Eye of the Storm
Theater
Eye of the Storm
Theater Papers
1991-2003
University of
Minnesota Libraries. Performing Arts Archives, Manuscripts
Division [paa]
18
boxes (27 linear feet)
The collection contains
production, administrative, financial and development records.
PA 77
English
High Bay
Administrative Information
Use of Materials
The collection is open and available to the public for research
use.
Copyright
Copyright is retained by the copyright holders.
Preferred Citation
Eye of the Storm Theater (PA 77), Performing Arts Archives, University
of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Acquisition
The Eye of the Storm Theater Papers were donated in 2004.
Processing Information
The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Madeleine
Vasaly in 2007.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Administrative materials
- Audits
- Financial Records
- Fundraising
- Production
- Publicity
- Media
- Other (miscellaneous materials)
Historical Note
Founded in 1991 by Casey Stangl and John Spokes, Eye of the Storm
Theater was devoted to commissioning and producing new plays. Eye of the Storm
Theater was an important contributor to the lively theater scene in the Twin
Cities during the 1990s, bringing nationally prominent new works to Twin Cities
audiences as well as supporting local playwrights and actors. Eye of the Storm
Theater closed in 2003.
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes scripts and prompt books, music, board meeting
information, business records, financial records, and development information
such as correspondence with and apolications to foundations and other potential
donors.
Related Material
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
Stangle,
Casey
Spokes, John
Eye of the
Storm Theater--Archives
Theater--Production and
direction--Minnesota--Minneapolis
Theater--Management--Minnesota--Minneapolis
Detailed Contents
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the
collection.
Administrative materials
1997-2003
Actors’ Equity Association
1
Audience surveys – “Quills” and “Anna”
1
Audience surveys – Seed the Storm 2003
1
Bulk mail
1
Certificate of good standing
1
Certificate of incorporation
1
Confirmation and calling info
1
EOTS advisory committee
1
EOTS/Loring Playhouse/Ballet of the Dolls
1
EOTS business plan and general strategic planning (2
folders)
1
EOTS bylaws
1
EOTS company information
1
EOTS job descriptions
1
EOTS board (2 folders)
2
EOTS board – development project
2
2
EOTS board – FY03 (“Slither” and
dissolution)
2
EOTS board – FY03-02
2
EOTS board – FY01-00
2
EOTS board – FY00-99
2
EOTS board – FY99-98
2
EOTS board – FY98-97
2
EOTS partnership Taxes – federal tax ID
3
EOTS personnel guide
3
Facility needs assessment
3
Insurance (2 folders)
3
Interpreters program
3
NEA/TCG Theatre Residency (Carson Kreitzer)
3
Nonprofit annual registration
3
State charitable registration (1997 and
2002)
3
Student internship with EOTS (Augsburg,
1994)
3
Taxes – federal exemption application (1998)
3
Taxes – federal exemption application 501(a)(1)
(2002)
3
Taxes – form 8734 (June 2002)
4
Taxes – MN sales tax exemption (1993 and
1998)
4
Taxes – MN tax ID
4
Theatre Communications Group
4
Twin Cities Independent Theatre Partnership
(TCITP)
4
Woolly Mammoth Theatre – The Big Slam (1997)
4
Worker’s compensation (2 folders)
4
Audits
1999-2002
FY02-FY01
1
FY01-FY99
2
Financial Records
Summaries and projections (7 folders – 1997/98 through
2003 seasons)
1
The Baltimore Waltz (2 folders)
1
The Big Slam
1
Conquest of the South Pole
1
The Death of the Father of Psychoanalysis (& Anna)
2
Dog Stories
2
Fat Men in Skirts
2
Hate Mail (1996/97)
2
How I Learned to Drive (including benefit)
2
Mr. Xmas
2
Quills
2
SantaLand Diaries (1997/98)
2
Square One
2
Two Sisters and a Piano
2
Your Mother’s Butt & More
2
2003-2001
3
2001-1999
3
Fundraising
A–MRAC
1
MRAC–Z
2
Individual donors, (includes sensitive
information)
3
RESTRICTED
Production
1991 - 2003
In chronological order by performance season
Square One (3 folders)
1991
1
Conquest of the South Pole (2 folders)
1992
1
Your Mother’s Butt & Power Lunch
1993
1
The Baltimore Waltz
1993
2
The Baltimore Waltz – Community Committee
1993
2
The Return of Your Mother’s Butt & More (2 folders)
1994
2
Your Mother’s Butt, Power Lunch, Made for a Woman
1994
2
Fat Men in Skirts
1994
2
Dog Stories
1995
2
The Big Slam
1995
3
Hate Mail
1996/97
3
Quills (2 folders)
1996/97
3
The Death of the Father of Psychoanalysis (& Anna)
1997/98
3
How I Learned to Drive (2 folders)
1997/98
3
Mr. Xmas (2 folders)
1998/99
4
SantaLand Diaries
1998/99
4
Liberty!
1998/99
4
Liberty! – Gay Pride event proposal
1998/99
4
Skylight
1999/2000
4
SantaLand Diaries
1999/2000
4
The Beauty Queen of Leenane (2 folders)
1999/2000
4
Seed the Storm 2000,
1999/2000
5
Stop Kiss
2000/01
5
Heckler
2000/01
5
Two Sisters and a Piano
2000/01
5
Seed the Storm 2001,
2000/01
5
Collected Stories
2001/02
5
Cowbird
2001/02
5
The Play about the Baby
2001/02
5
Seed the Storm, 2002
2001/02
6
Fair Game
2002/03
6
Dinner With Friends
2002/03
6
Seed the Storm (unknown years, assorted)
6
Unknown season(s) – designers (staff/hiring)
6
Publicity
1991-2003
Square One (3 folders)
1991
1
Conquest of the South Pole
1992
1
Your Mother’s Butt & Power Lunch
)1993
1
The Baltimore Waltz (folder 1 of 2)
)1993
1
The Baltimore Waltz (folder 2 of 2)
1993
2
Fat Men in Skirts
1994
2
The Return of Your Mother’s Butt & More (2 folders)
1994
2
Your Mother’s Butt, Power Lunch, Made for a Woman
1994
2
Dog Stories (2 folders)
1995
2
The Big Slam
1995
3
The Big Slam – Woolly Mammoth production
1995
3
Hate Mail
1996/97
3
Quills
1996/97
3
The Death of the Father of Psychoanalysis (& Anna)
1997/98
3
SantaLand Diaries
1997/98
3
How I Learned to Drive (folder 1 of 2)
1997/98
3
How I Learned to Drive (folder 2 of 2)
1997/98
4
Mr. Xmas (2 folders)
1998/99
4
SantaLand Diaries
1998/99
4
Liberty!
1998/99
4
Season info and Eye Card
1999/2000
4
Marketing plan
1999/2000
4
Skylight
1999/2000
4
SantaLand Diaries, 2000
1999/2000
5
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
1999/2000
5
Seed the Storm, 2000
1999/2000
5
Season info, Eye Card, and auction
2000/01
5
Stop Kiss
2000/01
5
Heckler
2000/01
5
Hate Mail
2000/01
5
Two Sisters and a Piano
2000/01
5
Seed the Storm, 2001
2000/01
5
Season info
2001/02
5
Collected Stories
2001/02
5
Cowbird
2001/02
5
The Play about the Baby
2001/02
5
Seed the Storm, 2002
2001/02
6
Season info and Election Night Bash
2002/03
6
Fair Game
2002/03
6
The Shape of Things
2002/03
6
Dinner With Friends
2002/03
6
Seed the Storm, 2003
2002/03
6
Slither
2003
6
Bon Voyage Bash-o-Rama
2003
6
Closing press
2003
6
“Best of” publicity (all years)
6
General marketing
6
3-ring binder of articles
6
(loose on shelf)
Media
1991-2003
Audio (cassettes)
The Baltimore Waltz – sound tapes (23) and cue sheet
1
Baltimore Waltz – 1993.5.29 on MPR (2 copies)
1993
1
The Beauty Queen of Leenane – pre-show
2
The Big Slam/“Merry Christmas!”
2
The Big Slam – pre-show
2
The Big Slam – intermission
2
The Big Slam – “For What It’s Worth”
2
Compass – 1998.5.20 on 104.1 KMJZ Smooth Jazz
Minneapolis
2
Hate Mail – pre-show
2
Hate Mail – end of pre-show, places call
2
How I Learned to Drive – source music (2 tapes)
2
How I Learned to Drive on MPR
2
Power Lunch – assorted sound (7 of 13 tapes)
2
Power Lunch – assorted sound (end – 6 tapes)
3
Quills – sound (16 of 41 tapes)
3
Quills – sound (end – 25 tapes)
4
Eye of the Storm Music Tapes 1-2
4
Eye of the Storm Music Tapes 3-6
5
EOTS radio interviews (1 tape)
5
General sound and unknown productions (17 tapes)
5
Audio (digital media)
The Beauty Queen of Leenane (2 mini-discs)
6
Hate Mail (2 mini-discs)
6
Heckler (2 mini-discs)
6
How I Learned to Drive (mini-disc)
6
Mr. Xmas – 1998.10 (mini-disc)
6
SantaLand Diaries (2 mini-discs)
1999
6
SantaLand Diaries (mini-disc)
n.d.
6
Seed the Storm – Seeds (2 mini-discs)
2001
6
Seed the Storm – Seeds plays (mini-disc)
n.d.
6
Skylight (mini-disc) (CD)
6
Two Sisters and a Piano (2 mini-discs)
6
The Death of the Father of Psychoanalysis (& Anna)
– sound cues (DAT)
6
SantaLand Diaries (DAT)
1997
6
SantaLand Diaries – sound cues (CD)
1999
6
Stop Kiss 2000.10.16
2000
6
Video
1991-2002
Assorted formats
Square One (2 VHS tapes)
1991
7
Square One – Acts 1 and 2, respectively (VHS)
1991
7
Square One – Acts 1 and 2, respectively (VHS)
1991
7
Square One
1991
7
Conquest of the South Pole (VHS)
1992
7
Your Mother’s Butt & Power Lunch (VHS)
1993
7
Your Mother’s Butt & Power Lunch (2 VHS copies)
1993
7
MN Experience May theatre segment (VHS)
7
Eye of the Storm promo (VHS)
7
The Baltimore Waltz (VHS) (2)
1993
7
Your Mother’s Butt – Made For a Woman – Power Lunch
(VHS)
1994
7
The Return of Your Mother’s Butt and More (VHS)
1994
7
Fat Men in Skirts (VHS)
1994
7
Dog Stories (2 VHS copies)
1995
7
The Big Slam (VHS)
1995
7
Hate Mail (VHS)
1996
7
Quills – Act 1 (VHS)
7
Quills – Act 2 (VHS)
7
The Death of the Father of Psychoanalysis (& Anna)
(VHS)
1997
7
How I Learned to Drive (VHS)
7
Mr. Xmas (VHS)
1998
7
Skylight (VHS)
1999
7
Stop Kiss (VHS)
7
Liberty! (2 VHS tapes )
7
The Beauty Queen of Leenane – Act 1 (VHS)
7
Heckler (2 VHS tapes)
7
Collected Stories – test take, selected scenes from
Act 1 (camcorder cassette)
2001
7
Collected Stories – test take, selected scenes from
Act 1 (camcorder cassette)
2001
7
16 Collected Stories – Ruth’s monologue (VHS)
2001
7
Collected Stories (VHS)
2001
7
Cowbird – Act 1 (VHS)
7
Cowbird – Act 2 (VHS)
7
Seed the Storm (VHS)
2002
7
The Play About the Baby – Act 1 (Hi8)
7
The Play About the Baby – Act 2 (Hi8)
7
Larissa Kokernot “interview” for closing party (full
on DVD-R, .mov clips on CD-R)
7
Photographs (Prints, negative, contact sheets)
1991-2003
Decorated Polaroids
8
Unidentified negative
8
Photos on CD
8
Square One
1991
8
Conquest of the South Pole
1992
8
Your Mother’s Butt/Power Lunch, The Baltimore Waltz
1993
8
Fat Men in Skirts
1994
8
Dog Stories, The Big Slam
1995
8
Hate Mail, Quills
1996/97
8
SantaLand Diaries
1997/98
8
The Death of the Father of Psychoanalysis (&
Anna), How I Learned to Drive
1997/98
8
Liberty!, Mr. Xmas
1998/99
8
SantaLand Diaries
1998/99
8
Skylight, SantaLand Diaries, The Beauty Queen of
Leenane
1999/2000
8
Stop Kiss, Heckler, Two Sisters & a Piano
2000/01
8
Collected Stories, Cowbird, The Play about the Baby
200/02
8
Fair Game, The Shape of Things, Dinner With Friends
2002/03
8
Photographs (duplicates)
9
Photographs (slides)
1991-2003
Square One
1991
10
Conquest of the South Pole
1992
10
The Baltimore Waltz
1993
10
Fat Men in Skirts
1994
10
The Big Slam (incl. Woolly Mammoth production)
1995
10
Hate Mail, Quills
1996/97
10
The Death of the Father of Psychoanalysis (&
Anna), SantaLand Diaries, How I Learned to Drive
1997/98
10
Mr. Xmas, SantaLand Diaries, Liberty!
1998/99
10
SantaLand Diaries, The Beauty Queen of Leenane,
Skylight
1999/2000
10
Stop Kiss, Two Sisters & a Piano
2000/01
10
Collected Stories, The Play about the Baby
2001/02
10
Dinner With Friends
2002/03
10
Other media
“EOTS usable disks” (floppy)
11
3 mini-discs for “Slither”
11
Other
Cloth banners – “Eye of the Storm Theatre,” “The actors
you love …”
12
Large laminated posters – “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,”
“Liberty!,” “Mr. Xmas,” “SantaLand Diaries” 1997, “Skylight” (2), “Stop
Kiss”
12
Miscellaneous
Sound reels – “Quills” (7½ NAB ½ track), “Hate Mail”
(mottel rem’l reel Act I)
Plaque – Every Penny Counts donation certificate
Pulitzer Prize stamp for “How I Learned to Drive”
Large mask, unidentified
Loose on shelf
: 1999-2000 season
Flat File #10
Drawer 1
“Quills”
Drawer 1
“SantaLand Diaries”
1999
Drawer 1
“The Play About the Baby”
Drawer 2
2001-02 season
Drawer 2
“The Death of the Father …”
Drawer 2
EOTS @ the Loring – “who we are,” “5 short years”
1991-1993
Drawer 3
EOTS @ the Loring – “who we are,” “5 short years”
1993-1995
Drawer 4
Newspaper articles
1991-2000
Drawer 4