Robey Theatre Company production files, 1999-2019

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Summary

Creators:
Robey Theatre Company and Guillory, Bennet, 1949-
Abstract:
Production files and administrative records of the Robey Theatre Company of Los Angeles, California.
Extent:
18 Linear Feet; (18 cartons, 1 oversized flat folder)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Robey Theatre Company production files, CEMA 192. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains production files and administrative records produced by the Robey Theatre Company of Los Angeles, California.

Materials may include contracts, scripts, cast and crew sheets, financial documents, promotional materials, reviews, set and prop lists, newsletters, board materials, event planning documents, and grant proposals.

Biographical / historical:

The Robey Theatre Company is led by Co-founder and Producing Artistic Director, Ben Guillory. The organization was founded in 1994 to offer theater training along with playwriting workshops and readings in order to create opportunities for Black theater artists. Artists of color and audiences alike have had insufficient opportunities to hear these voices and to experience their unique expression of culture. Robey was founded to help fill that gap.

For the past 12 years, Robey has operated out of the Los Angeles Theatre Center in downtown Los Angeles. A non-equity house, the organization offers limited-run productions and the occasional equity production with theater partners. This model allows the organization to offer classical theater as well as serve as an incubator for new and experimental original works. In addition to theatrical productions, the organization offers workshops and labs using Robey's intensive creative process that is designed to support the work of artists.

Programs created by and available through the organization – Playwrights Lab, Advanced Scene Study Workshop, Staged Readings, and The Paul Robeson Theatre Festival – are the heart and soul of The Robey Theatre Company and represent what the organization is about.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Ben Guillory, 2019 and 2024.
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by topic into two series:

  • Series 1: Production files
  • Series 2: Administrative materials

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Portions of this collection are unprocessed and may contain restricted materials. Please contact the Department of Special Research Collections in advance to request access.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and may be retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assignees for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Robey Theatre Company production files, CEMA 192. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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