SERIES 1: ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS. 1968-1990.
CORRESPONDENCE. 1970-1990
Administrative Office 1974-88
General Director, John Lion 1970-90 undated
Production Manager, Suresa Dundes 1978-79
ORGANIZATIONAL FILES. 1971-1989
Bylaws undated
Master Plan outline [1982]
Statements of mission and goals 1977-87
Leases, Contracts, Agreements with Employees and Others 1977-84 undated
Management reference 1979-81
Board of Trustees 1981-89
Staff meetings 1983-87
Histories 1971-81 undated
Services contracted 1975-85
Architectural plans for theater houses undated
Floor plan study undated
JOHN LION'S FILES. 1972-1990
Writings and talks 1976-85
European trip 1984
Singapore trip 1987
Non-Magic Theatre Productions of Fool for Love
New York 1983-84
Japan 1984
Los Angeles 1984-85
International visitors 1973-88
Program ideas 1980-86
Working notes undated
Resumes, personal 1975-86
Publicity 1977-86
Script reading files 1979-90
Job applications, resumes received 1981-89
Administration
Public Relations
Production Managers
Playwrights
Directors
Actors
Actresses
Designers
Audition forms 1977
Rockefeller Foundation judging information 1984-88
Play script purchase receipts 1983-84
Stanford course papers 1979
Correspondence, personal 1972-90
SPECIAL PROGRAMS. 1973-1989
Lobby Exhibits
German Expressionists 1980-81
Benefit party on Landor's boat 1981
Photography by Theodore Shank 1981
Exhibit postings 1981
Poster: California Art on the Road 1981
Glass Construction by Richard Weinberger 1982
Photography by A. Paul Carier 1982
Photography by Bennett Hall 1982
Venice Biennale architecture 1982
Photography by C. Will 1983
Quilts by Anne Carroll 1983
Photogram by Peter Goin 1983
Landscape Painting by Cherie Pinsky 1984
Exhibit press release list 1984-86
Special Events
Halloween fashion show and costume sale 1980-81
San Francisco Arts Festival 1981
San Francisco Summer Festival 1981-82
Bay Area Theatre Week 1982
Book signing party 1982
Liberty ship project, S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien 1982
"A Magic Night on the Town" 1984
San Francisco Fair 1985
Bay Area Playwrights Festival 1987
Invitations to benefit parties 1980-83
Gala benefit party invitations 1984-85 undated
Training Programs and Internships
Techniques for Experimental Theatre 1973-74
Courses on acting and directing 1977
Symposia
Playwright and Contemporary Theatre 1985
Visions and Revisions 1989
Internships
UCLA Arts Magnet program 1979
Northwestern University 1980-81
Work Study/Teaching Requests undated
Work Study Programs
General information undated
University of San Francisco 1976-78
Youth work program 1980
City College of San Francisco 1981
University of California, Berkeley 1980-83
San Francisco State University 1980-81
PRESS REVIEWS. 1968-1988
Reviews of Magic Theatre 1968-88 undated
Reviews/General information on actors and playwrights:
Bauer, Wolfgang 1978-83
Benjet, Rosalyn 1981
Cohn, Ruby
Book jacket mock-up undated
Coyote, Peter 1980-83
Esslin, Martin 1977-84
Book jacket mock-up undated
Getty, Martine undated
Haynie, Jim 1976-88
Hébert, Julie 1985
Horovitz, Israel 1976
McClure, Michael 1976-87
O'Keefe, John E. 1982
Shank, Adele Edling 1980-86
Book jacket mock-up undated
Shepard, Sam 1975-84
Shepard, Sam, includes: 1985-86
Magic Theatre production playbills for Shepard's The Right Stuff and Fool for Love, film promotional material
Book jacket mock-up undated
Tong, Winston 1978-79
Wanshel, Jeff undated
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 1973-1990
Actors Equity Association 1973-83
American Arts Alliance 1978-79
American Conservatory Theatre 1979-80
American Theatre Critics Association 1980
Antenna Theatre of Sausalito 1982
Arts International 1985
Bay Area Art and Theatre Organization undated
Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle 1978-86
Berkeley Repertory Theatre 1980-86
Buffalo Show Company 1976-77
Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. 1984-86
California Theatre Council 1978-80
Circle Repertory Company 1976
The Distractions 1981
Eureka Theatre Company, Inc. 1981
Fort Mason Foundation 1976-84
The Foundation of the Dramatists Guild, Inc. 1985-87
Los Angeles Theatre Alliance 1980
Mabou Nines Performing Artservices, Inc. 1980
New Dramatists 1986
Off Off Broadway Alliance, Inc. undated
San Francisco Arts Advocates 1978-79
San Francisco Art Institute 1981
San Francisco Ballet 1979-84
San Francisco Charter Commission 1980
The San Francisco Performing Arts Center undated
San Francisco Theatre Magazine 1977
Santa Fe Festival Theatre 1980
Snake Theatre 1982
Soon 3 1975-84
Theatre Communications Center of the Bay Area 1981-85
Theatre Communications Group 1975-90
[Salary Surveys] **RESTRICTED** 1986-87
Theatre Institute at Storm King 1987-88
Theatre Library Association 1982
Theatre of Nations San Francisco 1986
Other theaters, miscellaneous 1979-87
SERIES 2: PRODUCTION FILES. 1967-1990.
1968 Season: 1968
The Lesson/ Jack, or, The Submission
The Gas Heart
Ubu Roi
1969 Season: 1969
The Dutchman
Gargoyle Cartoons:
The Cherub
* The Charbroiled Chinchilla:
The Pansy
Spider Rabbit
The Meatball
Miles Gloriosus
1970 Season: 1970
Strip Tease of Jealousy/ Madness of Lady Bright
Boticelli/ Witness
* La Turista
Gargoyle Cartoons:
* The Brutal Brontosaurus:
The Shell
The Authentic Life of Bruce Conner and Snoutburbler
Spider Rabbit
Appleglove
The Meatball
Sheriff Bill
1971 Season: 1971
* The Fish
* Four-in-One:
Stroganoff
Beau
Oppenheimer's Chair
The Growl
The Genuine Lunatic
Miles Gloriosus
The Taming of the Shrew
1972 Season: 1972
Polymorphous Pirates:
The Button
The Pussy
The Feather
Plastic Panic
The Great 200th Anniversary H-Bomb Crisis
* Chamber Piece
1973 Season: 1973
* Boxes
* auto-destruct
The Great American Sports Machine:
Ball Game
Donald Duck
Fans
Intermission
Jimmy Bean
The Beard/ Spider Rabbit
1974 Season: 1974
* Gorf
* American Vermilion
* Strike Zone:
Strike Zone
In the Beginning of the End
FooFoo Raw
Dream Girl Ballroom
Cindy's Dead
The Inspector
1975 Season: 1975
* The Death and Life of Jesse James
* Action/ Killer's Head
* Fear of Heights/ Sweet Eros/ Strip Tease of Jealousy
1976 Season: 1976
* AC/DC
* Two for the Tricentennial:
The Pink Helmet
The Grabbing of the Fairy
* Angel City
1976-1977 Season: 1976-1977
Sexual Perversity in Chicago/ Duck Variations
* Inacoma
* Alfred Dies
* Hospital
* Are You Lookin'?
1977-1978 Season: 1977-1978
Wolves
* The Wild Goose
* Minnie Mouse and the Tap-Dancing Buddha
Stage plans
Sketch inspired by production
* Home on the Range
Stage plans
Shakespeare the Sadist/ Performance Landscape:
A Wall in Venice/ 3 Women/ Wet Shadows
Buried Child
Emigrés
Tongues
1978-1979 Season: 1978-1979
Two O'Clock Feeding
Uncommon Women and Others
The Red Snake
Stage plans
Sight Lines
Magnetic Kisses
Etching inspired by production
* Autobiography of a Pearl Diver
* The Barbecue
Stage plans
* Suicide in Bb[B-Flat]
Stage plans
1979-1980 Season: 1979-1980
* Josephine: The Mouse Singer
Stage plans
Skywheels
Stage plans
Emperor Norton
Proclamation by Dianne Feinstein
Sheet music
Nightfall
Stage plans
* Perfida
* All Night Long
Charles the Irrelevant
Drawing for poster design
Taxes
* True West
Graphic Design for True West
Stage plans
A Prelude to Death in Venice
Sister Susie Cinema
1980-1981 Season: 1980-1981
Winterplay
* Frankie and Johnnie: A True Story/The Saints of Father Lyons
The Man Who Killed the Buddha
* The Story/ Mr. Smith is Dying
Europa
Stage plan
The Feeding
Memory Hotel
Seduced
1981-1982 Season: 1981-1982
Victims of War
Stuck
Passing Shots
Renaissance Radar
The Debt
Off Center/ Possum Song
Ghosts
* Fire at Luna Park
Sketch inspired by production
Curse of the Starving Class
Obedience School
1982-1983 Season: 1982-1983
Sand Castles
Chucky's Hunch
Mt. Quad
* Secret Numbers
* Fool For Love
* Voodoo Automatic/ Red Rain
Singapore Sling
Sin, Sex and Cinema
Playing in Local Bands
1983-1984 Season: 1983-1984
The Grass House
Private Scenes
City Preacher
These Men
The Sister Joseph Memorial Gymnasium
Superstitions/ The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife
Skaters
Cutting Canvas
Aupsices of Blackbirds
1984-1985 Season: 1984-1985
Geniuses
* Outcalls/Riptides
* War Horses
* The Couch
* Angel City
* Neon Psalms
Love in the Third Degree
1985-1986 Season: 1985-1986
Buried Child
Scar
Wild Indian
The Detective
Bully
Sharon and Billy
Honeymoon
Cooking Harry
3 x Me -- Playing with Dolls and Words and Music
1986-1987 Season: 1986-1987
Aunt Dan and Lemon
Visions of Beckett
Roshi
True Beauties
The Beard/ Spider Rabbit
Between East and West
The Man in the Nile at Night/ Performance Landscape:
A Wall in Venice/ 3 Women/ Wet Shadows
The Coyote Cycle
1988-1989 Season: 1988-1989
Apocalyptic Butterflies
1989-1990 Season: 1989-1990
Spoils of War
Stage sketches (unidentified) undated
Stage sketches (unidentified) undated
Costume sketches [for Talk Radio ?] undated
SERIES 3: FUNDING AND FINANCIAL RECORDS. 1972-1988.
FUNDING REQUESTS. 1972-1988
Funding Requests 1980-84
American Broadcasting Company 1980-81
American Express Company 1979
Arthur Anderson Company 1984
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 1976
Atari, Inc. 1981-82
California Arts Council 1976-77
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc 1980-84
Citicorp (USA), Inc. 1980-83
Coopers and Lybrand 1984
Exxon Corporation 1983
Fidelity Savings Loan Association 1979
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Foundation 1980-83
Ford Foundation 1974-76
Foremost and McKeeson Foundation, Inc. 1977-78
Foundation for the Extension and Development of the American Professional Theatre 1974-86
Golden Grain Macaroni Company 1984
Gulf Western Foundation 1983
Hotel Tax Board of San Francisco 1975-80
Industrial Indemnity Company 1984
Irwin Charity Foundation [1984]
Jewett Foundation 1984
Louis R. Lurie Foundation 1976-77
National Endowment for the Arts 1972-1987
Neighborhood Arts Program National Organizing Committee 1979
Philip Morris, Inc. 1983-84
Potlach Corporation 1979-81
Rockefeller Foundation 1973-83
S.H. Cowell Foundation 1977
San Francisco Foundation 1976-89
Shubert Foundation 1976-77
Sohio Petroleum Company 1981-85
Twentieth Centruy-Fox Productions 1980-82
United California Bank Foundation 1981
Union Oil Company of California Foundation 1985
United Vintners, Inc. 1981-83
Utah International 1981
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation 1976 1988
Wilsey Foundation 1984-85
Zellerbach Family Fund 1978-80
Reference notes for grant applications 1979-87
FINANCIAL RECORDS. 1973-1988
Financial statements 1976-82 1986
Financial planning study 1986
Budget and financial analysis 1974 1978-88
Credit applications 1978-82 1988
Loans and grants 1973-80
Membership research reference undated
Clippings regarding funding 1984
Acknowledgements of contributions 1975-85
SERIES 4: PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING. 1973-1988.
Subscription campaigns 1973-80
Subscription campaigns 1981-86
Subscription campaigns 1986-88 undated
Public relations
General information 1978-86
Advertisements 1977-85
Ticket promotions 1984-85 undated
Ticket coupon and voucher mock-ups 1985-86
Ticket donations 1980-87
Other donations 1980
Press office 1982-86
Newsletter compilation 1980-85
SERIES 5: PUBLICITY POSTERS, 1969-1987. undated
GENERAL PUBLICITY. 1977-1987 undated
Magic Theatre posters
Magic Theatre posters
Magic Theatre postings
Magic Theatre postings
BY PRODUCTION. 1969-1983 undated
Season: 1969
Charbroiled Chinchilla
Season: 1970
La Turista
The Brutal Brontosaurus
Season: 1971
The Fish
Four-In-One
Season: 1972
Chamber Piece
Season: 1973
Boxes
auto-destruct
Season: 1974
Gorf
American Vermilion
Strike Zone
Season: 1975
The Death and Life of Jesse James
Action/ Killer's Head
Fear of Heights/ Sweet Eros/ Strip Tease of Jealousy
Season: 1976
AC/DC
Two for the Tricentennial
Angel City
Season: 1976-1977
Inacoma
Alfred Dies
Hospital
Are You Lookin'?
Season: 1977-1978
The Wild Goose
Minnie Mouse and the Tap-Dancing Buddha
Home On The Range
Season: 1978-1979
Autobiography of a Pearl Diver
The Barbeque
Suicide in B b[B-Flat]
Season: 1979-1980
Josephine: The Mouse Singer
Perfida
All Night Long
True West
Season: 1980-1981
Frankie and Johnnie
The Story
Season: 1982-1983
Secret Numbers
Fool for Love
Fool for Love (poster). 1983
Voodoo Automatic
MISCELLANEOUS. undated
Promotional postings from production photos
Outcalls/ Riptides
War Horses
Angel City
Neon Psalms
Scar
Promotional posting for Sharon and Billy
Promotional posting for Sharon and Billy signed by cast
Promotional postings from other production companies, including:
Asian Resource Gallery (art exhibit)
Eureka Theater
Giraffe Theater
Grupo Contadores de Estorias
New Performance Consortium
San Francisco Internation Theater Festival
Savoy Tivoli
Soon 3
The Communications Group (book jacket)
North Light Repertory Company
Miscellaneous Posters
Freud, Sigmund
Jung, Carl
Bear Spirit, Daniel O. Stolpe
Audio-Visual Collection
PHONOTAPES
MOTION PICTURES