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4. Interview of Peggy Ebright

Topic:
Theater
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the founding and early history of the Pasadena Playhouse.
Biographical Note:
Actress, artist, and president of Pasadena Playhouse, Inc.

5. Interview of Gilmor Brown

Topic:
Theater
Length:
2.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the founding and early history of the Pasadena Playhouse.
Biographical Note:
Actor, director, and co-founder of the Pasadena Playhouse.

6. Interview of Lenore Shanewise

Topic:
Theater
Length:
8.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the founding and early history of the Pasadena Playhouse.

7. Interview of Oliver Prickett

Topic:
Theater
Length:
8.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the founding and early history of the Pasadena Playhouse.
Biographical Note:
Actor and brother of Charles Prickett, co-founder, executive vice president, and manager of the Pasadena Playhouse.

8. Interview of Maudie Prickett Cooper

Topic:
Theater
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the founding and early history of the Pasadena Playhouse.
Biographical Note:
Stage, film, and television actress. Performer at the Pasadena Playhouse and wife of co-founder, executive vice president, and manager Charles Prickett.

9. Interview of Huntington Hartford

Topic:
Theater
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Businessman, director, and art collector. Founder and owner of Huntington Hartford Productions and the Huntington Hartford Theater.

10. Interview of Michael Gaszynski

Topic:
Theater
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Painter, translator, and restaurant owner. Director of the Huntington Hartford Foundation.

11. Interview of Frances Williams

Topic:
African American History
Theater
Length:
9.85 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Actor, producer, and activist. Co-founder of the Art Against Apartheid Movement, the Negro Arts Theatre, and the Los Angeles Paul Robeson Community Center.

12. Interview of Robert North

Topic:
Film and Television
Theater
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Vaudeville performer, comedian, and film producer.

13. Interview of Ralph Freud

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Theater
UCLA Faculty
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of theater and director of the Pasadena Playhouse.

15. Interview of Edwin Lester

Topic:
Music
Theater
Length:
30 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founder and general director of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera.

17. Interview of Deborah Tobola

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Theater
Art
Music
Literature
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Length:
1 hr. 20 min.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer, poet, educator, and founding Artistic Director of the Poetic Justice Project.

18. Interview of Herbert Wells

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Literature
Art
Music
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Theater
Length:
1 hr.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer and actor with the Poetic Justice Project. Former member of the Arts-in-Corrections program while incarcerated.

19. Interview of Laurie Brooks

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
Art
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Theater
Literature
Music
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the William James Association. Advocate for legislative support to reinstate arts programming in correctional institutions.

20. Interview of Ellen Davidson

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Music
Art
Literature
Theater
Length:
1 hr. 14 min.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Project manager of the Prison Arts Project and director of William James Association.