Finding Aid for the Cornerstone Theater Company Records PASC.0337
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Title: Cornerstone Theater Company records
Creator:
Cornerstone Theater Company
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0337
Physical Description:
11.4 Linear Feet
(6 flat boxes, 3 map folders)
Date (inclusive): circa 1990s-2000s
Abstract: The Cornerstone Theater Company settle in Los Angeles, CA, in 1992. Since that time the company has under taken a number of
community-based projects. The collection currently consists of unprocessed posters.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Cornerstone Theater Company records (Collection PASC 337). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
6345534
The Cornerstone Theater Company was founded by director Bill Rauch and playwright Alison Carey in 1986. In 1992 the company
settled in Los Angeles, CA. Cornerstone is a multi-ethnic, ensemble-based theater company. They commission and produce new
plays, both original works and contemporary adaptations of classics, which combine the talents of professional and community
collaborators. The company's mission is to make theater with and for people of many ages, cultures and levels of theatrical
experience, in order to build bridges between and within diverse communities in their home city of Los Angeles and nationwide.
Cornerstone Theater Company also operates the educational Cornerstone Institute, which offers theater artists hands-on training
in community-based theater.
The collection consists of posters, some mounted on foam board, and a banner.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Theatrical companies -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources.
Cornerstone Theater Company -- Archives