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Biographical / Historical
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Preferred Citation
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Title: Playwrights' Arena archives
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 187
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
7.51 Linear Feet
(18 full-size document boxes)
Creator:
Playwrights' Arena (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Date (inclusive): 1992-2017
Abstract: 6 boxes containing scripts, internal organizational files, contracts, photographics prints, and other ephemera.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Language of Material: This collection is largely in English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Playwrights' Arena is a non-profit organization founded in 1992 by its artistic director Jon Lawrence Rivera and Steve Tyler.
It is an organization dedicated to diversity and inclusivity among its writers and artists, its management, its board, its
audiences, and also among the points of view of the works it develops and produces. This worldview applies also to its artistic
education programs.
Playwrights' Arena discovers, nurtures, and produces new works for the stage written exclusively by Los Angeles playwrights
through readings, workshops and round table discussions. Some recent examples include The End Times (2016), Blood Letting
(2018), and I Go Somewhere Else (2019). Local playwrights are encouraged to create original, adventurous, daring materials
with the intent of challenging the mind, touching the heart, and provoking the spirit.
Playwrights' Arena encourages experimentation with work that pushes boundaries in theme and content, and that also provides
a thought-provoking experience for the audience and performers alike. Playwrights' Arena is also dedicated to using its resources
and talents to educate and inspire students through a strong mentoring/educational component where ideas flow both ways.
The Playwrights' Arena archives were established as a CEMA collection in 2017 and include materials such as production files,
photographs, scripts, scene plots, videos, and correspondence.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of 6 boxes containing playwright materials including scripts, internal organizational files, contracts,
some photographs, and other ephemera.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by production title in chronological order. Each play is its own series with sub-series containing
material from corresponding acts such as notes, photographs, or other materials related to that particular play.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Playwrights' Arena archives, CEMA 187. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dramatists
Theaters -- California -- Los Angeles
Administrative records
Contracts
Correspondence
Notes (documents)
Photographs
Printed ephemera
Scripts (documents)
Playwrights' Arena (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives
Rivera, Jon Lawrence
Tyler, Steve, 1962-