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Theatre Group Papers 1980-2005 1980-2005
41
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Title: Latino Theatre Initiative / Center Theatre
Group Papers 1980-2005,
Date (inclusive): 1980-2005
Collection number: 41
Creator: Center Theater
Group, Latino Theater Initiative 1970-
Extent:
30 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: Manuscripts, videos, administrative papers,
photographs related to the Los Angels based Center Theater Group and its
Latino Theater Initiative
Physical location: Collection stored at the SRLF
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
, Spanish
Access is available by appointment for UCLA student and faculty
researchers as well as independent researchers. To view the collection
or any part of it, please contact the CSRC at
http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/
For students and faculty researchers of UCLA, all others by
permission only. Copyright has not been assigned to the Chicano Studies
Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist and/or the
Librarian at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research
Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be
obtained.
[Identification of item], Latino Theatre Initiative / Center Theatre
Group Papers 1980-2005, 41, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA,
University of California, Los Angeles.
Gift of the Center Theater Group made to the UCLA CSRC on July 26,
2005. Deed on file at the Chicano Studies Research Center Archive
office, rm. 180 Haines Hall, UCLA.
Processed by CSRC, June - September 2006
Collection processed by Chantal Rodriguez
From 1992 to 2004 Center Theater Group's Mark Taper Forum in Los
Angels housed the Latino Theater Initiative (LTI) which was designed to
provide access not only to emerging Latino artists but also to increase
its Latina/o audience base by offering theatrical programming which was
relevant to the Latina/o community and reflected the diversity of the
city of Los Angeles. One of the reasons why this program was so
groundbreaking was that it created a specific space for Latina/o theater
within a nationally recognized institution and helped to broaden the
definition of American theater, as described in its mission statement,
"By creating art works that are culturally based, the Latino Theater
Initiative contributes to a broader definition of American identity
while creating works and a new audience for the American Theater." Not
only did the Initiative create an environment of artistic possibilities
for Latinos/as but through special events, workshops and off-site events
worked to integrate the theater into the lives of its community members.
Although the program was ultimately cut by newly appointed Artistic
Director Michael Richie in 2004, its influence can still be felt
throughout the Los Angeles theater community and beyond. Many of the
artists who were fostered within the Initiative are now sprinkled
throughout Los Angeles and beyond, and continue to create new work, run
local theater companies, and work as scholars and educators.
Manuscripts, videos, administrative papers, photographs related to
the Los Angels based Center Theater Group and its Latino Theater
Initiative. From 1980 to approximately 2005
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Manuscripts
- Series 2. Programs
- Series 3. Photographic Materials
- Series 4. Audio Materials
- Series 5. Video materials
- Series 6. Clippings / Press materials
- Series 7. Administrative / Institutional Papers
- Series 8. Promotional material
The Diane Rodriguez Papers
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Mark Taper Forum
Jose Luis Valenzuela
American Indian Dance Theater
California Cultural and Historical Endowment
Culture Clash
La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin
Latino Theater Lab
Plaza de la Raza