TheEstablishmentofTechnicalRolesinPittsburghTheatreProductionKristenAliciaWest

ArchivalScholarsResearchAwardDepartmentofTheatreArts– Design&Technology,DietrichSchoolofArts&Sciences,UniversityofPittsburgh

SpecialCollections,HillmanLibrarySystem,UniversityofPittsburgh

Alvin&DuquesneTheatrePrograms ResearchQuestions

Acknowledgements

• Howdidsocial,economic,technological,andculturaldevelopmentinfluencetheemergenceoftechnicaltheatre,andtherebystagemanagement,historically?

• Howdoestheroleofearlystagemanagerscomparetotheroleofstagemanagerstoday?

AnnmarieDuggan,TheatreArtsDepartmentChairWilliamDaw,Archivist,SpecialCollectionsJeanann CroftHaas,DepartmentHead,SpecialCollections

Pittsburgh’sPerformance&TechnologicalAdvances

Conclusions

At the turn of the twentieth century, theatretechnology began to advance with the technologicalinnovations and societal influence of the Pittsburghcommunity. The new source of financial support anddemand of the theatre patrons enabled producers tocreate pieces of performance which were influencedby the industrial advancements of the time.

PittsburghExpositionPrograms

The Pittsburgh Exposition Programs (from 1883, 1906, and 1912,respectively) advertised productions assisted by technologicaladvancements such as the contracts with electrical companies forlighting and productions with burning houses.

InstitutionofTheatreTechnologyNationally

ProgramsfromDuquesneTheatre&AlvinTheatre(1890,1891&1910,respectively)

The Duquesne & Alvin Theatres were the most prominenttheatres in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Theirproduction value and position within the communityallowed them to advance technical theatre production.

InstitutionofTheatreTechnologyinPittsburgh

A photograph of the green room at the Alvin Theatre (1893). Astechnical advancements and the value of theatre productionincreased, more theatres were built, attracting wealthy and workingclass patrons. Pittsburgh Theatres were particularly known for theirequal treatment of headliners and ensemble members.

Metropolitan Opera’s (1903) new electrical system from the 1913Kliegl Brothers catalogue. There are eight sets of border lightsabove, four sets of wing lights, seven bunch lights upstage, and theswitch board is located in the basement.

ThePittsburghExposition&AlvinTheatrepioneeredsignificanttechnicaladvancementsinperformancethroughoutthePittsburgh

regioninthelate1800sandearly1900s.

AnArchiveofEmotion:QueerPeriodicalsandIntergenerationalKnowledgeZacharyGreweDr.JulieBeaulieu

ArchivalScholarsResearchAwardDepartmentofGender,Sexuality&Women’sStudies,DietrichSchoolofArts&Sciences,UniversityofPittsburgh

SpecialCollections,HillmanLibrarySystem,UniversityofPittsburgh

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Classifieds ResearchQuestions

Acknowledgements

• Howdoqueerperiodicalsallowfortheintergenerationalexchangeofqueerknowledge?

• Howmightrememberingandbeingrememberedserveas atypeofactivism?

Dr.JulieBeaulieu,Gender,Sexuality&Women’sStudiesJenniferNeedham,Archivist,SpecialCollectionsJeanann CroftHaas,DepartmentHead,SpecialCollectionsDigitalScholarshipServices

Publications

Conclusions

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• Forqueer-identifiedscholars,workinginthequeerarchivescaninvokeasenseofqueernostalgia– alongingforthesenseofcommunitycreatedbymarginality.

• Currentactivistshavemuchtolearnfromtheradicalorientationandcoalitionbuildingoftheirqueerelders.

• Thequeercommunityhasbothmuchtooffertoandmuchtogainfromthequeerarchives.

• Futureresearchshouldworktobridgethegapbetweenthequeercommunityanditsarchives.

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“OurReadersSay”GayNewsPittsburgh,vol.3,no.17.September1979.“Letters.”Pittsburghgaytimes.July1972.

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“MyBoy,MyLover”Pittsburghgaytimes.May1972.“TheActivist.”Pittsburghgaytimes.May1972.

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“ClassifiedsPersonals”PlanetQueer,vol.4,no.11.November1997.“Bazaar.”Pittsburgh’sOut,no.134.May1988.

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“TheFollies”GayLife,No30.September1979.“TheActivist.”Pittsburghgaytimes.May1972.

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