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Title: Gay Theater Collective records
Dates: 1980
Collection Number: 2019-63
Creator/Collector:
Gay Theater Collective
Extent: .01 linear feet (1 folder)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Gay Theater Collective was a San Francisco-based theater group that was an ensemble of lesbians and gay men. The collection
includes photographs, play programs and other promotional material, and news clippings related to the production : Contents
Under Pressure.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission
to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.
[Identification of item]. Gay Theater Collective records. Collection Number: 2019-63. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Richard La Rose, June 2019.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Gay Theater Collective was a San Francisco-based theater group that was an ensemble of lesbians and gay men. The collection
relates to the 1980 production : Contents Under Pressure, a show that “speaks out with humor and honesty on the important
political and social issues of the day and the complexity of life in San Francisco in the 1980s.” The group worked “to understand
how Lesbians and Gay men can work together creatively, what they have to say to each other about their differences, and what
they can say to the world with unity.” The collection includes photographs, play programs and other promotional material,
and news clippings. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_004301; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381
Theater
Gay men
Lesbians