15 - March 2, 1997 - playbill,
clippings, photograph (A Festival of One Act Plays, including Tall
Tales, The Marriage Proposal, Aria da Capo)
15 Loot - April 12 - April 27, 1997 - playbills, clippings
16 Gaslight (Angel Street) - May 24 - June 8, 1997 - playbills,
clippings, announcement
17 Three Tall Women - September 13-14, 19-21, 25-28, 1997 -
playbills, clippings, 71st Season brochures
18 Don’t Dress for Dinner - November 8-9, 13-16, 20-23, 1997 -
playbills
19 Dancing at Lughnasa - February 14-15, 20-22, 27-28, March 1,
1998 - playbills, clippings, photographs
20 Oklahoma - April 18-19, 1998 - Lake Charles Symphony program,
clippings (joint production of the LCLT, The LC Symphony, the
Louisiana Choral Foundation and Dance Theatre Southwest)
21 Moon Over Buffalo - May 30-31, June 5-7, 11-14, 1998 - playbills,
clippings
22 Forever Plaid - September 12-13, 18-20, 24-27, 1998 - playbills,
clippings, 72nd Season brochure
23 The Dining Room - November 7-8, 13-15, 19-22, 1998 - playbills,
clippings
24 Louisiana Women - January 9-10, 15-17, 21-24, 1999 - playbills,
clippings, brochure, 3 DVDs of performances (written by Carolyn
Woosley)
25 Celebration - February 4-7, 1999 - clippings
26 Picasso at the Lapin Agile - March 13-14, 18-21, 25-28, 1999 -
playbills, clippings
27 The Imaginary Invalid en Louisiane - May 29-30, June 4-6, 10-13,
1999 - playbills, clippings, 2 DVDs of performances
28 Marvin’s Room - September 11-26, 1999 - playbills, clippings,
73rd Season brochures
29 The Last Night of Ballyhoo - November 6-7, 12-14, 18-21, 1999 -
playbills, clippings
30 Tuna Christmas - January 15-16, 20-23, 27-30, 2000 - playbills,
clippings
18
17 31 Durang Durang - March 4-5, 10-12, 16-19, 2000 - playbills,
clippings, collage-framed (24 x 36) with photos and ticket (stored
outside box)
32 A Delicate Balance - May 13-14, 19-21, 25-28, 2000 - playbills,
clippings
33 Art - September 16-17, 22-24, 28-30, October 1, 2000 - playbills,
clippings
34 The Real Inspector Hound - November 45, 10-12, 16-19, 2000 -
playbills, clippings (includes The Fifteen-Minute Hamlet)
18 1 Louisiana Women: Tabasco in Your Eye - January 6-7, 12-14, 18-
21, 2001 - playbills (including one autographed by the cast),
clippings, photographs (written by Carolyn Woosley)
2 The Beauty Queen of Leenane - March 17-18, 23-25, 29-31, April
1, 2001 - playbills, clippings
3 Twelve Angry Men - May 12-13, 18-20, 24-27, 2001 - playbills,
clippings, photographs (also includes clippings on Curse You, Jack
Dalton and Box and Cox, summer productions July 14-15 and 20-
22
4 Over at Miss Emma’s - September 15-16, 20-23, 27-30,2001 -
playbills, clippings, 75th Season brochure, calendars, photocopy of
thank you note from Mamie Eisenhower and clippings concerning
it, thank you note on Majestic Hotel note card
5 The Lion in Winter - November 3-4, 8-11, 15-18, 2001 - playbills,
clippings, photographs
6 To Kill a Mockingbird - February 15-17, 21-24, 28, March 1-3,
2002 - playbills, clippings, cast information, photographs
7 Blithe Spirit - April 20-21, 25-28, May 2-5, 2002 - playbills,
clippings, ArtScene newsletter
8 Room Service - June 22-23, 27-30, July 5-7, 2002 - playbills,
clippings (includes brochure on Governors’ Arts Award, May 1,
2002, naming LCLT the winner of the Outstanding Large Arts
Organization for the year and playbills for Cinderella Wore
Combat Boots and When Shakespeare's Ladies Meet, August 1-4,
2002)
9 The Sisters Rosenweig - September 21-22, 26-29, October 3-6,
2002 - playbills, clippings, 76th Season brochure and calendars
10 A Flea in Her Ear - November 9-10, 14-17, 21-24, 2002 -
playbills, clippings, photographs (folder includes program from
Holiday Series - December 13-15)
11 Our Town - February 22-23, 27-28, March 1-2, 6-9, 2003 -
playbills, clippings, photographs
12 Barefoot in the Park - April 26-27, May 1-4, 8-11, 2003 - playbills,
clippings
13 Same Time, Next Year - June 14-15, 19-22, 26-29, 2003 - playbills,
clippings
19
18 14 Fifth (5th) of July - September 13-14, 18-21, 25-28, 2003 -
playbills, clippings, announcements, 77th Season brochures
15 Kingfish - October 10-11, 2003 - playbills, clippings, tickets, notice
of this special addition to the 77th season
16 The Member of the Wedding - November 8-23, 2003 - playbills,
clippings, photographs, negatives, DVD of the Nov. 16, 2003
production, handwritten cast notes
19 1 Anne of Green Gables - February 14-15, 19-22, 26-29, 2004 -
playbills, clippings
2 The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 - March 27-28, April 1-4, 8-
11, 2004 - playbills, clippings
3 Fuddy Meers - May 15-30, 2004 - clippings
4 Crimes of the Heart - September 11-12, 16-19, 23-26, 2004 -
playbills, clippings, 78th Season brochures, Volunteer
Appreciation Day invitation, announcement
5 Death Trap - November 6-7, 11-14, 18-21, 2004 - playbills,
clippings, photographs
6 Holiday Event 2004 - December 11, 2004 - clippings,
announcements, programs
7 AACT (American Association of Community Theatre) Festival
2005 (AACTFest) - January 14-15, 2005 - ArtScene newsletter for
Third Quarter 2004 mentioning the 78th Season of the LCLT and
the AACTFest, clippings, programs, invitation to Gala Theatre
Fete, (tickets to Awards and Dinner Dance - June 2005)
8 Little Foxes - March 5-6, 10-13, 17-20, 2005 - playbills, clippings,
announcements
9 The Nerd - May 7-8, 12-15, 19-22, 2005 - playbills, clippings
10 Twentieth Century - September 10-11, 15-18, 22-25, 2005 -
playbills, clippings, 79th Season brochure (the later performances
of Twentieth Century were cancelled due to Hurricane Rita, the
season schedule disrupted, clippings concerning that and the
damage to the theatre)
11 It's A Wonderful Life - December 10, 2005 - playbill, clippings,
announcement (radio-style program staged at Central School
Auditorium)
12 Little Women - January 28-29, February 2-5, 9-12, 2006 - playbills,
clippings (first production since Hurricane Rita except for It's A
Wonderful Life)
13 Sylvia - March 18-19, 23-26, 30-31, April 1-2, 2006 - clippings,
playbills
14 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! - (Rotary Club annual
Dinner Theatre - May 12, 2006) May 13-28, 2006 - playbill,
clippings, Rotary Club newsletter
15 Hay Fever - September 2-3, 7-10, 14-17, 2006 - playbills,
clippings, 80th Season brochure
20
19 16 Dracula - October 28-29, November 2-5, 10-12, 2006 - playbills,
clippings
17 Visiting Mr. Green - January 20-21, 25-28, February 1-4, 2007 -
playbills, clippings
18 On With the Show: Broadway Favorites Sung by Little Theatre All-
Stars - February 24, 2007 - 80th Anniversary celebration of the
LCLT
19 Death of a Salesman - March 10-11, 15-18, 22-25, 2007 - (had
been scheduled for the 79th season, but Hurricane Rita intervened!)
20 The Miss Firecracker Contest - May 5-6, 11-14, 17-20, 2007 -
playbills, clippings
21 The Kingfish - August 24-25, 2007 - benefit for the LCLT,
clipping, announcement, 81 Season note cards with The Kingfish
featured on front
22 Moonlight and Valentino - September 8-9, 13-16, 20-23, 2007 -
playbills, clippings, 81st Season brochures
23 The Trip to Bountiful - November 3-4, 8-11, 15-18, 2007 -
playbills, clippings
20 1 A Christmas Story - December 13-16, 2007 - playbills, clippings
2 Peg O' My Heart - February 23-24, 28-29, March 1-2, 6-9, 2008
3 See How They Run - May 3-4, 8-11, 15-18, 2008 - playbills,
clippings
4 Room Service - September 6-7, 11-14, 18-21, 2008 - playbill,
clippings
5 A Raisin in the Sun - October 25-26, 30-31, November 1-2, 6-9,
2008 - playbill, clippings
6 A Christmas Pudding - Little Theatre Holiday Show - December 4-
7, 2008, playbills, clippings, photograph
7 You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - February 28, March 1, 5-8,
12-15, 2009 - playbills, clippings
8 The Foreigner - April 18-19, 23-26, 30, May 1-3, 2009 - playbills,
clippings
9 An Evening of Original 10-Minute Comedic Scripts - June 26,
2009 - playbill, clippings
21 1 Slides of: Belle of Amherst, 1986; The Imaginary Invalid, 1990;
The Imaginary Invalid en Louisiane, 1999; Moon Over Buffalo,
1998
2 Slides of: Two Gentleman of Verona, 1983 [La. Shakespeare Fest];
Fannie the Frivolous Flapper, 1976; [Event Unknown], 1984; Anne
Drake; A Delicate Balance, 2000
3 Slides of: The Mikado, 1982; Dracula Baby, 1976; Guys and Dolls,
1978; Anything Goes, 1977; Merry Wives of Windsor, 1979; The
Drunkard, 1977; The Great Golden Radio Hour, 1980; Room
Service, 1986; Lettice and Lovage, 1992
21
21 4 Slides of: [Dulee? Man]; [Nite Music]; School for Scandal;
[Melodrama, 1975]; [Melodrama at CC]; Grease, 1985;
Shakespeare at CC, 1986; Guys and Dolls; Kiss Me, Kate; The 15-
Minute Hamlet, 2000; Stolen Princess, 1977; The Wizard of Oz,
1977; Merry Wives of Windsor, 1979; An Almost Perfect Person;
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf; Ten Little Indians; Caught Up In
the Villain’s Web, 1982; Under the Gaslight, 1975; A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, 1977; The Owl and the Pussycat; [Apres Show,
Explorers, 1977]; Two Gentleman of Verona[?], 1984; The
Drunkard; [Building of the Amphitheatre]; [Arts Fest]; [LASF
Merchant of Venice?]; Switched at the Crossroads; The Would-Be
Gentleman; The Miser; The Runner Stumbles; Hamlet
5 [King Lear, LSF, 1985]; Hamlet; Life With Father, 1980; Love
Letters, 1992; [Dulee? Man, 1977]; [Dulce? Man, 1978]; An
Enemy of the People; [Explorer’s Show, 1977]; A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, 1986; [Fin-De-Saison Soiree, 1977]; 15-minute
Hamlet, 2000; The Rose Tattoo, 1991; [Shakespeare at CC, 1986];
[Arms and the Man cast party]; Anastasia 1989; Arms and the
Man, 1995; Switched at the Crossroads, 1976?; [Phil]; Gold
Cadillac, 1976
6 Much Ado About Nothing, 1986; Arsenic and Old Lace, 1987;
[Nite of One Acts, 1977]; [NYE, 1976]; [Unidentified party, 1989];
The Pirates of Penzance; On the Verge, 1990; Whodunnit, 1990;
[Unidentified Event, Children’s Performance]; To Kill a
Mockingbird, 1993; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de lune,
1989; The Merry Widow, 1987; Noises Off, 1986 and 1996
22 1 Slides of: Greater Tuna Christmas, 1991; Tuna Christmas, 2000;
The Real Inspector Hound, 2000
2 Slides of: Twilight Snacks, 1984; Nunsense 2: The Second
Coming, 1993; Room Service, 1975; The Drunkard, 1977; Twelfth
Night, 1988; Anastasia, 1989; Absurd Person Singular, 1990 ;
Evita, 1990; Anything Goes, 1977
3 Slides of: Durang, Durang, 2000; The Last Night of Ballyhoo,
1999; The Would Be Gentleman, 1981; Wait Until Dark, 1985
22
22 4 Slides of: [Once Upon A Mattress?]; The Pajama Game; Moon
Over Buffalo; A Far Country; Kind Sir; Rainmaker, 1996; Sound
of Music; [Adley Cormier sewing costumes]; I Hate Hamlet; [Geri
Marchand? 1987]; [Adley at Capo Building]; Auntie Mame;
[Chennault Memorial]; [Ann Drake putting on makeup];
Anastasia, 1989; Imaginary Invalid; Wait Until Dark; Steel
Magnolias, 1989 and1993; Painting Churches; On the Verge,
1990; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de lune; To Kill a
Mockingbird; Picasso at the Lapin Agile; My Three Angels;
Amadeus, 1986; Absurd Person Singular, 1990; Durang, Durang;
The Real Inspector Hound, 2000; [Radio Days?]; Le Carnival; A
Streetcar Named Desire, 1984; The Last Night of Ballyhoo;
[building set for Noises Off, 1986]; [Anita Tritico doing makeup];
Sherlock’s Last Case, 1988; Arms and the Man; The Rainmaker,
1996; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1994; A Streetcar Named Desire;
The Drunkard, 1977; Crimes of the Heart, 1985; My Three Angels;
Tartuffe; Tuna Christmas, 1991; Life With Father; Gaslight (Angel
Street), 1997; Over at Miss Emma’s, 1984; The Great Golden
Radio Hour; Forever Plaid, 1998; [Line, World’s Fair?]; The
Importance of Being Earnest, 1988; Shakespeare for children,
1986; Ten Little Indians; The Would-Be Gentleman; An Almost
Perfect Person; American Odyssey; The Runner Stumbles; [Tom
Munger’s cast?]; Romeo and Juliet, 1980; Twelfth Night; Crimes
of the Heart, 1985; Hamlet, 1983; The Fantasticks, 1981; Night
Must Fall, 1976; Amadeus, 1986; [Bus Stop?]; [The Hot L.
Baltimore?, 1983]
5 Slides of: Over at Miss Emma’s, 1984; Picasso at the Lapin Agile,
1999; The Fourposter, 1985; Gaslight (Angel Street), 1997
23 1 Slides of: My Three Angels, 1977; No Sex Please, We’re British!
1980; [The Wizard of Oz, 1977] ; Juliet in Mantua, 1975
2 Slides of: Kiss Me, Kate, 1979; My Three Angels
3 Slides of: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1977; Comedy of Errors,
1978
4 Slides of: [Auditorium Dedication, 1994] ; Marvin’s Room, 1999;
Moliere Meets Shakespeare, 1984; Steel Magnolias, 1990 ; Kith
and Kin, 1990
5 Slides of: Crimes of the Heart, 1985; Dangerous Liaisons; The
House of Blue Leaves, 1989
6 Slides of: Lend Me a Tenor, 1991; A Little Night Music, 1995 ; The
Rainmaker, 1996
24 1 Slides of: The Imaginary Invalid, 1990; The Cemetery Club, 1994;
[Buff Calls?]; SLC [Sherlock’s Last Call?] 1990 & 1991; Lion in
Winter, 1985; [Tuna in Alexandria? 1990 / Tuna Christmas, 1991?]
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24 2 Slides of: [Mister II, 1992]; One Act Times Three, 1997?; [Don’t
Dress For Dinner]; [unidentified production, 1991]
3 Slides of: [Gaslight, 1997?]; The Drunkard, 1977; No Sex Please,
We’re British! 1981; The Pirates of Penzance; The Owl and the
Pussycat; The Man Who Came to Dinner, 1983; The Fourposter,
1985; [The Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1984]; Comedy of Errors,
1978; Hamlet, 1983; [The Wizard of Oz, 1977]; Ten Little Indians;
Crimes of the Heart; An American Odyssey, 1976; Life With
Father; Caught Up in the Villain’s Web; An Almost Perfect
Person, 1981
4 Slides of: The Foreigner, 1988; Dangerous Liaisons; A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Other People’s Money;
Arms and the Man
5 Slides of: The Fantasticks; Kith and Kin, 1990; You Can’t Take It
With You; Arsenic and Old Lace, 1987; An American Odyssey,
1976; The Mousetrap, 1988; Loot, 1997; The Rose Tattoo, 1991;
Lettice and Lovage, 1992
Slides (1991-1992) of: The Rose Tattoo; The Mystery of Irma
Vep; Lettice and Lovage; Mornings at Seven; [The Miser?]
25 1 Negatives of: The Real Inspector Hound / The 15-minute Hamlet ;
[31 Acts?, cast]; Moon Over Buffalo [cast]; The Foreigner [cast];
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [cast]; Arms and the Man [cast]; A Streetcar
Named Desire [cast]; Marvin’s Room [cast]
2 FF 2 Negatives of: [Shop Const.?]; Steel Magnolias II; [Ange or
Annie’s move?]; Dining Room [cast]; The Last Night of Ballyhoo,
1999 [cast]; A Streetcar Named Desire [cast]; Forever Plaid [cast];
A Little Night Music [cast]; Season’s Greetings, 1995 [cast]; [May,
June Maler? Program]; To Kill a Mockingbird [cast]; Tuna? [cast] ;
Arms and the Man [cast]; I Hate Hamlet [cast]
3 Negatives of: Picnic [cast]; Dangerous Liaisons; [Louisiana
Women, 2001 party]; Other People’s Money [cast]; [Jerre’s 80th
?]
[cars]; Ain’t Misbehavin; Noises Off, 1996 [cast]; Picasso at the
Lapin Agile [cast]
4 Unidentified negatives
5 Unidentified photographs of performances, people, and parties
6 Unidentified photographs of people
7 Unidentified photographs - larger prints
8 Unidentified photographs - performances
9 Christmas holiday celebration, 2002 - CD (5 copies)
26 1-2 Unidentified photographs
3-4 Unidentified photographs - larger prints
5 Unidentified photographs - portraits and performances
6-9 Unidentified photographs - smaller prints
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27 1 A Streetcar Named Desire - cast photographs
2 Forever Plaid - cast photographs
3 The Beauty Queen of Leenane, 2001 - cast photographs
4 [Shop Const. ?], Steel Magnolias II, [Anne’s move] - unidentified
photographs
5 The Dining Room - cast photographs
6 Loot - cast photographs
7 The Last Night of Ballyhoo - cast photographs
8 Louisiana Women, 2001 - party photographs
9 [Jerre’s 80th
(cars) ] - photographs
10 Ain’t Misbehavin - photographs
11 Noises Off, 1996 - cast photographs
12 Picasso at the Lapin Agile - cast photographs
13 I Hate Hamlet - misc. photographs
14 The Real Inspector Hound / The 15-minute Hamlet - photographs
15 One Act Times Three? - cast photographs
16 Moon Over Buffalo - cast photographs
17 The Foreigner - cast photographs
18 The Great Golden Radio Hour, 1996 - cast photographs
28 1 Gaslight - cast photographs
2 A Little Night Music - cast photographs
3 Season’s Greetings, 1995 - cast photographs
4 Forever Plaid - photographs
5 [May June Maler Program ?] - photographs
6 Imaginary Invalid - cast photographs
7 Tuna Christmas - photographs
8 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - cast photographs
9 Arms and the Man - cast photographs
10 A Delicate Balance - cast photographs
11 To Kill a Mockingbird - cast photographs
29 Betacam tapes and DVDs made from the Betacam tapes of
Louisiana Women 19th and 20th Centuries
30 Betacam tapes and DVDs made from The Imaginary Invalid (en
Louisiane)
Series - Membership, Correspondence, Publicity, and Miscellaneous
Box Folder Description
1 1 Membership List - 1938-1939, 1939-1940, 1950-1951, including
junior membership card for 1928-29
2 Membership List - 1953-1954
3 Membership List - 1961-1962, 1962-1963, 1963-1964, 1964-1965,
1970-1971
4 Membership List - no date
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1 5 Membership - clippings, membership drive
6 Mailing List - 1961-1962?, 1965-1966
7 Teacher Directory, Kiwanis Club Membership Roster, Jan. 1, 1969
8 Treasurer's Reports
9 Board of Directors - meetings, clippings
10 Board of Trustees - minutes of meetings
11 Finances - ads
12 Charter
13 Committees
14 Publicity and Programs
15 Insurance - Blue Cross
2 1 Correspondence, Legal Documents, and Misc.
2 Guest Receipts - 1953
3 Letters, Documents - 1937 - 1972
4 Program of LCLT and the Levingston Chorus performing at
Christmas (n.d.)
5 Voice of America - German Broadcasting - Aug. 1950,
broadcasting dialogues
6 Histories - clipping, letters, notes
7 Rosa Hart - letter, clippings
8 Rosa Hart - photographs, booklets, "A Rosa is a Rosa is a Rosa,"
Tributes to Rosa by Charles Martin (pamphlets)
9 Play Selection - 1956, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1948
10 Play Schedules - 1927 - 1928
11 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary - clippings
12 McNeese Scholarships - clippings, SP Bulletin with story and
photograph of Ted Duhon
13 Programs given to Reid Tyler - July, 1974
14 Theater Under The Stars - Aug. 23, 1974 - clippings
15 Memorial Program - 1976 - 1977
3 1 Memorial Publicity - clippings, letters, magazine articles
2 Promotion - fliers
3 Green Room - 1977 - clippings
4 Fiftieth Anniversary - Oct. 14, 1976 - clippings, invitations, book
5 Rosa Hart Memorial Annex - clippings
6 Stable Talk Programs
7 Summer Suckers - clippings
8 Summer Theater Experiment - 1965 - clippings
9 Summer Theater Repertory - 1966 - clippings
10 Summer Mummers - Summer Repertory Co. - fliers
11 Donations from Little Theater - clippings
12 Exhibits - clippings
13 Fires - clippings, photograph from the 1975 fire at Chennault
14 Beaux Arts Ball - 1966 - clippings, photographs
15 Arcade - clippings
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3 16 Children's Theater - clippings, Summer stock program for children
17 Guest Plays - Programs - clippings, cards
18 Out-of-Town Plays - clippings
19 Box Office Schedules
20 Membership Lists, Campaigns, and Sponsors
21 History - clippings
22 Opening At Chennault - The Chapel - clippings, photographs
23 Directors - clippings, notes
24 Plays Read - Resumes
25 Guest Celebrities - letters, clippings, photographs
26 Rosa Hart Foundation and Rosa Hart Associates, "Final Curtain"
order form
27 Bicentennial Extravaganza, 1976
4 1 Life Members - clippings, photographs
2 Membership List
3 Box Office - schedules, notes
4 Chapel At Chennault - clippings, photographs
5 Melodramas - Summer Theater - clippings, notes, photographs,
The Cabaret Playhouse playbills
6 People - clippings, notes
7 People - photographs
8 Rosa Hart - clippings
9 ACTS and LCLT Controversy - Mar. 1986 - copies of letters, notes
10 49th Birthday Party - Feb. 24, 1976 - invitations, photographs
11 Schedule of Plays
12 Olin Affiliate Artists - booklets, clippings
13 Cinema-On-The-Side - 1979 - letters, clippings
14 Workshop Plays - 1936, 1940
15 Junior Members Plays - 1939
16 Victoria - Regina Drawing Room Reading
17 clippings
18 photographs
19 In Memoriam - Golden Anniversary Souvenir Program 1976-77,
clippings
20 Ryan Street Building - 1979 - 1980 - clippings, photographs
21 Playbills
22 New Stable Playhouse
23 "Around the World in a Daze," American Legion Auxiliary
production, June 18-19, 1959, clipping, programs, photographs
5 Slides: Once Upon A Mattress, Carnival, Chennault, Pajama
Game, Boyfriend, Far Country, Kind Sir, Camelot, Sound of
Music, Auntie Mame and Barefoot In Athens - 1 reel, magnetic
tape, speed 7 ½", Act 1 Side 1, 28:10 minutes - Side 2, 18 minutes
2nd reel, Act 2 Side 3, 25:55 minutes, Side 4, 10:20 minutes.
3 Rubber Stamps
27
5 Copies of book On With the Show: Lake Charles Little Theatre,
75th
Anniversary, Brett Downer, editor (part of LCLT’s 75th
Anniversary Jubilee 2001-2001 Season)
1 Film of children's group performing unknown play, Rosa Hart
and others singing
6 Tryout cards with photographs by Lee Hyatt, photographer - 1953
7-8 Tryout cards with just written description and information – 1960.
Tryout cards were compiled for Rosa Hart by Elizabeth Brame and
Ethel Macdonald
9 Posters for: The Lion in Winter, Room Service, Same Time, Next
Year, The Sisters Rosenweig, A Street Car Names Desire (2),
Lettice and Lovage, Mornings’ at Seven (2), Cinderella wore
Combat Boots, Blithe Spirit, Over at Mrs. Emma’s, To kill a
Mockingbird, The Members of the Wedding (2), The Kingfish, The
5th
of July (2), The Tall Women (2), Loot, A Little Night Music, The
Cemetery Club, Dangerous Liaisons, One Act Times Three,
Gaslight, Noises Off, The Odd Couple, Forever Plaid, The Beauty
Queen of Leenane, A Tuna Christmas, The Real Inspector Hound,
The Trip to Bountiful, An Evening of Original Ten Minute Comedic
Scripts, Madama Butterfly, The Dining Room, Moonlight and
Valentino.
2 Reels - The Winslow Boy
Life, June 14, 1948, containing story of The Great Big Doorstep
Photograph of Mordelo Vincent
[75th
Anniversary]:
10 1 Copy of book On With the Show: Lake Charles Little Theatre, 75th
Anniversary, Brett Downer, editor (part of LCLT’s 75th
Anniversary Jubilee 2001-2001 Season)
2 Book donor lists/forms
3 Book information
4 Board of Directors’ involvement with 75th
Anniversary celebration
5 Interview lists for On With the Show: Lake Charles Little Theatre,
75th
Anniversary.
6 Clippings
7 Invitations for Garden Party and Jubilee Mask
8 Membership list
9 The Life Exhibit, The Great Big Doorstep.
11 76th
Anniversary binder
Barefoot In Athens records- Act I Scenes 1 and 2, side 1 (2 copies);
Act I Scene 3, side 2 (2 copies); Act 2 Scenes 1 and 2, Side 3 (3
copies); Act 2 Scene 3, side 4
12 Moose head on wood with plaque inscribed "James Johnson,
Director Room Service, July, 2002, LCLT's 75th Jubilee Season
13 1 Membership lists, correspondence, financial papers
2-3 AACT materials
4 Louisiana Shakespeare Festivals
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13 5 Membership material, clippings, publicity 1986-1996
6 Material relating to storage building, inspection report, blueprint,
etc.
7 Information relating to A Tribute to Rosa and A Divertissement in
1964, notes on her life, an early photograph of Rosa, other
photographs showing Rosa working with the stage crews, in her
bedroom, or at the Southern Amusement Company, photographs of
stage crews at work, other photographs including Tom Munger, Jo
Ann Rigney, Julia Price-Kent, James Johnson, Carl Bergeron, Bob
Michel