The collection is in original order and organized by location of a production's theater.
Charles E. Erven completed his education at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, earning his Bachelor of Arts in Communication
Arts with a theatre emphasis in 1971 and his Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Design and Technology in 1976. He has worked as
a stage designer in over 230 productions throughout his career and taught at Saddleback College (1978-1979), University of
Colorado at Boulder (1979-1980), University of Wisconsin-Parkside (1980-1983), Carroll College (1983-2002), and Loyola Marymount
University (2002-2019).
Erven has worked as a scenographer throughout the United States, Europe, and Central Asia. He worked for the Great Lakes Shakespeare
Festival and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in addition to a variety of theatres throughout Los Angeles (Pacific Resident
Theater, Long Beach Playhouse, Ghost Road Theatre). His design for Desire Under the Elms was nominated for Best Scene Design
in Los Angeles by the NAACP. Erven’s work has been exhibited at the Prague Quadrennial and Milwaukee Art Museum. In the 1990s
he organized several student production tours to Uzbekistan and Russia including twice participating in the Podium Festival
in Moscow.
For a detailed curriculum vitae documenting Erven’s work and awards please visit: www.charleserven.com
Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount
University.
Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise,
Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher
must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility
for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or
executors.
Gift of Charles E. Erven. Accession number: 2018.19, 2020.25
[Identification of item], Series name, Box and Folder number, Charles E. Erven Theater Collection, MS 135, Department of Archives
and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.
The collection is comprised of production files for many of the plays Erven worked on (including correspondence, paint samples,
rough sketches, inspirational imagery, notes, and more), hand draftings, floorplans, elevations, photographs, and limited
video recordings. A distinguishing feature of the Charles E. Erven Theater Collection is that it represents a career of entirely
hand crafted and drafted work, from undergraduate days to the present.
Erven, Charles E.
folder 4, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Graduate school project- Speech
Scope and Contents
Director: Bliese; Designer: Bryson; Drawing By: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin- Speech 234
box 1
Artists for the Revolution
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Curvin; Designer: J. Ezell; Asst. Des.: C. Erven
box 1, box 22, folder 3
The Three Sisters
1969-11
Physical Location: Additional blueprints located in Box 22, Folder 3.
Scope and Contents
Director: Margaret Webster; Designer: John Ezell; Tech. Dir.: Nick Bryson; Stage Carpenter: Charles Erven
Scope and Contents
Union Theater (University of Wisconsin)
box 22, folder 3
The Time of Your Life
1969-12
Scope and Contents
Director: Lynn Seibel; Designer: Mike Leitschuh; Tech Director: Chuck Erven; Plate: Mike Leitschuh
Scope and Contents
Undergraduate work at UW Madison
folder 1, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Graduate school project- theatre drafting
1973-01-26-1973-05-11
Scope and Contents
Graduate school- COMM ARTS 734 class in theatre drafting; Teacher: N. Bryson, projects 1-9
folder 1, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Barefoot in the Park
1973-02-14
Scope and Contents
Graduate school coursework; Comm. Arts 934: John Ezell
box 1
The Open Theater, University of Wisconsin
1973-09-23-1973-12-20
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Tolch; Designer: C. Erven
Folder 1, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Sergeant Musgrave's Dance
1973-09-23-1973-12-20
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Skloot; Designer: J. Juracek; Tech. Dir./Drawing By: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin- Department of Speech
box 1
The Univ. of Wisconsin Theatre for Young People
1973-10-14
Scope and Contents
Director: Tolch; Designer, Tech. Director, and Drawn By: Erven
box 1
The Homecoming
1973-10-21-1973-11-19
Scope and Contents
Director: Mrochinski; Designer and Drawn By: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin
folder 1, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
The Cherry Orchard
1974
Scope and Contents
Graduate school coursework; Comm. Arts 934: John Ezell
Folder 1, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1974-01-22-1974-02-09
Physical Description: Graduate school coursework; Comm. Arts 934: John Ezell
folder 1, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Sticks and Bones
1974-03-12
Physical Description: Includes paint elevation
Scope and Contents
Graduate school coursework; Comm. Arts 934: John Ezell
folder 1, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Nigerian theater
1974-04-06-1974-04-19
Physical Description: Includes rendering on illustration boards using magazine clippings
Scope and Contents
Student project for Theater & Drama 937
Folder 1, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
An Enemy of the People
1975-04-02-1975-04-22
Scope and Contents
Director: Richard Hughes; Designer: Charles Erven; Drawn By: Charles Erven
Scope and Contents
The UW Vilas Thrust Theater
box 1
The Breasts of Tiresias
1975-09-10-1975-09-15
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: K. Moser; Design, Tech Director, and Drawn By: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin Opera Workshop
box 1
The Spanish Hour
1975-09-12
Scope and Contents
Director: K. Moser; Designer and TDA drawn by: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin Opera Workshop
folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Transformations
1976-01-20-1976-01-23
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Lewis; Musical Director: K. Moser; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: D. Gorky
Scope and Contents
The Opera of the University of Wisconsin
box 1
Cosi Fan Tutte
1976-03-20-1976-06-20
Scope and Contents
UW-Madison graduate school, unfinished project
box 1
The Girl of the Golden West
1976-03-21-1976-04-19
Scope and Contents
Director: H. Butler; Musical Director: K. Moser; Design and Drawn By: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
MFA thesis project; The Opera of the University of Wisconsin
box 1
The Girl of the Golden West
1976-05-25
Scope and Contents
Instructor: G. Hemsley; Scenery Design, Lighting, and Drawing: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Lighting design final project
folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
The Devil's Disciple
1976-06-07
Scope and Contents
Director: V. Dowling; Designer: J. Ezell; Tech. Dir.: R. Archer; Drawn By: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival
Folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Romeo and Juliet
1976-06-07
Scope and Contents
Director: W. Glover; Designer: J. Ezell; Tech. Dir.: R. Archer; Drawn By: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival
folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Lear
1976-09-08-1976-09-21
Scope and Contents
Director: E. Amor; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: D. Dorn
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin- Department of Theatre & Drama
box 1
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
1976-10
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Hughes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: D. Dorn
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin
folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Six Characters in Search of an Author
1977-09-04-1977-09-27
Scope and Contents
Director: W. Pearce; Designer/Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Experimental Theater (Saddleback Community College)
folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
When Ya Comin' Back, Red Ryder
1977-10-27-1977-10-30
Physical Description: Includes blueprint
Scope and Contents
Director: B. Donoghue; Designer/Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Studio Theater (Saddleback Community College)
Folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
The Frog Princess and the Witch
1977-11-26
Scope and Contents
Director: B. Cogbill; Designer/Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Studio Theater (Saddleback Community College)
box 1
The Man of La Mancha
1978-01-07
Scope and Contents
Director: W. Pearce; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Archer
Scope and Contents
Saddleback College
box 1
Inherit the Wind
1978-03-05-1978-04-12
Scope and Contents
Director: B. Donoughue; Design and Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Saddleback Mainstage
folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
The Birthday Party
1978-03-20-1978-06-20
Scope and Contents
Director: B. Donoghue; Designer/Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Studio Theater (Saddleback College)
box 1
The Little Foxes
1978-05-18
Scope and Contents
Director: W. Pearce; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Blum
box 1
How the Other Half Loves
1978-06-12
Scope and Contents
Director: B. Donoghue; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Direc.: M. Blum
Scope and Contents
Saddleback Summer Stock Company
box 1
Cabaret
1978-07-02
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Catt; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Blum
Scope and Contents
Saddleback Summer Stock Company
folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
An Act of Gold
1978-09-13
Scope and Contents
Director: L. Wells; Designer/Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Saddleback Community College
box 1
Look Homeward, Angel
1978-09-21-1978-10
Scope and Contents
Director: B. Donoghue; Designer and Tech. Dir: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Saddleback College
folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Bad Seed
1978-11-09
Scope and Contents
Director: Pearce; Designer/Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Studio Theatre (Saddleback College)
Folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
The Good Woman of Setzuan
1979-01-22-1979-02-26
Scope and Contents
Director: B. Cogbill; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
box 1
No Time for Sergeants
1979-03-26-1979-04-20
Scope and Contents
Director: W. Pearce; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: C. Erven/R. Aja
Scope and Contents
Saddleback College
folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Scapino!
1979-05
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Raphael; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Blum
Scope and Contents
Saddleback Summer Theatre
box 1
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1979-06-05-1979-07-02
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Raphael; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Blum
Scope and Contents
Saddleback Company Theatre
box 1
Guys and Dolls
1979-07-14
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Catt; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Blum
Scope and Contents
Saddleback Company Theatre
folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Tomfoolery
1979-09-27
Scope and Contents
Director: L. Potts; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Harris
Scope and Contents
Mainstage Theater (University of Colorado, Boulder)
folder 2, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Godspell
1979-11-05-1979-11-08
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Cano; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Harris
Scope and Contents
University of Colorado
Folder 3, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Die Fledermaus
1980-01-04-1980-01-06
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Herbert; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Zetterberg
Scope and Contents
Mainstage Theater (University of Colorado)
box 1
Love's Labour's Lost
1980-04-06-1980-05-11
Scope and Contents
Director: Daniel S. P. Yang; Designer: Charles E. Erven; Tech. Dir.: Stancil Campbell
Scope and Contents
Colorado Shakespeare Festival
folder 3, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
The Miser
1980-04-18
Scope and Contents
Designer: C. Erven; Scenery: R. Harris; M.E.: J. Blum
Scope and Contents
Mainstage Theater (University of Colorado)
box 1
Absent Friends
1980-09-15
Scope and Contents
Director: L. Van Dyke; Designer and Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin
box 1
The Cream in the Well
1980-11-1980-12
Scope and Contents
Director: N. Gano; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
box 1
Dance concert
1981-1983
Scope and Contents
Lighting Design: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
box 1
The Real Inspector Hound
1981-03-22-1982
Scope and Contents
Director: N. Gano; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
box 1
Chekov One Acts
1981-07-23-1981-07-26
Scope and Contents
Director: N. Gano; Designer and Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin
box 1
The Runner Stumbles
1981-09-09
Scope and Contents
Director: L. Van Dyke; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
box 1
The Land of the Dragon
1981-12-27
Scope and Contents
Director: N. Gano; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Schoenoff
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
box 1
A Thurber Carnival
1982-03-20
Scope and Contents
Director: L. Van Dyke; Designer and Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin
box 1
The Matchmaker
1982-03-20-1982-06-20
Physical Description: Includes paint elevation
Scope and Contents
Director: L. Van Dyke; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
box 1
Ring Around the Moon
1982-09-1982-10-03
Scope and Contents
Director: L. Van Dyke; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
box 1
The Glass Menagerie
1982-11
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Tutterow; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
box 1
The Birthday Party
1983-03-20-1983-06-20
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Tutterow; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
folder 3, Map-case 4, Drawer 19, box 12, folder 7
La Bohème
1983-06
Scope and Contents
United Scenic Artists Entrance Examination
box 1
Anything Goes
1983-10-03-1983-10-15
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Molthen; Designer and Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 1
Prometheus Bound
1983-12-19-1983-12-22
Physical Description: Includes costume sketches
Scope and Contents
Director.: D. Molthen; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: B. Hermans
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 1
The Hot L Baltimore
1984-03-09-1984-03-12
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Erven; Designer: David Heuvelman; Tech. Dir.: Lawrence D. London
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 1
Ionesco One Acts
1984-11-24
Scope and Contents
Director and Scenog.: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: C. Bell; M.E.: M. Mc Namara
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
folder 3, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
The Front Page
1985-05-23-1985-05-27
Scope and Contents
Director: E. Amor; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Shanda
Scope and Contents
Mitchell Theatre (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
box 1
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1985-06-04-1985-06-11
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Catt; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: D. Guido
Scope and Contents
Cider Mill Playhouse; Binghampton, NY
box 1
South Pacific
1985-07-04-1985-07-20
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Catt; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: D. Guido
Scope and Contents
Cider Mill Playhouse; Binghampton, NY
box 1
A Chorus Line
1985-10-05-1985-10-16
Scope and Contents
Director: F. Di Filia; Designer and Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 1
Noel Coward in Two Keys
1985-10-25
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Davis; Design: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Acher
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
folder 3, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
The Art of Dining
1985-12-10-1985-12-15
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: S. Kaphaene
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
Folder 3, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Guys and Doll
1985-12-28-1985-12-30
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Catt; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Kalfin
Scope and Contents
Island Center of St. Croix
box 1
Ghosts
1986-02-11-1986-02
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Davis; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: D. Justin
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
box 1
What I Did Last Summer
1986-03-16
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Molthen; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: D. Nyman
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
folder 4, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Mornings at Seven
1986-07-21
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: S. Kaphem
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 1
The Real Thing
1986-09-05
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Davis; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: S. Kaphaem
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
box 1
The Wiz
1986-09-28-1986-09
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Molthen; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: S. Kaphaem
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 1
Gertrude Stein and a Companion
1986-12-21-1986-12-30
Scope and Contents
Director: W. Leach; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
box 1
An Evening with Ben Franklin
1987-01-01
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Bray; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 1
The Wiz
1987-01-04-1987-01-05
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Catt; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Zigler
Scope and Contents
Island Center of St. Croix
box 1
Buried Child
1987-03-03-1987-03-18
Scope and Contents
Director and Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Laughner
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 1
5th Annual Shaw Festival
1987-04-27-1987-05-10
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Davis, W. Leach, T. Blair; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Laughner
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
box 1
Clarence
1987-08-13-1987-09-01
Physical Description: Includes paint elevation
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Davis; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Laughner
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
box 1
Antigone
1987-10-04-1987-10-05
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Molthen; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Laughner
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
folder 4, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
A Lion in Winter
1987-11-08-1987-11-29
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Clickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 1
The Faith Healer
1988-02-04
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Davis; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Laughner
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
box 1
Crimes of the Heart
1988-02-16
Physical Description: Blueprint only
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Erven; Designer: S. Richards
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
folder 4, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Wild Honey
1988-01-26-1988-03-08
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Des.: M. Clickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 1
6th Annual Shaw Festival
1988-03-15-1988-04-25
Scope and Contents
Director: W. Leach, D. Coffey, M. Davis; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Laughner
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
box 1
Rat in the Skull
1988-03-20-1989-03-22
Scope and Contents
Director: T. Blair; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Laughner
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
folder 4, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
The Odd Couple
1988-07-11-1988-07-30
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Clickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 1
Waiting for Godot
1988-07-31
Scope and Contents
Director: K. Cazan; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Laughner
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
box 1
The Nerd
1988-08-04-1988-08-08
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Hamreddy; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Madison Repertory Theatre
box 1
Little Shop of Horrors
1988-09-11-1988-10-11
Scope and Contents
Director: T. Molthen; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Laughner
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 1
A Streetcar Named Desire
1988-11-12-1988-11-23
Scope and Contents
Director: T. Blair; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Laughner
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Inside Theatre
folder 4, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
The Foreigner
1988-11-15
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Clickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
folder 4, Map-case 4, Drawer 19
Noises Off
1989-01-29-1989-01-30
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Clickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 1
Rough Crossing
1989-04-18-1989-06-27
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Clickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 1
No Man's Land
1989-09-03-1989-09-05
Scope and Contents
Director: T. Blair; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Laughner
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
box 1
I'm Not Rappaport
1989-09-10-1989-09-15
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Clickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 1
The Rainmaker
1989-10-16-1989-11-12
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Simpson; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. Laughner
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Inside Theatre
box 1
Greater Tuna
1989-12-02-1989-12-03
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Clickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
USITT Expo
1990-02-26
Scope and Contents
Designer: C. Erven
box 2
The Nerd
1990-03-08
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Clickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
August Snow
1990-07-02-1990-07-30
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Wright; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Starmer
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College); The American Inside Theatre
box 2
Middle Age Spread
1990-07-10-1990-07-15
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Clickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
All My Sons
1990-08-12-1990-09-09
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Simpson; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Starmer
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College); The American Inside Theatre
box 2
Steel Magnolias
1990-08-26
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Clickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Steel Magnolias
1990-08-27-1990-09-08
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Smoots; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Starmer
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Terra Nova
1991-01-15
Physical Description: Includes paint elevation
Scope and Contents
Director: L. Sommers; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Clickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
The Ugly Duckling
1991-09
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Goodman; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Todd Wehr Theatre; First Stage Milwaukee
box 2
Hunting Cockroaches
1991-09-11-1991-09-21
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Wright; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Starmer
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
House of Blue Leaves
1991-09-14-1991-09-21
Scope and Contents
Director and Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Starmer
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Holiday
1991-10-06-1991-10-24
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Peluso; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Starmer
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College); The American Inside Theatre
box 2
Hatful of Rain
1991-12-09-1991-12-17
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Maier; Designer: C. Erven; Asst. Designer: L. Cayere; Tech. Dir.: J. Starmer; M. Carp: P. Gegenhuber
Scope and Contents
Todd Wehr Theatre; American Inside Theatre
box 2
True West
1992-03-16-1992-03-18
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Simpson; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: P. Gegenhuber
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College); The American Inside Theatre
box 2
Social Security
1992-04-06-1992-04-12
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Jackson
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Rumors
1992-06-25-1992-07-11
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Jackson
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Brief Lives
1992-08-24-1992-09-26
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Cecsarini; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: Alchemy
Scope and Contents
Todd Wehr Theatre; Next Act Theatre
box 2
Winnie-the-Pooh
1992-08-24-1992-08-26
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Goodman; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: Alchemy
Scope and Contents
Todd Wehr Theatre; First Stage Milwaukee
box 2
Peter Pan
1992-10-03-1992-10-25
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Jackson
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
I See the Sun
1992-10-10
Scope and Contents
Director: N. Butskhrikidze; Tech. Dir.: J. Starmer; Drawn By: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Of Mice and Men
1992-12-05-1992-12-13
Scope and Contents
Director: L. Sommers; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Jackson
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Lend Me a Tenor
1993-03-18-1993-04-05
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: McClickner
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
Map-case 4, folder 4, Drawer 19
Into the Woods
1993-06-09-1993-08-06
Scope and Contents
Director: B. Hamilton; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: F. Wutkisch
Scope and Contents
Merle Reskin Theatre
box 2
Prelude to a Kiss
1993-07-17-1993-07-21
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Cemetary Club
1993-09-08-1993-09-19
Physical Description: Includes paint elevation
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Bambi: A Life in the Woods
1993-12-22
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Goodman; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: Alchemy
Scope and Contents
Todd Wehr Theatre; First Stage Milwaukee
box 2
Broadway Bound
1994-03-30-1994-04-10
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Storybook Theatre
1994-05-04
Scope and Contents
Director: P. Mode; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: Alchemy
Scope and Contents
Todd Wehr Theatre; First Stage Milwaukee
box 2
I Hate Hamlet
1994-07-06-1994-07-12
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Lost in Yonkers
1994-07-14-1994-07-26
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
The Rainmaker
1994-08-18-1994-08-21
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Caddie Woodlawn
1994-12-22-1994-12-31
Physical Description: Includes paint elevation
Scope and Contents
Director: C. M. Wright; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: P. Soderblum
Scope and Contents
Todd Wehr Theatre; First Stage Milwaukee
box 2
Adding Machine
1994-12-27
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Erven; Designer: D. Korogodsky
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Tons of Money
1995-01-14-1995-01-24
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
The Boyfriend
1995-03-05-1995-03-11
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Molthen; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Starmer
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Lettice and Lovage
1995-06-22-1995-07-05
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
The Wizard of Oz
1995-09-09-1995-10-14
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Once Five Years Passed
1995-10-28
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Erven; Designer: D. Korogodsky
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Quality Time
1995-11-26
Scope and Contents
Director: F. Weiss; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Rogers
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Repertory Theater; Stackner Cabaret
box 2
Afternoon of the Elves
1995-12-03-1996-02-27
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Lutwak; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: P. Soderblum
Scope and Contents
Todd Wehr Theatre; First Stage Milwaukee
box 2
Dancing in Lughnasa
1996-01-21
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Tartuffe
1996-03-03
Physical Description: Includes paint elevation
Scope and Contents
Director: G. Cherniakhovsy; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Starmer
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Phantom
1996-03-29
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
David B. Justin Design Studio
1996-06-07
Scope and Contents
Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Inspecting Carol
1996-08-26-1996-09-01
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Guys and Dolls
1996-09-13-1996-09-21
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Bell; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Bessey
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
The Night Christmas Stood Still
1996-11-10-1996-11
Scope and Contents
Director: L. Hajek; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Bessey
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Desire Under the Elms
1996-11-26-1996-12-15
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Rhinoceros
1997-01-31-1997-02
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Weil; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: B. Friest
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1997-03-15-1997-03-26
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Vanilies
1997-03-16
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Erven and T. M-Viel ; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: B. Friest
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
The Nightingale
1997-07-25-1997-08-04
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Albano; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: P. Soderblum
Scope and Contents
Todd Wehr Theatre; First Stage Milwaukee
box 2
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1997-08-03-1997-09-14
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Marriage
1997-09-22-1997-10-05
Scope and Contents
Director: Y. Ournov; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Little Shop of Horrors
1997-12-22-1998-01-12
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Bell; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: B. Friest
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Camping with Henry and Tom
1998-01-25-1998-02-01
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Iphigenia in Aulis
1998-02-22-1998-03-08
Scope and Contents
Director: L. Birmingham; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: B. Friest
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Squabbles
1998-03-28-1998-05-07
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Under the Gaslight
1998-04-30-1998-05-17
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: Karen S. Rycker; Designer: Charles E. Erven; Drafter: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Hemsley Theatre (University of Wisconsin)
box 2
Oliver
1998-08-23-1998-10-15
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Bedroom Farce
1998-12-29-1999-01-06
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Lague; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: B. Friest
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
The Crucible
1999-01-15
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Our Town
1999-03-10
Scope and Contents
Director: M. A. Thomas; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: B. Friest
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 2
Lone Star Love Potion
1999-03-28-1999-05-01
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
Earnest in Love
1999-04-30-1999-05-17
Physical Description: Includes paint elevation
Scope and Contents
Director: Karen S. Rycker; Designer: Charles E. Erven; Tec. Dir.: Sean Sterling; Drafter: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Hemsley Theatre (University of Wisconsin)
box 2
A Thousand Clowns
1999-07-25-1999-07-26
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
American Buffalo
1999-09-12
Scope and Contents
Director: M. La Gue; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Otteson Studio Theatre
box 2
Beau Jest
1999-11-28-1999-12-05
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 2
A Shayna Maidel
1999-12-10-2000-01-02
Scope and Contents
Director: T. McAllister-Viel; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Rohlena
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 3
Riders to the Sea
2000-03
Scope and Contents
Director and Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Studio Theatre (Carroll College)
box 3
Deirdre
2000-03-14
Scope and Contents
Director and Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: B. Friest
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 3
Crossing Delancey
2000-09-02-2000-09-11
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 3
Communicating Doors
2001-01-05-2001-01-15
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 3
Mandragola
2001-01-07-2001-01-22
Scope and Contents
Director: Y. Ournov; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: S. Boyle
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 3
Annie
2001-08-22-2001-09-29
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 3
A Piece of My Heart
2001-09-09-2001-10-12
Scope and Contents
Director: T. Bruno; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: S. Boyle
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 3
The Pelican
2001-12-02-2001-12-09
Scope and Contents
Director: T. McAllister-Viel; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: S. Boyle
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 3
The Odd Couple
2002-01-15
Scope and Contents
Director: T. McAllister-Viel; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: S. Boyle
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 3
J. B.
2002-08-31-2002-09
Scope and Contents
Director: B. Redman; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Shepard
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
Vikings
2002-10-03-2002-12-01
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: K. Oain
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 3
Becoming Eleanor
2002-10-05
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Benedict; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: V. Roca
Scope and Contents
Long Beach Playhouse
box 3
The Seagull
2002-12-09-2002-12-13
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Benedict; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Loyola Marymount University Theatre Arts
box 3
The Wiz
2003-01-27
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Catt; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Wagner College Theatre
box 3
Buddha's Big Nite
2003-02-2003-03
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Sossi; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: L. Felix
Scope and Contents
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble; KOAN Company
box 3
Anything Goes
2003-03-16-2003-03-23
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: K. Oain
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 3
Dancing in Lughnasa
2003-05-05
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Royer; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
Taking Leave
2003-07-22-2003-08-15
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: K. Oian
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 3
Far Away
2003-10
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Sossi; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: L. Felix
Scope and Contents
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
box 3
Over the Tavern
2004-02-09-2004-02-22
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: K. Oian
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 3
The Persians
2004-03-19-2004-06-19
Scope and Contents
Director: K. B. Free; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Dusek
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
Rumors
2004-04-26-2004-05-05
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Marasco; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
The Four Dervishes
2004-07-15
Scope and Contents
Director: K. Noon; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
The Ghost Road Company
box 3
Visiting Mr. Green
2004-08-11-2004-08-16
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: K. Oian
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
Map-case 4, folder 4, Drawer 19
The Foreigner
2004-10-12
Scope and Contents
Director: S. Albrezzi; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
box 3
Happy End
2004-11-27
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Bonell; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: C. McCabe
Scope and Contents
Pacific Resident Theatre
box 3
The Music Man
2005-01-12-2005-01-19
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: K. Oian
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 3
Scrooge: The Musical
2005-09-02-2005-09-05
Physical Description:
Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: K. Oian
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 3
Mr. Kolpert
2005-11-14-2005-11-18
Scope and Contents
Director: S. Cummins; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: L.
Scope and Contents
The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble; Los Angeles
box 3
Frankie and Johnny at the Clare du Lune
2006-05-03
Scope and Contents
Drawn by Charles Erven
Scope and Contents
Santa Monica Playhouse
box 3
The Grand Tarot
2005-12-02-2005-12-22
Scope and Contents
Director: K. Wetmore; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
A Chorus of Disapproval
2006-05-07-2006-05-08
Scope and Contents
Director: B. Phillips; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: L. Felix
Scope and Contents
The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble; Los Angeles
box 3
The Heiress
2006-07-2006-07-21
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Benedict; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J.
Scope and Contents
Long Beach Playhouse
box 3
Children of a Lesser God
2006-10-12
Scope and Contents
Director: S. Madden; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
The Uneasy Chair
2006-11-17-2006-12-07
Scope and Contents
Director: N. McPhee; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: K. Oian
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 3
This Place on Third Avenue
2006-12-15
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations and some oversized design material
Scope and Contents
Director: B. Shuff; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
BUOY
2006-12-16
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Zervos; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: L. Felix
Scope and Contents
Design of set piece for an unrealized film
box 3
Cloud 9
2007-03-22
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Lang; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
Desire Under the Elms
2007-04-14
Scope and Contents
Director: Jeffrey Hayden; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
box 3
Screwballs
2007-07-30-2007-08-31
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Edelman; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: L. Felix
Scope and Contents
The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble; Los Angeles
box 3
A Streetcar Named Desire
2007-09
Scope and Contents
Director: G. Beckel; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
Knives in Hens
2007-11-28-2007-12-04
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Lang; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Jihočeské divadlo, České Budějovice, CZ
box 3
Guys and Dolls
2008-01-16-2008-03-07
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: K. Oian
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre (Carroll College)
box 3
The Sunshine Boys
2008-02-19-2008-03-02
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Hayden; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
box 3
An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein
2008-05-05
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Bonnell; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: L. Felix
Scope and Contents
The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble; Los Angeles
box 3
Much Ado About Nothing
2008-06-12
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Lang; Designer: C. Erven; Asst. Des.: J. Vlcek
Scope and Contents
Švandovo divadlo: Praha
box 3
Abigail's Party
2008-07-15
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Holloway; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: L. Felix
Scope and Contents
The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble; Los Angeles
box 3
Beauty and the Beast
2008-09-03-2008-09-27
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Instenes; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 3
The Balcony
2008-09-15-2008-09-17
Scope and Contents
Director: N. Pervan; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Loyola Marymount University Theatre Arts
box 3
Buried Child
2009-09-25
Scope and Contents
Director: G. Garinger; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
The Crucible
2010-06-06
Scope and Contents
Director: N. Pervan; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Loyola Marymount University Theatre Arts
box 3
The Adding Machine: The Musical
2010-12-17
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Sossi; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: L. Felix
Scope and Contents
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
box 3
Catch 22
2011-01-12
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Holmes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
Juno and the Paycock
2011-03
Scope and Contents
Director: A. Miller; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: L. Felix
Scope and Contents
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
box 3
Pinter X 3
2011-12-09
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Royer; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
Working
2011-05-25-2011-07-28
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Holmes; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: F. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Loyola Marymount University Theatre Arts
box 3
Sweet Thursday
2012-05-14
Scope and Contents
Director: M. McKenzie; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.:
Scope and Contents
Pacific Resident Theatre
box 3
Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune
2013-02-13-2013-03-28
Scope and Contents
Director: S. McClain; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Madden
Scope and Contents
Ensemble Theatre Company; Santa Barbara, CA
box 3
Crimes of the Heart
2013-07-02
Scope and Contents
Director: R. Marasco; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Loyola Marymount University Theatre Arts
box 3
12th Night
2014-05-24-2014-05-30
Scope and Contents
Director: L. Noon; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
What I Learned in Paris
2014-06-04-2014-06-15
Scope and Contents
Director: S. McClain; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Kyle
Scope and Contents
The Colony Theatre; Burbank, CA
box 3
Sunset Baby
2015-03-01
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Hayden; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J.
Scope and Contents
The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble; Los Angeles
box 3
In the Continuum
2015-04-21
Scope and Contents
Director: K. Wetmore; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: F. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Loyola Marymount University Theatre Arts
box 3
Chavez Ravine
2015-05-13
Scope and Contents
Director: E. Landa; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
box 3
The Three Sisters
2015-10-25-2015-12-02
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Benedict; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Loyola Marymount University Theatre Arts
box 3
Fati's Last Dance
2016-06-08
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Resnick; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
Our Country's Good
2017-06-13
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Rover; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre (Loyola Marymount University)
box 3
A Christmas Story
2017-07-28
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Lebano; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: T. McCraw
Scope and Contents
Sierra Madre Playhouse
box 3
The Emperor of the Moon
2018-01-04
Scope and Contents
Director: N. Pervan; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: F. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Loyola Marymount University
box 3
The Amorous Ambassador
2002-03-10
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Parker; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: R. Treu
Scope and Contents
The Racine Theatre Guild
box 3
The Rose Tattoo
2017-01-29
Scope and Contents
Director: T. Fitzgerald; Designer: C. Erven; Tech. Dir.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Loyola Marymount University Department of Theatre Arts & Dance
box 22, folder 3
Hair
2018
Scope and Contents
Director: K. Noon; Designer: C. Erven; T.D.: J. Sheppard
Scope and Contents
Loyola Marymount University; Strub Theatre
Map-case 4, Folder 4, Drawer 19
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
2019-06-13-2019-07-20
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Holmes; Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Loyola Marymount University- Strub Theater
Undergraduate and Graduate Coursework
box 4, folder 1
The Bad Soprano
1968
Scope and Contents
St. Norbert College (De Pere, WI); Director: John Schneider; First acting role for C. Erven
box 4, folder 2
Scene design
Scope and Contents
"UW-Madison- undergraduate scene design. Ink blobs on damp watercolor paper examined to find scenic environments when a figure
(to provide scale) is placed in a frame to create scenic impression"
box 4, folder 5
John Ezell
Scope and Contents
"Graduate school mentor- designer for professional producation for which [Erven] assisted or worked for those theatres"
box 4, folder 6
Graduate school material
1973
box 4, folder 7
Application to MFA program- UW-Madison
1972
box 4, folder 8
Directing classes
Scope and Contents
UW-Madison; graduate directing classes as part of MFA requirement
box 4, folder 9
Graduate assistant scene shop
1972-1973
Scope and Contents
"And the Old Man Had Two Sons" and "The Typists and the Tiger" programs
box 4, folder 10
Circus Magic
1973
Scope and Contents
First design by Erven towards MFA
box 4, folder 11
Artists for the Revolution
1973
Scope and Contents
UW-Madison MFA graduate school; C. Erven assistant to designer John Ezell
box 4, folder 12
The Homecoming
1973
Scope and Contents
First significant scene design at UW
box 4, folder 13, box 9, folder 11
The Brig
1974
Physical Description: Script is located in Box 9, Folder 11.
Scope and Contents
UW-Madison; Costume Designer: C. Erven
box 4, folder 14
The Devils
1974
Scope and Contents
UW-Madison; Prop Master: C. Erven
box 4, folder 15, box 10, folder 1, box 22, folder 1
The Girl of the Golden West
1976
Physical Location: Oversized paintings in Box 10, Folder 1. Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
UW-Madison- graduate design- opera workshop; Scenery and Costume Design: C. Erven; Director: Henry Butler of Metropolitan
Opera NYC; thesis project for MFA
Wisconsin Union Theatre
box 4, folder 16, box 10, folder 1, box 22, folder 1, box 22, folder 4
The Breasts of Tiresias
1975
Physical Location: Oversized perspective rendering in Box 10, Folder 1. Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1. Blueprints for Music Hall
Theatre in Box 22, Folder 4.
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin Opera Workshop
box 4, folder 17
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
1976
Scope and Contents
UW-Madison post-graduate (MFA) design
box 4, folder 18
Lear
Scope and Contents
UW-Madison, post-graduate design
box 4, folder 19
Sergeant Musgrave's Dance
1973
Scope and Contents
UW-Madison, graduate work- first show working towards MFA; Technical Director: C. Erven
box 4, folder 20
An Enemy of the People
1975
Scope and Contents
UW-Madison, graduate coursework- part of MFA requirement; Design by C. Erven, Director: R. Hughes
box 4, folder 21
Nigerian theatre project
1975
Scope and Contents
UW-Madison, graduate school project
box 4, folder 94
Transformations
1976
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin opera; MFA grad design
box 10, folder 1
The Abduction from the Seraglio
1976
Scope and Contents
UW Madison- MFA project; perspective elements, not produced
Scope and Contents
Asolo Theatre; Sarasota, FL
box 10, folder 1
A Long Journey's Day Into Night
1974
Scope and Contents
UW Madison, MFA graduate work; perspective elevations
box 9, folder 10, box 10, folder 1, box 24
La Bohème
1983
Physical Description: Script is located in Box 9, Folder 10. Oversized design process material in Box 24.
Scope and Contents
United Scenic Artists (Local 350; now Local 829) Entrance Examination; Perspective drawings in preperation for renderings
Alternate Title
La Boheme
box 10, folder 2, box 11, folder 1
The Lady's Not for Burning
Scope and Contents
UW Madison MFA course work; costume rendering (not produced) for Margaret Devise. Smaller renderings are in Box 11, Folder
1.
box 10, folder 2
The Cherry Orchard
1974
Scope and Contents
UW Madison MFA course work; Perspective drawing/rendering
box 10, folder 2
The Heiress
1973
Scope and Contents
MFA costume class renderings
box 10, folder 2
The Weavers
1975
Scope and Contents
UW Madison MFA course work; Costume design renderings (not produced)
box 10, folder 3, box 11, folder 2
Deirdre
1973-04-11
Scope and Contents
UW Madison MFA course work; Preliminary sketches and set rendering for Advanced Scene Design (not produced). Costume designs/renderings
are in Box 11, Folder 2.
box 10, folder 3, box 11, folder 6
Servant of Two Masters
Scope and Contents
UW Madison MFA course work; Color range collage (not produced); Costume sketches found in Box 11, Folder 6.
box 10, folder 4
The Pelican
1977
Scope and Contents
UW MAdison MFA class project; Source material and rough sketches, Xerox of set rendering; Later produced by Carroll College
box 10, folder 4
Barefoot in the Park
1973
Scope and Contents
UW Madison MFA class project; Perspective rendering
box 10, folder 5
A Moon for the Misbegotten
1975
Scope and Contents
Design project; Television promotional card
box 11, folder 1
The Women
Scope and Contents
Costume designs/renderings: Mary, Sylvia, Crystal
box 11, folder 2
Electra
1973
Scope and Contents
Costume designs/renderings
box 11, folder 3
Gammer Gurton's Needle
Scope and Contents
Costume renderings
box 11, folder 4
Agamemnon
1970
Scope and Contents
Undergraduate scene design course with Professor John Ezell
box 11, folder 5
Wash with Meilziner figure
Scope and Contents
UW Madison MFA class project; Professor John Ezell
Indiana Repertory Theatre
box 4, folder 22
Arms & the Man
1975
Scope and Contents
Scenic artist
box 4, folder 23
Missouri Repertory Theatre
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
1974: stage carpenter; 1975: scene shop technician
box 4, folder 24
Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival
1976
Scope and Contents
Scenic artist for the season; assistant to designer John Ezell ("Romeo and Juliet" and "The Doctor's Dilemma")
University of Wisconsin, Madison- summer theatre
box 4, folder 26
The Front Page
1985
Scope and Contents
Director: E. Amor; Set Design: C. Erven ("Note: set design in the director's vision")
box 22, folder 4
Mitchell Theatre blueprints (Vilas Hall; University of Wisconsin-Madison)
box 22, folder 4
Union Theater blueprints (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
box 22, folder 4
Hemsley Theatre blueprints (Vilas Hall; University of Wisconsin-Madison)
box 4, folder 27
Rhinoceros
1972
Scope and Contents
C. Erven acted as Mr. Papillon
box 4, folder 28
Arms & the Man
1971
Scope and Contents
C. Erven acted as Capt. Blunschli
box 4, folder 29
Saddleback Company Theatre
1978-1979
box 4, folder 30
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Scope and Contents
Saddleback Summer Theatre Company; Director: J. Raphael; Design: C. Erven
box 4, folder 31, box 10, Folder 5, box 22, folder 1
The Little Foxes
1978
Physical Location: Oversized research and review boards located in Box 10, Folder 5. Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Director: W. Pearce; Designer: C. Erven
box 4, folder 32, box 22, folder 1
How the Other Half Loves
1978
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Director: B. Donoghue; Designer: C.Erven; Tech. Dir.: M. Blum (Saddleback Summer Stock Company)
box 4, folder 33
Guys and Dolls
Scope and Contents
Saddleback Summer Theatre
box 4, folder 34
Scapino!
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Raphael; Designer: C. Erven
box 4, folder 35, box 7, folder 35, box 10, folder 5, box 12, Folder 8, box 22, folder 1
Cabaret
1978
Physical Location: Oversized paint elevation and color range located in Box 10, Folder 5. Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Saddleback Theater Company
box 4, folder 36
The Birthday Party
Scope and Contents
Saddleback College
box 4, folder 37
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1977
Scope and Contents
Saddleback College
box 4, folder 40
The Fiction of John Fowles
1978
box 4, folder 41, box 22, folder 1
The Man of La Mancha
1978
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
box 4, folder 42
No Time for Sergeants
1978
box 4, folder 43, box 22, folder 1
Inherit the Wind
1978
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
box 4, folder 45
Six Characters in Search of an Author
University of Colorado, Boulder
box 4, folder 47
The Miser
1980
Scope and Contents
Lighting Designer: C. Erven
box 4, folder 51
correspondence regarding employment
box 4, folder 52, box 22, folder 1
Love's Labour's Lost; Colorado Shakespeare Festival
1980
Physical Location: Colorado Shakespeare Festival official poster (2 copies) located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Yang; Scenic Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre
box 22, folder 4
University of Colorado, Boulder theater blueprints
box 22, folder 4
Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre (University of Colorado, Boulder)
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
box 4, folder 56, box 24
Ring Round the Moon
1982
Physical Location: Oversized design process material in Box 24.
box 22, folder 4
Main Stage Theatre blueprints (University of Wisconsin-Parkside)
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
box 4, folder 60, box 12, folder 4
Quality Time
1995
Physical Description: Paint elevations in Box 12, Folder 4
Scope and Contents
Stackner Cabaret
box 22, folder 4
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre; Stackner Cabaret theater blueprints
box 22, folder 4
Stiemke Studio blueprints (Milwaukee Repertory Theater)
Brief Lives
1992
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee, WI
American Inside Theatre
Scope and Contents
Previously known as Milwaukee Inside Theatre
box 4, folder 62
The Rainmaker
1989
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Inside Theatre
box 4, folder 63, box 12, folder 4
A Hatful of Rain
1992
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations and oversized conceptual collage (Box 12, Folder 4)
Scope and Contents
Performed at Todd Wehr Theatre
box 4, folder 64, box 12, folder 4
A Streetcar Named Desire
1988
Physical Description: Paint elevation in Box 12, Folder 4
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Inside Theatre
box 4, folder 65, box 22, folder 1
Holiday
1991
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Carroll College; Otteson Theatre
box 4, folder 66, box 22, folder 1
All My Sons
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
box 4, folder 67, box 22, folder 1
August Snow
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Otteson Theatre, Carroll College
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
box 4, folder 68
Gertrude Stein and a Companion
1987
box 4, folder 69
Shaw Festival
Scope and Contents
Transparencies were used to project and paint the various images/faces.
box 4, folder 70, box 22, folder 3
Ghosts
1986
Physical Location: Original oversized stencil located in Box 22, Folder 3.
Scope and Contents
Special wallpaper stencil designed by C. Erven based on Munch's painting "The Scream." Skulls of screamer became the repeated
pattern.
box 4, folder 71
No Man's Land
1989
Physical Description: Includes paint/color elevation
box 4, folder 74
Suite in Two Keys
1985
Scope and Contents
First design for MCT by C. Erven who also served as tech director and painter.
box 4, folder 75, box 7, folder 33
Lost in Yonkers
1994
Scope and Contents
Set originally built for Racine Theatre Guild producation- moved to Broadway Theatre Center, Milwaukee. Set designed to work/fit
in both theatres.
box 4, folder 77
6th Annual Shaw Festival
1988
box 4, folder 78
7th Annual Shaw Festival
1989
box 22, folder 4
Skylight Theatre blueprints (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre)
box 22, folder 4
Broadway Theatre Center blueprints (Milwaukee, WI)
Madison Repertory Theatre
box 4, folder 80
The Nerd
1988
Scope and Contents
Director: J. Hanreddy; Designer: C. Erven
box 22, folder 4
Madison Repertory Theatre blueprints
box 4, folder 81, box 9, folder 12
Bambi
1994
Physical Location: Script located in Box 9, Folder 12.
Scope and Contents
Todd Wehr Theatre
box 4, folder 82, box 24
Nightingale
Physical Location: Oversized design process material in Box 24.
Scope and Contents
Florentine Opera; Set Designer: C. Erven
box 4, folder 84
Afternoon of the Elves
1996
box 4, folder 85
The Ugly Duckling
1991
Scope and Contents
First design by C. Erven for this theatre
box 22, folder 4
Todd Wehr Theater blueprints
Fireside Theatre
Scope and Contents
Fort Atkinson, WI
box 4, folder 88
Sayonara
1995
Scope and Contents
Scenic artist
6th St. Theatre
Scope and Contents
Racine, WI
box 4, folder 90
Into the Woods
1994
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Scope and Contents
Merle Reskin Theatre; guest artist
box 22, folder 4
Merle Reskin Theatre blueprints (DePaul University)
Jihocesky Divadlo
Scope and Contents
Jihočeské divadlo; Cesky Bujehovice (Ceske Budejovice), CZ
box 4, folder 91-93, box 24
Knives in Hens
2008
Physical Description: Paint elevations in Box 12, Folder 3. Oversized design process material in Box 24.
Scope and Contents
Director: Michael Lang; Scenery Designer: Charles Erven; Costume Designer: Lucie Loosova
box 5, folder 2, box 21, folder 1
Working
1984
Physical Location: Script is located in Box 21, Folder 1.
box 5, folder 3, box 7, folder 29, box 9, folder 4, box 12, folder 1
Prometheus Bound
1983
Scope and Contents
First production designed by C. Erven at Carroll College; Costume renderings in Box 12, Folder 1
box 5, folder 4
Little Shop of Horrors
1988
1998
box 5, folder 5
The Pelican
2002
Scope and Contents
Director: Tara McAllister-Viel
box 5, folder 6
The House of Blue Leaves
1992
Scope and Contents
Director and Designer: Charles Erven; set originally designed for Racine Theatre Guild- adapted to Otteson Mainstage, Carroll
College
box 5, folder 8, box 12, folder 2, box 24
A Shayna Maidel
2000
Physical Location: Paint elevation in Box 12, Folder 2. Oversized design process material in Box 24.
Scope and Contents
Director: Tara McAllister-Viel.
box 5, folder 10, box 22, folder 1
Hunting Cockroaches
1991
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
box 5, folder 11, box 10, folder 5
The Painting
1984
Scope and Contents
Part of "An Evening of Ionesco"
Scope and Contents
Oversized costume design sketches in Box 10, Folder 5
box 5, folder 12
Buried Child
1987
Scope and Contents
Director and Designer: C. Erven
box 5, folder 17
The Hot L Baltimore
Separated Materials
Director: C. Erven; First university-level direction
box 5, folder 20, box 24
Guys and Dolls
1996
Physical Location: Oversized design process material in Box 24.
Scope and Contents
Second use of "Tartuffe" set
box 5, folder 21
Funny Girl
1983
Scope and Contents
Emergency fill-in to help complete this design led to interview and hiring at Carroll College
box 5, folder 23
Brighton Beach Memoirs
1994
Scope and Contents
Originally designed for "Broadway Bound" at Racine Theatre Guild (requires same set)
box 5, folder 28
The Odd Couple
2002
Scope and Contents
Female version; Directed by Tara McAllister-Viel (Carroll College theater alumna)
box 5, folder 30-31, box 10, folder 5, box 21, folder 2
A Piece of My Heart
2001
Physical Location: Oversized lighting design in Box 10, Folder 5; undated. Script located in Box 21, Folder 2.
box 5, folder 32
Celtic One Acts- Deirdre/Riders to the Sea
2000
box 5, folder 33
A Chorus Line
1987
Scope and Contents
Director: Frank DiFilia; Scenery and Lighting Design: C. Erven
box 5, folder 34, box 22, folder 1
Wild Honey
1989
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Recycled and adapted the set originally designed for and built at The Racine Theatre Guild- allowed C. Erven to direct the
show.
box 5, folder 35, box 7, folder 32, box 9, folder 9, box 12, folder 2, box 22, folder 1
Marriage
1997
Physical Description: Script located in Box 9, Folder 9. Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Director and Costume Sketches: Yuri Ournov (Moscow); Scenery Designer: Charles Erven; Costumes bulit at Carroll College
box 5, folder 36, box 7, folder 31, box 12, folder 2
The Adding Machine
1993
Scope and Contents
Director: C. Erven; Design: Danila Korogodsky; Costume designs in Box 12, Folder 2.
box 5, folder 37, box 22, folder 1
Once Five Years Pass
1996
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Director: Charles Erven; Scenery/Costume Design: Danila Korogodsky; Lighting: Eric Appleton
box 5, folder 38, box 22, folder 1
I See the Sun
1992
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Artistic Director: Nugzar Butskhrikidze
box 5, folder 39, box 12, folder 3
Dr. Faustus
1998
Scope and Contents
Director: Charles Erven; Design: Lucie Loosova (DAMU, Prague)
Oversized costume design image in Box 12, Folder 3
box 5, folder 40, box 22, folder 1
Tartuffe
1996
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Set used for two additional productions: Guys and Dolls and Rhinoceros
box 5, folder 41
Carroll College theatre brochures
box 5, folder 42, box 22, folder 1
Stories by Ole Luköie
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Director: Issa Yakubov (Uzbek Puppet Theatre)
box 5, folder 43
NCEP Tour:The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Magnolias- Moony's Kid Don't Cry- Shakespeare monologue
1994
box 5, folder 44, box 22, folder 1
Vanities
1997
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
box 5, folder 45
Rhinoceros
1997
Scope and Contents
Director: Mark Weil (Ilkholm Theatre; Tashkent, Uzbekistan); Design: Charles Erven
Production traveled to Tashkent and played at Ilkholm Theater with students from Carroll College, Tashkent, and Seattle
box 5, folder 46, box 7, folder 30, box 22, folder 1
Mandragola
2001
Physical Location: Official poster for International Festival of University Productions located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Director: Yuri Ournov (GITIS, Moscow); Scenery: Charles Erven; Costumes: Lucie Lousova (DAMU, Prague)
box 8, folder 1, box 22, folder 1
Temptation
1991
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Director: Charles Erven; Des. Set/Costumes: Danila Korogodsky (First of three collaborations at Carroll College: Temptation,
The Adding Machine, Once Five Years Pass)
box 24
Single Out Santa
Scope and Contents
Waukesha Civic Theatre in Otteson Theatre, Carroll College.
box 22, folder 4
Dorothy Steinmetz Studio Theatre blueprints (Otteson Theatre; Carroll College)
box 22, folder 4
Mainstage Theatre (Otteson Theatre; Carroll College)
box 5, folder 47
The Odd Couple
1988
Scope and Contents
Female version
box 5, folder 49
Desire Under the Elms
1997
box 5, folder 50
Lost in Yonkers
1995
Scope and Contents
Set transferred to Broadway Theatre Center (Milwaukee) for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
box 5, folder 52, box 24
Anything Goes
2003
Physical Location: Box 24 contains oversized design process material.
box 5, folder 53, box 24
Scrooge
2005
Physical Location: Box 24 contains oversized design process material.
box 5, folder 60, box 12, folder 4
Annie
2002
Physical Description: Paint elevation in Box 12, Folder 4
box 5, folder 63, box 7, folder 34
box 5, folder 67
Camping with Henry and Tom
1998
box 5, folder 68, box 22, folder 1
Rough Crossing
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Production toured to an international fesitival in Europe
box 5, folder 69, box 22, folder 1
The Wizard of Oz
1995
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
box 5, folder 70, box 24
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Physical Location: Box 24 contains oversized design process material.
box 5, folder 72, box 22, folder 1
Mornings at Seven
Physical Description: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
box 5, folder 73, box 24
The Uneasy Chair
2007
Physical Location: Box 24 contains oversized design process material.
box 8, folder 2, box 24
Guys and Dolls
Physical Location: Box 24 contains oversized design process material.
box 5, folder 76, box 9, folder 7, box 24
Wild Honey
1988
Physical Location: Box 24 contains oversized design process material.
Scope and Contents
Later remounted at Carroll College for C. Erven to direct Wild Honey.
box 5, folder 77, box 24
The Music Man
2005
Physical Location: Box 24contains oversized design process material.
box 5, folder 78, box 22, folder 1
The Foreigner
1989
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
box 5, folder 79
Beauty and the Beast
2008
box 22, folder 4
Racine Theatre Guild theater blueprints
Loyola Marymount University
box 6, folder 1
Rumors
2004
Physical Description: Includes paint elevation
Scope and Contents
Strub Stage- Director: R. Marasco; Set Design: C. Erven
Related Materials
Official program can be found in Box 18, Folder 145 along with photographs.
box 8, folder 3
Our Country's Good
2017
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre- Director: J. Royer, then M. Valera (Valera assumed directing when Royer had medical problems); Sc. Designer:
C. Erven
box 6, folder 2, box 12, folder 6, box 21, folder 3
The Three Sisters
2016
Physical Location: Paint elevations located in Box 12, Folder 6. Script located in Box 21, Folder 3.
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: D. Benedict; Sc. Designer: C. Erven
box 6, folder 3, box 12, folder 6, box 23
Buried Child
2009
Physical Description: Paint elevations in Box 12, Folder 6. Oversized design process material in Box 23.
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre- S. Design: C. Erven
box 6, folder 4
Children of a Lesser God
2006
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: Sharon Madden; S. Designer: C. Erven
box 6, folder 5, box 9, folder 8
Pinter X Three
2012
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre- Director: J. Royer; S. Designer: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
Three Pinter one acts on a unit set adaptable to all three.
box 6, folder 6
A Streetcar Named Desire
2007
Scope and Contents
Director: G. Beckel; S. Designer: C. Erven
box 6, folder 7
Crimes of the Heart
2013
Physical Description: Includes paint elevation
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: R. Marasco; S. Designer: C. Erven; Playwright: Beth Henley
box 6, folder 8
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2004
Scope and Contents
Director: K. Noon; Scenery and Costumes: Lucie Loosova
Scope and Contents
Performed in a tent next to Foley fountain; Scenographer from Prague invited by C. Erven and department to design this show
box 6, folder 9
Cloud 9
2007
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre- Director: Michal Lang (Shavandovo Divadlo, Prague); Set Design: C. Erven
Scope and Contents
M. Lang was brought to LMU as part of an interaction between the theatre department, DAMU, and the Shavando Divadlo.
box 6, folder 10
Hamlet
2003
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: R. Marasco; Sc. Designer: J. Fagan (student); Student Advisor: C. Erven
After graduating from LMU, Josh Fagan earned his MFA in Scene Desgin at DAMU under Jan Dušek.
box 8, folder 4
12th Night
2014
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: K. Noon; Sc. Des: C. Erven; Costume Design: M. Froehlich
Froehlich is a USAA 829 Union costume designer hired with a union contract- rare for a university to do so but was required
due to costume needs.
box 8, folder 5, box 21, folder 4, box 23
Fati's Last Dance
2016
Physical Location: Script located in Box 21, Folder 4. Oversized design process material in Box 23.
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre- Director: Dana Resnick; S. Designer: C. Erven
box 6, folder 11
The Rose Tattoo
2016
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre- Director: T. Fitzgerald; Sc. Designer: C. Erven
box 6, folder 12, box 12, folder 6, box 23
The Balcony
2008
Physical Description: Paint elevations in Box 12, Folder 6. Oversized design process material located in Box 23.
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: N. Pervan; Sc. Designer: C. Erven
box 6, folder 13, box 21, folder 5
The Emperor of the Moon
2018
Physical Location: Scripts and stage manager's prompt book located in Box 21, Folder 5.
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre- Director: N. Pervan; Sc. Design: C. Erven; Costume Design: Josh LaCour (alumni); Lighting Design: Rob Hillig;
Animation: Jose Garcia Moreno and David Garden; Music: Mladen Milicevic; Choreography: Rosalynde LeBlanc Loo; Sword Fight
Coordinator: Kevin Wetmore; Playwright: Aphra Behn
box 6, folder 14
Catch-22
2011
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: J. Holmes; Sc. Designer: C. Erven; Proj. Designer: A. Flemming; Light. Designer: R. Hillig
box 6, folder 15
Working
2011
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Sc. Design: C. Erven; Cornelia Miller was a student assistent designer who built a model and chose sign content
box 6, folder 16, box 21, folder 6, box 23
The Grand Tarot
2006
Physical Location: Scripts located in Box 21, Folder 6. Oversized design process material located in Box 23.
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: K. Wetmore; S. Designer: C. Erven
box 6, folder 17
J.B.
2002
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: B. Redman; Sc. Design: C. Erven; Lt. Design: D. Weingarten
C. Erven's first LMU production
box 8, folder 6, box 21, folder 7
Chavez Ravine
2015
Physical Location: Script located in Box 21, Folder 7.
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: Edgar Landa; Sc. Design: C. Erven
Landa was a member of Culture Clash which originally devised this play.
box 6, folder 18, box 23
Dancing at Lughnasa
2003
Physical Location: Box 23 contains oversized design process material.
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: Judith Royer, C.S.J.; S. Design: C. Erven
box 6, folder 19
The Crucible
2010
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: N. Pervan; Sc. Design: C. Erven
box 6, folder 20, box 21, folder 8
In the Continuum
2015
Physical Location: Scripts located in Box 21, Folder 8.
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre- Director: K. Wetmore; Sc. Design: C. Erven
box 8, folder 7, box 23
This Place on Third Avenue
2007
Physical Location: Box 23 contains oversized design process material.
Scope and Contents
Barnelle Theatre
box 6, folder 21
The Seagull
2003
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: D. Benedict; S. Design: C. Erven
Stage and audience were reversed for this production. Set built out over existing seating to allow backlight of painted drop
with moonlight and audience sat on stage. Backdrop painted by students (Joshua Fagan, Katie Wilson) with C. Erven.
box 6, folder 22
Buried Child/Fool for Love
2004-2005
Scope and Contents
Teaching at DAMU (Prague)
box 6, folder 23-25, box 23
The Persians
2002
2005
Physical Location: Box 23 contains oversized design process material.
Scope and Contents
Director: Katharine B. Free; Lighting Design: C. Erven; Scene Design: Jan Dušek
Head of scenography program at DAMU (Prague, Czech Republic), Dušek came to LMU to design scenery for The Persians.
box 9, folder 5
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
2019
Scope and Contents
Strub Theatre- Director: Jim Holmes
box 21, folder 10, box 23
Hair
2019
Physical Location: Script located in Box 21, Folder 10. Oversized design process material in Box 23.
Scope and Contents
Director: K. Noon; Scene Designer: C. Erven; Lighting Designer/Projection Designer: R. Hillig; Costume Designer: Pat McMahon
Performed Spring 2019
box 22, folder 4
Strub Theatre blueprints (Loyola Marymount University)
Odyssey Theatre
Scope and Contents
Los Angeles, CA
box 8, folder 8
Juno and the Paycock
2001
box 6, folder 26, box 21, folder 9
The Foreigner
2004-11-20-2005-01-30
Physical Location: Official program can be found in Box 16, Folder 90 along with photographs. Script located in Box 21, Folder 9.
box 6, folder 28
Buddha's Big Night
2003
Scope and Contents
C. Erven's first design for Odyssey Theatre.
box 6, folder 30
Shel Silverstein Uncensored!
2008
box 6, folder 31
A Chorus of Disapproval
2006
Related Materials
Official postcard can be found in Box 16, Folder 89 along with photographs.
box 8, folder 9
Adding Machine: A Musical
2011
box 6, folder 33
Desire Under the Elms
2007
Scope and Contents
Odyssey Theatre 3- Director and Producer: Jeffrey Hayden; Designer: C. Erven
box 6, folder 34
The Sunshine Boys
2008
Scope and Contents
Odyssey Theatre- Director and Producer: Jeffrey Hayden
box 6, folder 35
Sunset Baby
2015
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
box 9, folder 1, box 23
Screwballs
2007
Physical Location: Box 23 contains oversized design process material.
Scope and Contents
Odyssey Theatre 1- Independent Producer and Author: J. Edelman. Includes script.
Shavandovo Divadlo (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble)
Scope and Contents
Švandovo divadlo- Prague, Czech Republic
box 7, folder 1-4, box 9, folder 6, box 23
Much Ado About Nothing
2009
Physical Location: Paint elevations in Box 12, Folder 3. Oversized design process material in Box 23.
Scope and Contents
Director: M. Lang; S. Design: C. Erven
Pacific Resident Theatre
Scope and Contents
Venice, CA
box 7, folder 5, box 12, folder 5
Happy End
2004
Physical Description: Paint elevations in Box 12, Folder 5
box 7, folder 6
Awake and Sing
2013
Scope and Contents
Unproduced design
box 7, Folders 7, 27, box 23
Sweet Thursday
2012
Physical Location: Box 23 contains oversized design process material.
Ensemble Theatre Company (Alhecama Theatre)- Santa Barbara
box 7, folder 8-9, box 23
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
2013
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations. Oversized material in Box 23.
Scope and Contents
Director: Saundra McClain; Scene Design: C. Erven; Style: Edward Hopper
Last production in historic Alhecama Theater
box 7, folder 10-11, box 12, folder 5, box 23
A Christmas Story
2017
Physical Description: Paint elevations in Box 12, Folder 5. Oversized design process materials in Box 23.
Related Materials
Official postcard and program can be found in Box 16, Folder 99.
box 7, folder 12
Becoming Eleanor
2002-11-2003-01
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Benedict; Design: C. Erven
First professional design for Erven in Los Angeles.
Related Materials
Official show program can be found in Box 15, Folder 84 along with photographs.
box 7, folder 13, box 23
The Heiress
2006
Physical Description: Box 23 has magnifications of some hand draftings.
box 22, folder 4
Long Beach Playhouse; Studio Theatre blueprints
box 22, folder 4
Los Angeles Theatre Center blueprints (Ghost Road Company)
Nancy Hill Productions
Scope and Contents
Howling Wolves Productions- Santa Monica Playhouse
box 7, folder 15
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
2006
The Colony Theatre
Scope and Contents
Burbank, CA
box 9, folder 2-3
What I Learned in Paris
2014
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
Related Materials
Official postcard can be found in Box 16, Folder 96 along with photographs.
Island Center
Scope and Contents
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
box 7, folder 17, box 22, folder 1, box 23
The Wiz
1987
Physical Location: Official poster located in Box 22, Folder 1.
Wagner College
Scope and Contents
Staten Island, NY
box 7, folder 18
The Wiz
2003
Physical Description: Includes paint elevations
box 22, folder 4
Wagner College theater blueprints
Cider Mill Playhouse
Scope and Contents
Binghampton, NY
box 7, folder 19
Cider Mill Playhouse documents
1985
Scope and Contents
Research grant request and contract
box 7, folder 20
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1985
box 22, folder 4
Cider Mill Playhouse theater blueprints
Jenny Wiley Theatre
Scope and Contents
Prestonsburg, KY
box 7, folder 23
Buoy- unrealized film project
2006
Scope and Contents
Director: D. Zervos; Designer: C. Erven; T.D.: L. Felix
box 7, folder 24
The Paris Bit- graduate school project
1975
2007
Scope and Contents
University of Wisconsin, Madison graduate design project; was later included in a juried exhibit on theatre design at the
Milwaukee Art Museum.
box 7, folder 26
United Scenic Artists exam acceptance letter
1983
Scope and Contents
Union USAA local 829
box 20
United Scenic Artists stamp
Scope and Contents
Rubber stamp for work produced by United Scenic Artists Local 829
Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) workshop; Midsummer Night's Dream
Scope and Contents
Erven served as a workshop participant; workshop led by Ming Cho Lee
box 22, folder 4
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Physical Description: Theater blueprints
box 13
Our Country's Good
Scope and Contents
Wall sample from production performed at Loyola Marymount University.
box 13
Crimes of the Heart
Scope and Contents
Wall sample from production performed at Loyola Marymount University.
box 13
Lost in Yonkers
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents
Two wall samples from production performed at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre.
box 13
Noises Off
Scope and Contents
Wall sample from production performed at Santa Barbara City College.
box 13
Wild Honey
Scope and Contents
Wall sample from production performed at Carroll College
box 13
The Crucible
Scope and Contents
Wall sample from production performed at Loyola Marymount University.
Photographs
Scope and Contents
Consists of slides, print photographs, photo negatives, and CD-R disks with digital images of live productions and sets.
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
Box 14, Folder 1
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Bertha And The Gravedigger)
Box 14, Folder 3
When Ya Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Box 14, Folder 6
The Frog Princess and the Witch
Box 14, Folder 8
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Saddleback Summer Theatre (Company Theatre), Mission Viejo, CA
Box 14, Folder 17
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Scope and Contents
Graduate MFA Program/Opera Workshop, Post Graduate and Summer Theatre
Box 14, Folder 21
The Brig
Scope and Contents
MFA, Costume Design
Box 14, Folder 22
The Breasts of Tiresias
Scope and Contents
UW Opera
Box 14, Folder 23
Transformations
Scope and Contents
UW Opera
Box 14, Folder 24
The Girl of the Golden West
Scope and Contents
UW Opera and MFA Thesis
Box 14, Folder 25
Lear
Scope and Contents
Postgraduate design
Box 14, Folder 26
Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Scope and Contents
Postgraduate design
Box 14, Folder 27
The Front Page
Scope and Contents
UW Summer Theatre
Box 14, Folder 28
Under the Gaslight
Scope and Contents
UW Summer Theatre
Box 14, Folder 29
Earnest in Love
Scope and Contents
UW Summer Theatre
University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO / Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Box 14, Folder 33, box 22, folder 2
Love's Labour's Lost
Physical Location: Oversized board featuring photographs and small images of hand draftings found in Box 22, Folder 2.
Scope and Contents
Colorado Shakespeare Festival
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Box 15, Folder 41
Thurber Carnival (The World Of Walter Mitty)
The Racine Theatre Guild, Racine, WI
Box 15, Folder 54
Camping with Henry and Tom
Box 15, Folder 56
Scrooge
Scope and Contents
CD-R discs contain photographs from both "Scrooge" and "The Music Man."
Box 15, Folder 57
The Music Man
Scope and Contents
See "Scrooge" folder for CD-R containing photographs from "The Music Man."
First Stage Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Box 15, Folder 67
The Nightingale
Scope and Contents
With Florentine Opera, Milwaukee, WI
The Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Milwaukee, WI
Box 15, Folder 68
Coward in Two Keys- Come Into the Garden, Maud
Box 15, Folder 69
Gertrude Stein and a Companion
Box 15, Folder 73
Shaw Festivals
Scope and Contents
5th, 6th, and 7th annual
American Inside Theatre (Milwaukee Inside Theatre), Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, WI
Scope and Contents
Stackner Cabaret
Island Center, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Cider Mill Playhouse, Binghampton, NY
Box 16, Folder 83
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Long Beach Playhouse, Long Beach, CA
The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Resident Theatre, Venice, CA
Colony Theatre, Burbank, CA
The Ghost Road Company, Los Angeles, CA
Ensemble Theatre Company, Santa Barbara, CA
Box 16, Folder 98
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Sierra Madre Playhouse, Sierra Madre, CA
Box 16, Folder 99
A Christmas Story
Scope and Contents
Only contains program and promotional postcard.
Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Box 16, Folder 104
Little Shop Of Horrors
Scope and Contents
first production
Box 16, Folder 105
Little Shop Of Horrors
Scope and Contents
second production with Polaris Puppet Theatre
Box 17, Folder 139
The Odd Couple (female version)
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Box 18, Folder 150
This Place on Third Avenue
Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
Box 19
Mandragola
2001-02-20
Scope and Contents
Carroll College Players; Special Directors Presentation
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS tape; requires digitization to view
Box 19
Deirdre / Riders to the Sea
2000-04-15
Scope and Contents
Carroll College; 7 PM
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS tape; requires digitization to view
Box 19
Iphigenia at Aulis
1998-04-17
Scope and Contents
Carroll Players; 8:00 PM
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS tape; requires digitization to view
Box 19
Dr. Faustus
1998-10-31
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS tape; requires digitization to view
Box 19
Rhinoceros
1997-03-01
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS tape; requires digitization to view
Box 19
The Four Dervishes
2004
Scope and Contents
Ghost Road Company; 110 minutes (12 minute sample)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS tape; requires digitization to view
Box 19
Marriage
1997-11-08
Scope and Contents
Margaritaville Productions; The Carrol Players; 5 PM
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS tape; requires digitization to view
Box 19
Cloud 9
2007
Scope and Contents
Loyola Marymount University, Barnelle Theatre
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
3 MiniDV cassettes; require digitization to view