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University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Historical Sketch …………………………………………………………………… 2

Scope and Content …………………………………………………………………… 3

Series Notes …………………………………………………………………………… 4

Container List …………………………………………………………………… 5

Series I: Production Scrapbooks …………………………………………………… 5

Series II: Publications …………………………………………………………… 11 A: Dennis the Musical Ephemera …………………………………………… 11 B: Programs …………………………………………………………………… 11 C: Newsletters/Bulletins (Non-Crown Center & Crown Center) …………… 12 D: Magazines …………………………………………………………………… 14 E: Misc. Ephemera …………………………………………………………… 14

Series III: Financial Data …………………………………………………………… 14

Series IV: Small Posters …………………………………………………………… 15

Series V: Large Posters …………………………………………………………… 18

Series VI: Photographs/Slides …………………………………………………… 23

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HISTORICAL SKETCH

Judith Yeckel and Vicky Lee, two graduate students in theatre from the University of Missouri- Kansas City, founded the Coterie back in 1979. The theatre is housed on level one in Hallmark's Crown Center shops. Over the past 30 years, the Coterie has given over 6,800 performances of 215 productions through 2008, playing to approximately 1,500,000 people.

Artistic Director Yeckel established a mission for the Coterie that has held firm: to open lines of communication between races, sexes and generations. Following Yeckel and Lee's tenure, Kansas City actor/director Jim Tibbs became Artistic Director through 1988. Jim further continued the mission of the Coterie by providing classic and contemporary theatre, which challenged both the audience and the artists. After Jim's death, Pam Sterling then served as Artistic Director for the next two years.

Jeff Church joined the Coterie as Producing Artistic Director in 1990, coming from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where he served as a director and a playwright-in-residence. Over the past 23 years, Jeff's goal has been to open the Coterie up to be a "multigenerational" theatre for all ages, redefining it to include families and diverse audiences.

Joette Pelster joined Jeff in leading the Coterie in 1993. As Executive Director, Joette's previous experience managing Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey brought a new level of expertise and growth to the Coterie, moving the organization to an annual budget of over $1.3 million, serving 82,000 each year. Joette's skill at developing community partnerships has been important in the life of the Coterie.

Source: Coterie Theatre’s website.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Coterie Theatre Collection was gifted to LaBudde Special Collections by the theatre in 2014. The date range of the contents is from 1978 at its inception until 2013. Materials include production scrapbooks, financial data, various publications, posters, photographs and slides.

Scrapbooks contain mostly news clippings with scant correspondence. As the theatre evolved from its inception, the productions become more elaborate and dimensional. Local news reviews observe the artistic amenities the Coterie affords to Kansas City’s young and old alike. Perusing the collection, one might notice the “spotlight” shines bright on the large assemblage of colorful posters that highlight seasonal productions. The illustrations are eye catching, dealing with a multitude of subject matter, engaging the theatre goer with varied emotions including whimsy, drama, intrigue and even horror.

The Coterie Theatre Collection promises to be reference-worthy to any researcher geared to this field of study. In addition, the LaBudde Special Collections holds a conglomeration of theatre- related materials which will serve to complement this collection.

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SERIES NOTES

Series I: Production Scrapbooks This series is located in boxes 1 and 2. They include newspaper and periodical clippings along with some correspondence and press releases. This series is arranged in chronological order by production season.

Series II: Publications This series is located in box 2, folders 17-18, and box 3, folders 1-6. Materials are sorted into five sub-series: A. Dennis the Musical, B. Programs, C. Newsletters/Bulletins, D. Magazines, and E. Misc. Ephemera. Oversized items are located in designated boxes. Each sub-series is arranged in chronological order with the exception of sub-series E.

Series III: Financial Data This series is located in box 3, folders 7-18, and box 4, folders, 1-17. Materials are arranged in chronological order.

Series IV: Small Posters This series is located in box 5, folders 4-18, and box 6, folders 1-3. They are arranged in chronological order by production season.

Series V: Large Posters This series is located in map drawers 44, 47, 48 and 50. They are in chronological order by production season with each season grouped into individual folders.

Series VI: Photographs/Slides This series is located in box 1, folder 15, and boxes 7-11.

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 4 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description CONTAINER LIST

SERIES I: PRODUCTION SCRAPBOOKS

Box Folder Description

1 1 1978-1981 Seasons Hums & Poems of Pooh, 24 – 18, 1978 Homemade Magic, – , 1979 Onions in the Ice Cream, 1-24, 1980 Children’s Story Theatre, – , 1980(?) Butterfly Ball, – August 10, 1980 Velveteen Rabbit, The, 28 – 21, 1980 Many Moons, February – March, 1981 Finders Keepers, – , 1981

2 1981-1982 Season Hurdles, July 8 – August 16, 1981 Winnie the Pooh, – , 1982 Act Your Age, – 4, 1982 Me, Myself and I, 30 – , 1982

3 1982-1983 Season Step on a Crack, 30 – 24, 1982 House at, – , 1982 Phantasmagoria, -25, 1983 Harbledown, – , 1983

4 Outreach Stretch Your Senses, Blue Ridge Elementary Various Workshops including Sycamore Hills Elementary; Blue Springs and Raytown High Schools, 1983

5 1983-1984 Season Zounds, A Phonic!, -30, 1983 Hums & Poems of Pooh, – , 1983 Monkey, Monkey, – , 1984 Rotten Apples, 9 – , 1984 Miracle Worker, The, – , 1984

Outreach Stretching Your Senses, Francis Willard Elementary Summer Reading Program, Van Horn Library

6 1984-1985 Season Chalkboard Secrets, – , 1984

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 5 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 1 6 Pooh!, – December 23, 1984 Merlin, – , 1985 Tommy Knockers, – , 1985 Charlotte’s Web, – , 1985

Other Activity Imagination Celebration Arts Festival, April, 1985 Go Bananas, Kansas City Zoo 75 year Celebration

7 1985-1986 Season Kid’s Ink, – , 1985 World of Pooh, The, – December 22, 1985 Kid’s Ink (The Tour) Huck Finn, – , 1986 To Kill a Mockingbird, -27, 1986 Charlotte’s Web, – , 1986 Laughing Matters, -29, 1986 Beauty and the Beast, July 16 – , 1886

8 1986-1987 Season Fiddlin’ Around, – , 1986 Pooh!, – , 1986 Monkey and the Golden Sunrise, Feb 10 – , 1987 Diary of Anne Frank, The, March 24 – , 1987 Circus Home, – , 1987 Jungle Book, The, -28, 1987 Three for All, – , 1987

9 1987-1988 Season Slapstick!, – , 1987 Best of Pooh, The, – December 23, 1987 Laughing Matters, -31, 1987 Dragons, February 2-28, 1988 We the People, – April 10, 1988 Wind in the Willows, The, – , 1988 Pinocchio, – July 10, 1988 Triple Play, – , 1988

10 1988-1989 Season Gatherings from the Graveyards, – , 1988 Pooh!, – , 1988 Odyssey, The, – March 5, 1989 Takunda, – , 1989 Dirty Beasts, – , 1989 Laugh-A-Lot, – , 1989 Ransom of Red Chief, – , 1989

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 6 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description

1 10 Other Activity Participated in Tot’s & Toddlers Fair, 9/89

11 1989-1990 Season Great Expectations, – , 1989 Pooh!, – December 23, 1989 Animal Farm, – March 4, 1990 Most Valuable Player, – , 1990 Ugly Duckling, The, – , 1990 Laughter in the Rafters, – , 1990 Adventures of Nate the Great, The, – , 1990

12 1990-1991 Season Doors, – , 1990 Pooh!, – December 23, 1990 Amber Waves, – , 1991 Amelia Lives, – , 1991 Dinosaurus, – May 19, 1991 Charlotte’s Web, – , 1991 Secret Garden, The, – August 18, 1991

13 1991-1992 Season A Woman Called Truth, – November 10, 1991 Pooh!, – December 23, 1991 14 Dennis the Musical, -22, 1991 [1 of 2] 15 Dennis the Musical, December 10-22, 1991 [2 of 2] 16 Red Badge of Courage, The, – , 1992 Most Valuable Player, -29, 1992 Mr. Raccoon and His Friends, April 28 – May 24, 1992 Neverland!, – July 12, 1992 Red Sneaks, July 12 – August 16, 1992

17 1992-1993 Season Meeting, The, October – , 1992 Winnie the Pooh, November 17 – December 23, 1992 Oliver Twist, 26 – , 1993 Wolf Child, – , 1993 Blazing the Outback, March 11-24, 1993 Bunnicula, May, 1993 Dinosaurus, June 13 – , 1993 Anne of Green Gables, – , 1993

2 1 1993-1994 Season My Children! My Africa!, – , 1993 Winnie-the-Pooh, – December 23, 1993

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 7 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 2 1 The Pearl, -27, 1994 2 A Woman Called Truth, -19, 1994 (The Tour) Hobbit, The, – April 10, 1994 Very First Family, The, April 26 – , 1994 Oz, June 14 – July 10, 1994

Other Activity $23,000 Grant from Twentieth Century Companies, Inc. to help create educational dramatic presentations on AIDS awareness in classrooms.

3 1994-1995 Season Former One-on-One Basketball Champion, The. October 11-?, 1994 Little Prince, The, November 25 – , 1994 To Be Young, Gifted and Black, January24 – , 1995 The Meeting, , 1995 (The Tour) Darkside of the Moon, – , 1995 4 “Young Playwrights’ Showcase”, -7, 1995 Lyle, Lyle, the Crocodile, April 25 – May 21, 1995 Mr. A’s Amazing Maze Play, – July 2, 1995 Animal Fair, July 18 – August 13, 1995

Other Activity New Renovation to Coterie Theatre, Fall, 1994

5 1995-1996 Season Alice in Wonder Tierra, October 10 – , 1995 Maxine Maxwell, Storyteller: Can Feel It in My Bones, November, 1995 Echoes of the Past, November, 1995 Green Eggs and Ham, November 24 – , 1995 6 Across the Plains, – February 18, 1996 Very First Family, The, February 24, 1996 (The Tour) Anne Frank and Me, March 5 – , 1996 Coyote Mischief Tales, – , 1996 “Young Playwrights’ Showcase,” May, 1996 [KC Star, 5/12/96] Rocky & Bullwinkle, June 13-19, 1996 Wrinkle in Time, July ? – , 1996

7 1996-1997 Season Beyond the Miracle, October 8 – November 3, 1996 Machisma…Voices from the Past, November, 1996 Little House Christmas, A, – , 1996 Whale, – , 1997 Cold Jaws, January, 1997 Valley Song, – , 1997

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 8 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 2 7 “Young Playwrights’ Stage”, March, 1997 Reluctant Dragon, – , 1997 Lyle, Lyle, The Crocodile, June 10 – , 1997

Other Activity Phillip Officer, Coming Back Like a Song, April 7, 1997, at the New Theatre Restaurant. An evening of Cabaret in Celebration of the Coterie. Benefiting the Coteries Dramatic Aids Education Project.

8 1997-1998 Season Lilies of the Field, October 7 – November 2, 1997 Little House Christmas at Plum Creek, – December 31, 1997 A Village Fable: In the Suicide Mountains, – , 1998 Buffalo, – April 5, 1998 Schoolhouse Rock Live!, – , 1998 Pippi Longstocking, June 16 – July 26, 1982

Other Activity The Coterie announces that with a $20,000 Grant from the NEA, it will present a 1998 – 99 season of stage shows based on literary works that have been banned or challenged at various times. Great Book/Banned Books: Celebrate the Freedom to Read, will begin , 1998.

9 1998-1999 Season “20th Anniversary "Great Books, Banned Books Season” To Kill a Mockingbird, – November 1, 1998 Little House Christmas in the Indian Territory, November ? – December 31, 1998 Of Mice and Men, – , 1999 “Young Playwrights' Showcase”, February 17-21, 1999 Lord of the Flies, March 9 – , 1999 10 Free to Be...You and Me, April 15 – May 16, 1999 Rosemarie’s Baby, “Playwrights Stage”, Unicorn, Robert’s Room, Playwrights Stage, Unicorn, -26, 1999 E’vry Time I Feel the Spirit, Playwrights Stage, Unicorn, , 1999 7 Dwarfs, – , 1999 “20th Anniversary "Great Books, Banned Books Season”

Other Activity Coterie Theatre and the Department of Preventative Medicine KU Medical Center honored with a Consensus Achievement Award for their Collaboration on the Dramatic Aids Education Project.

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 9 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description

2 11 1999-2000 Season Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show, October 5-31, 1999 12 Tracy Milsap: Story Visions and Word Magic, Every Monday through October, 1999 A Little House Christmas, November 12 – December 31, 1999 13 Wrestling Season, The, – , 2000 “Young Playwrights’ Showcase”, February, 2000 Island of the Blue Dolphins, March 7 – April 7, 2000 Really Rosie, April 25 – May 21, 2000 Little Women, – , 2000

Other Activity Participation in You Gotta Have Heart benefit for the Dramatic AIDS Education Project and Reaching the Write Minds/Young Playwrights’ Roundtable at Kansas City’s American Heartland Theatre. Joins forces with MOSCA in a special project to raise the understanding of Kansas City area school youth about the problems of sexual harassment and assault.

14 2000-2001 Season Gatherings in Graveyards II, – 29, 2000 Little House on the Prairie, November 10 – December 29, 2000 Great Expectations, – , 2001 Glass Menagerie, – April 1, 2001 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, April ? – , 2001 “Young Playwrights' Festival”, -5, 2001 A Little Princess, – , 2001 A Pinocchio Cabaret, by the Gant Sisters, July 2-30, 2001

Other Activity Publication of Laurie Brooks’ The Wrestling Season in the November issue of American Theatre Magazine. Coterie collaborates with Missouri Rep on play by teens.

15 2001-2002 Season Breath of an American Spirit: Sacagawea, – , 2001 Cowboys of Color, November 5-9, 2001 Little House on the Shores of Silver Lake, November 12 – December 30, 2001 Playing For Time, – February 17, 2002 Black Butterfly, Jaguar Girl, Pinata Woman and Other Superhero Girls like Me, March 5-30, 2002

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 10 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 2 15 Wind in the Willows, The, April 16 – May 19, 2002 “Young Playwrights Festival”, -4, 2002 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, June 18, 2002 – , 2002

Other Activity Interactive Storytelling with Pooh and Tiger, – July 1, 2002

16 2002-2003 Season Frankenstein, – , 2002 A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas, November 12 – December 31, 2002 Zorro, January 22 – February 17, 2003 Tangled Web, The, March 11 – , 2003 Schoolhouse Rock Live, Too!, April 15 – , 2003 “Young Playwrights' Festival”, -3, 2003 Hundred and One Dalmatians, The, –, 2003

Other Activity Grand Re-Opening, , 2002

SERIES II: PUBLICATIONS

Box Folder Description

2 17 A: Dennis the Musical Ephemera Handbills; Invitation: His First 40 Years, by Hank Ketchum; The Merchant of Dennis the Menace, by Hank Ketchum

[Anybody Want to Play? Poster] Map Drawer 44, folder 7a

B: Programs 18 Youth Symphony of Kansas City, November 18, 1984 1st Annual Best of Theater, 86! Award Ceremony, March 23, 1987 2nd Annual Best of Theater, 87! Award Ceremony, , 1988

[Theatre in Shawnee Mission Park, 1987 Summer Season] located in back of folder 18

Free Friday Night Concerts, Crown Center, Summer, 1992 Free Friday Night Concerts, Crown Center, Summer, 1994 Woman Called Truth, A, Yardley Hall, February 19, 1994 [3] Woman Called Truth, A, Crockett Civic Center, March 7, 1994 [3] Lobster Reef, The, Coterie Theatre, November, 1998 [2] Complete Millennium Musical, The, American Heartland Theatre, 1998- 1999 Season

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 11 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 2 18 MOSCA’s 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony, February 7, 2000 Growing Together Your Family and The Coterie Theatre, 1988 Season Jewish Arts Festival, , 2001

3 1 C: Newsletters/Bulletins – Non Crown Center AATE Newsletter, Winter, 1996 Applewood at the Coves, August, 2002 Applewood at the Coves, November/December, 2002 Arts Around the Town, July-September, 1995 Arts Around the Town, October-December, 1999 Arts Around the Town, January-March, 2000 Community Review, 1996-1997 (Junior League) CTAA Newsletter Region 5, 1982 Cue to Cue (Unicorn Theatre), 1983 Season Cultural Arts, Potpourri, (JCCC), Winter/Spring, 1989 Entertainment UPDATE, Spring, 1983 [Interchange (Kennedy Center), February 1985] box 5, folder 1 [Missouri Arts Brief, August, 1987] back of folder 1 [Missouri Citizens for the Arts, Autumn, 1999] back of folder 1 Motovator, The, Summer, 1999 [New Vision, New Voices, May 24-27, 1996] back of folder 1 Project Notes, Summer/Fall, 1994 [Reading Reptile, 1997] back of folder 1 Service Unit Newsletter, (Girl Scouts) February-March, 2002 Talk About, undated Victor Video, Kansas City, Fall, 1988 Victor Video, Kansas City, May, 1989 Wordplay, Young Playwrights’ Newsletter, August, 1994

3 2 C: Newsletters/Bulletins – Crown Center Extras, , 1981, Volume. 1, No. 2 Extras, February 1, 1982, Volume 2 No. 2 Extras, March, 1982, Volume 2, No. 4 Extras, , 1982, Volume 2, No. 14 Extras, , 1983, V0l8me 3, No. 2 Extras, March 1, 1983, Volume 3, No. 5 Extras, April 15, 1983, Volume 3, No. 8 Extras, June 15, 1983, Volume 3, No. 1 Extras, July 15, 1983, Volume 3, No. 14 Extras, September 1, 1983, Volume 2, No. 1 Extras, October, 1983, Volume 3, No. 19 Extras, November 15, 1983, Volume 3, No. 2 Extras, January 15, 1984, Volume 4, No. 2 Extras, February 1, 1984, Volume 4, No. 3 Extras, , 1984, Volume 4, No. 4

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 12 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 3 2 Extras, March 1, 1984, Volume 4, No. 5 Extras, March 15, 1984, Volume 3, No. 6 Extras, March 15, 1984, Volume 4, No. 6 Extras, May 1, 1984, Volume 4, No. 9 Extras, , 1984, Volume 4, No. 9 Extras, June 15, 1984, Volume 4, No. 1 Extras, July 1, 1984, Volume 4, No. 12 Extras, July 15, 1984, Volume 4, No. 13 Extras, , 1984, Volume 4, No. 17 Extras, , 1984, Volume 4, No. 18 Extras, November 15, 1984, Volume 4, No. ? Extras, , 1985, Volume 5, No. 1 Extras, February 1, 1985, Extras, February 15, 1985 Extras, March 1, 1985 Extras, October 1, 1985 Extras, Holiday, 1985 Extras, January 1, 1986 Extras, May 1, 1986 Extras, June 1, 1986 Extras, March 15, 1987 Extras, May 1, 1987 Extras, , 1987 Extras, January 1, 1992, Volume 12, No. 1 Extras, Holiday, 1992, Volume 12, No. 19 [Extras, July 15, 1993 – April 2003, Inc.] box 5, folder 3 Good Times Preview, Holiday, 1991 Good Times Preview, August, 1992 Good Times Preview, Holiday, 1992 Crown Center Merchant News, November/December, 2001 Crown Center Merchant News, November/December, 2002 Crown Center Update, September, 1984 Crown Center Update, October, 1984 Crown Center Update, March, 1985 3 Crown Center Update, October, 1985 Crown Center Update, February, 1988 What’s Happening?, Crown Center Shops, July, 1980 What’s Happening?, Crown Center Shops, July, 1981 What’s Happening at Crown Center…, March, 1983 What’s Happening at Crown Center…, June, 1983 4 What’s Happening at Crown Center…, November, 1983 What’s Happening at Crown Center…, December, 1983 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), July, 23, 1980 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), February 13, 1981 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), , 1981 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), , 1981

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 13 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 3 4 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), March 9, 1982 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), , 1982 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), , 1982 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), , 1983 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), June 22, 1983 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), July 20, 1984 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), October 3, 1984 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), April 24, 1985 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), July 12, 1985 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), October 1, 1985 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), October 3, 1985 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), , 1985 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), February 7, 1986 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), , 1986 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), March 24, 1986 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), July 15, 1986 Noon News, The (Hallmark Cards), , 1990

5 D: Magazines Artlogue, Summer, 1999 Artlogue, Fall, 2002 Arts at Pembroke Hill, 2001-2002 City Arts Digest, May 15, 1988 Creativity and Youth, NEA, 2000-2001 Kansas City Spotlight, April, 1992 KC Stage, October, 2000, Volume II, No. 10 Issue 20 KC Stage, November 2000 – May 2001, Vol. 03/ No. 01/Issue 21 KC Stage, February, 2002 Kennedy Center News Magazine, August/September, 1992 Kennedy Center Stage Bill, May, 1998

[News Supplements: Kansas City Star] box 5, folder 2

6 E: Miscellaneous Ephemera Coterie Events; Season Programs, 2009-10/2011-12; Camp Classes; Theatre Flyers; Etc./Wrestling with Taboos, Playwright Interview & Script/Arts Resources for Children; Channel 19 Auction; Actor Profile

SERIES III: FINANCIAL DATA

Box Folder Description 3 7 Cash Disbursement Journal, 1980 8 Financial Reports, 1981-1982 9 Finances, 1983 [1 of 2] 10 Finances, 1983 [2 of 2]

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 14 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 3 11 Finances, 1983, Misc. 12 Finances, 1984 13 Finances, 1985 [1 of 2] 14 Finances, 1985 [2 of 2] 15 Finances, 1986 [1 of 2] 16 Finances, 1986 [2 of 2] 17 Finances, 1987 [1 of 2] 18 Finances, 1987 [2 of 2] 4 1 Finances, 1988 [1 of 2] 2 Finances, 1988 [2 of 2] 3 Financial, General, 1989 4 Financial: Receipts/Disbursements/Payroll Journal, 1989 5 Budget Drafts/Correspondence/Ticket Sales, 1989 6 Financial, General, 1990 7 Financial: Receipts/Disbursements/Payroll Journal, 1990 8 Finances, 1991 9 Finances, December, 1991 10 Financial: Receipts/Disbursements/Payroll Journal, 1991 11 Financial, Budget Drafts, 1991 12 Finances, General, 1992 13 Financial: Receipts/Disbursements/Payroll Journal, 1992 14 Various Financial, 1992 15 Press Release Reports, April, 1999/November, 2000 16 Press Release Reports, January, 2001/October, 2001 17 Press Release Reports, January/February, 2002

SERIES IV: SMALL POSTERS

Box Folder Description

6 1 1986-1987 Season Pooh, November 20 – December 23, 1986 Monkey and the Golden Sunrise, – March 8, 1987 Diary of Anne Frank, March 24 – April 18, 1987 Circus Home, April 28 – May 24, 1987

2 1987-1988 Season Slapstick, October 7 – November 1, 1987 Dragons, February 2-28, 1988 Wind in the Willows, The, April 26 – May 22, 1988 Pinocchio, June 14 – July 10, 1988 Triple Play, July 26 – August 14, 1988

3 1988-1989 Season Gatherings from Graveyards, October 11 – November 6, 1988 Pooh!, November 15 – December 24, 1988

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 15 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 6 3 Odyssey, February 7 – March 5/Takunda, March 14 – April 9/Dirty Beasts, April 25 – May 21, 1989 Laugh-A-Lot, June 13 – July 2/Ransom of Red Chief, July 18 – August 13, 1989

5 4 1989-1990 Season Animal Farm, February 6 – March 4, 1990 Most Valuable Player, March 13 – April 8, 1990 Ugly Duckling, The, April 24 – , 1990 Laughter in the Rafters, June 12 – July 3, 1990 Adventures of Nate the Great, The, July 17 – August 12, 1990

5 1990-1991 Season Doors, October 16 – November, 1990 1991 Coterie Season Poster, February 5 – , 1991 Amber Waves, February 5 – March 3, 1991 Amelia Lives, March 12 – April 6, 1991 Dinosaurus, April 23 – May 19, 1991 Charlotte’s Webb, June 18 – July 14, 1991

6 Unknown Season Alexander the Terrible, Horrible…, – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou, – November 2. Commissioned by the Coterie, 2002

7 1999-2000 Season Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show, The, October 5- 31, 1999 Little House Christmas, A, November 12 – December 31, 1999 Wrestling Season, The, January 25 – February 13, 2000 Island of the Blue Dolphins, March 7 – April 7, 2000 Little Women, June 20 – July 30, 2000

8 2000-2001 Season Gatherings in Graveyards, October 3-29, 2000 Little House on the Prairie, November 10 – December 29, 2000 Great Expectations, January 6 – February 9, 2001 Glass Menagerie, The, March 6 – April 1, 2001 Alexander and the Terrible…, April 17 – May 20, 2001

9 2001-2002 Season Little House by the Shores of Silver Lake, November 12 – December 30, 2001 Playing for Time, January 22 – February 17, 2002 Black Butterfly, Jaguar Girl, Pinata Woman and other Superhero Girls Like Me, March 5-30, 2002

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 16 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 5 9 Wind in the Willows, April 16 – May 19, 2002

10 2002-2003 Season Frankenstein, September 24 – October 27, 2002 A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas, November 12 – December 31, 2002 Zorro, January 29 – February 23, 2003 The Tangled Web, March 11-30, 2003 School House Rock Live!. April 15 – May 18, 2003 Hundred & One Dalmatians, The, June 17–August 3, 2003

11 2003-2004 Season Gatherings in Graveyards III, – , 2003 Sarah, Plain and Tall, November 18 – December 31, 2003 After Juliet, January 27, 2004 – February 22, 2004 Everyday Heroes/Breath of an American Spirit, Sacagawea, March 2-28, 2004 The B.F.G. Big Friendly Giant, April 13 – May 16, 2004

12 2004-2005 Season Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, October 5-31, 2004 Night Before Christmas, The, November 16 – December. 30, 2004 Holes, January 25 – February 20, 2005 Between Land & Sea, March 8-26, 2005 Stinky Cheese Man, The, – May 15, 2005 Dinosaur Musical, The, June 28 – , 2005

13 2005-2006 Season Watsons go to Birmingham, The, – , 2005 Stuart Little, November 15 – December 30, 2005 Witch of Blackbird Pond, The, – February 19, 2006 Search for Odysseus, The, March 7 – April 2, 2006 Ferdinand the Bull, April 18 – May 21, 2006 Geppetto & Son, – , 2006

14 2006-2007 Season With Their Eyes…., September 26 – , 2006 Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing, November 14 – December 29, 2006 Giver, The, January 23 – February 15, 2007 Country of the Blind, March 13 – April 1, 2007 Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, April 17 – May 20, 2007 Twice Upon a Time, The Lorax/Emperor’s New Clothes, – , 2007

15 2007-2008 Season A Star Ain’t Nothin but…, September 25 – , 2007 Night of the Living Dead, -28, 2007

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 17 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 5 15 Happy Elf, The, – December 30, 2007 In Spite of Thunder, the Macbeth Project, January 22 – February 15, 2008 Separate Peace, March 4-22, 2008 Sideways Stories from Wayside School, April 8 – May 18, 2008 Once on This Island, – August 3, 2008

5 16 2008-2009 Season And Then They Came for Me, September. 16 – , 2008 Night of the Living Dead, -29, 2008 Seussical, November 11 – , 2008 Our Town, January 27 – February 20, 2009 Breakfast Club, The, Live Mondays in February, 2009 Atypical Boy, March 10-29, 2009 The Witches, April 14 – May 17, 2009 U Bug Me, – August 2, 2009

17 2009-2010 Season Maul of the Dead, October 16-31, 2009 Spooky Dog, a Scooby Doo Mystery, February 11 – March 7, 2010 Frindle, April 6 – May 16, 2010 Lucky Duck, June 22 – , 2010

18 2010-2011 Season Sorority House of the Dead, -31, 2010 Alexander the Terrible…, November 2 – December 31, 2010 Bridge to Terabithia, – , 2011 Ben Franklin’s Apprentice, April 4 – May 7, 2011 Greek Mythology Olympiaganza, 2011 The Wiz, – August 7, 2011

SERIES V: LARGE POSTERS

Box Folder Description

Map Drawer 44 1 Generic Coterie Theatre, undated Children’s Story Theatre, February 2 – March 4, 1980? Many Moons, – March 13, 1981 Me Myself & I, – August 1, 1981 Monkey, Monkey. February 29 – April 1, 1984 Kid’s Ink, October 2 – November 3, 1985

2 1991-1992 Season [Dennis the Musical, December 10-22] Map Drawer 44, folder 7 Wow, Look at 1992 Red Badge of Courage, January, 1928 – March 1, 1992

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 18 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description Mr. Raccoon and His Friends, April 28 – May 24, 1992 Neverland, June 16 – July 12, 1992 Red Sneaks, – August 6, 1992

Map Drawer 44

3 1992-1993 Season Meeting, The, – November 8, 1992 Winnie the Pooh, November 11 – December 29, 1992 Oliver Twist, January 21 – February 21, 1993 Wolf Child, March 9 – April 4, 1993 Bunnicula, – May 16, 1993 Dinosaurus, June 8 – July 3, 1993 Anne of Green Gables, July 20 – August 15, 1993

4 1993-1994 Season My Children! My Africa, October 12 – November 7, 1993 Pearl, The, February 1-27, 1994 Hobbit, The, March 15 – April 10, 1994 Very First Family, The, April 26 – May 27, 1994 Oz, June 14 – July 10, 1994

5 1994-1995 Season Former One-On-one Basketball Champion, The, October 11 – November 12, 1994 (Photo Attached to c.2) Little Prince, The, November 25-30, 1994 Dark Side of the Moon, March 7 – April 2, 1995 Lyle, Lyle, the Crocodile, April 25 – May 21, 1995 Mr. A's Amazing Maze Play, June 6 – July 7, 1995 Animal Fair, July 18 – August 13, 1995

6 1995-1996 Season Alicia In Wonder Tierra, October 10 – November 5, 1995 Green Eggs & Ham, November 24 – , 1995 Across the Plains. January 23 – February 18, 1996 Anne Frank and Me, March 5 – April 5, 1996 Coyote Mischief Tales, April 16 – May 11, 1996 Rocky & Bullwinkle, June 4-30, 1996 A Wrinkle in Time, July 16 – August 4, 1996

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1 1996-1997 Season Beyond The Miracle, October 8 – November 3, 1996 Little House Christmas, A, November 12 – December 31, 1996 Whale, January 21 – February 16, 1998

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 19 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description Valley Song, February 25 – March 23, 1997 Reluctant Dragon, The, April 15 – May 16, 1997 Lyle, Lyle, The Crocodile, June 10 – July 20, 1997

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2 1997-1998 Season Lilies of The Field, The, October 7 – November 2, 1997 Little House Christmas at Plum Creek, November 14 – December 31, 1997 Village Fable, A: In the Suicide Mountains, January 27 - February 22, 1998 Buffalo Hair, March 10 – April 5, 1998 Pippi Longstocking, June 16 – July 26, 1998

3 1998-1999 Season 20th Anniversary Poster with Season Plays Little House Christmas in the Indian Territory, November 13 – December 31, 1998 Of Mice and Men, – February 14, 1999 Lord of the Flies, March 9 – April 3, 1999 Free to Be...You and Me, – May 16, 1999 7 Dwarfs, The, June 15 – July 25, 1999

4 1999-2000 Season Season Poster Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show, October 5-31, 1999 Little House Christmas, A, November 12 – December 31, 1999 Island of the Blue Dolphins, March 7 – April 7, 2000 Really Rosie, April 25 – May 21, 2000 Little Women, June 20 – July 30, 2000

5 2000-2001 Season Gatherings in Graveyards II, October 3-29, 2000 Little House on the Prairie, November 10 – December 29, 2000 Great Expectations, January 6 – February 9, 2001 Glass Menagerie, March 6 – April 1, 2001 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, April 17 – May 20, 2001 Little Princess, A, June 19 – July 29, 2001

6 2001-2002 Season Breath of an American Spirit: Sacagawea, September 25 – October 26, 2001

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 20 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description Little House On The Shores Of Silver Lake, November 12 – December 30, 2001 Playing For Time, January 22 – February 17, 2002 Black Butterfly, Jaguar Girl, Pinata Woman and Other Superhero Girls Like Me, March 5-30, 2002 The Wind in the Willows, April 16 – May 19, 2002 Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, June 18 – July 28, 2002 Map Drawer 47

7 2002-2003 Season Frankenstein, September 24 – October 27, 2002 Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas, A, November 12 – December 31, 2002 Zorro, January 28 – February 23, 2003 Tangled Web, The, March 11-30, 2003 Schoolhouse Rock Live, Too!, April 15 – May 18, 2003 Hundred and One Dalmatians, The, June 17 – August 3, 2003

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1 2003-2004 Season Gatherings In Graveyards III, September 30 – October 31, 2003 Sarah Plain And Tall, November 18 – December 31, 2003 After Juliet, January 27 – February 22, 2004 Everyday Heroes / Breath Of An American Spirit: Sacagawea, March 2- 28, 2004 B.F.G., The: Big Friendly Giant, April 13 – May 16, 2004

2 2004-2005 Season Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The, October 5-31, 2004 Night Before Christmas, The, November 16 – December 30, 2004 Holes, January 25 – February 20, 2005 Selkie: Between Land and Sea, March 8-26, 2005 Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The, April 12 – May 15, 2005 Dinosaur Musical, The, June 28 – August 2, 2005

3 2005-2006 Season Watsons go to Birmingham-1963, The, September 27 – October. 23, 2005 Stuart Little, November 15 – December 30, 2005 Witch of Blackbird Pond, The, January 24 – February 19, 2006 Search for Odysseus, The, March 7 – April 2, 2006 Ferdinand the Bull, April 18 – May 21, 2006 Geppetto & Son, June 27 – August 6, 2006

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4 2006-2007 Season With Their Eyes: The View of 9/11 from a High School at Ground Zero, September 26 – October 22, 2006 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, November 15 – December 29, 2006 The Giver, January 23 – February 25, 2007 The Country of the Blind, March 13 – April 1, 2007 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, April 17 – May 20, 2007 Twice Upon a Time: Dr. Seuss' The Lorax + The Emperor's New Clothes, June 26 – August 5th, 2007

5 2007-2008 Season A Star Ain't Nothin' But a Hole in Heaven, September 25 – October 14, 2007 Night of the Living Dead, October 18 – October 28, 2007 In Spite of Thunder: The Macbeth Project, January 22 – February 15, 2008 Separate Peace, A, March 4-22, 2008 Sideways Stories From Wayside School, April 8 – May 18, 2008 Once On This Island, June 24 – August 3, 2008

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1 2008-2009 Season And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, – October 24, 2008 Seussical, November 11 – December 28, 2008 Our Town, January 27 – February 20, 2009 Atypical Boy, March 10-29, 2009 Witches, The, April 14 – May 17, 2009 U: BUG: ME, June 23 – August 2, 2009

2 2009-2010 Season Tell-Tale Electric Poe, September 15 – October 9, 2009 Maul of the Dead, October 16-31, 2009 Little House on the Prairie, November 3 – December 29, 2009 Life on the Mississippi, January 26 – , 2010 Spooky Dog: A Scooby-Doo-Like Mystery, February 11 – March 7, 2010 Frindle, April 6 – May 16, 2010 Lucky Duck, June 22 – August 8, 2010

3 2010-2011 Season Science Fiction Triple Feature, – , 2010 Sorority House of the Dead, October 21-31, 2010 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, November 2 – December 31, 2010

MS253-The Coterie Theatre Collection 22 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description Bridge to Terabithia, January 18 – February 27, 2011 The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza, March 4-6, 2011 Ben Franklin's Apprentice, April 4 – May 7, 2011 The Wiz, June 21 – August 2, 2011

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4 2012-2013 Season Spring Awakening, -30, 2012 Dear America: Across the Wide Lonesome Prairie, -30, 2012 Shrek The Musical, October 30 – December 30, 2012 Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker, October 9-27, 2013 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, June 4 – July 7, Unknown Year

5 Duplicates The Meeting, October 13 – November 8, 1992 Oliver Twist, January 26 – February 21, 1993 Anne of Green Gables, July 20 – August 15, 1993 My Children! My Africa!, October 12 – November 7, 1993 Little House at Plum Creek, November 14 – December 31, 1997 A Village Fable: In the Suicide Mountains, January 22 – February 22, 1998 Frindle, April 6 – May 16, 2010

SERIES VI: PHOTOGRAPHS/SLIDES An inventory of the photograph collection is accessible through an in-house database. Contact Special Collections with specific questions or for more information.

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