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Bloomington Civic Theatre papers (PA 33), Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Donated by Ann H. Peterson in 1982 and 1984.
The Bloomington Civic Theatre (BCT) was founded by Donna and Bob Utecht, Kingsley Holman and his wife and Tom and Doris Helvig in 1955. BCT was one of the first local, amateur theatres to perform musicals with a full orchestra. In the late 1970s, BCT could not find enough volunteers to keep the theatre open, causing it to close in 1981. After a seven-year hiatus, BCT resumed productions in 1988.
This collection contains papers documenting the early years of the Bloomington Civic Theatre. The collection contains correspondence, financial records, cast lists, newsletters, scrapbooks, programs and publicity, photographs and production lists. Also within the collection is a profile of the theatre presented to the Bloomington Facilities Committee (1966) and BCT's constitution.
An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Manuscripts Division.
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