pa83 Theatre St. Paul Collection Barbara Bezat University of Minnesota Libraries 2005
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Barbara Bezat November, 2005 English Theatre St. Paul Theatre St. Paul Collection 1956-1965 University of Minnesota Libraries. Performing Arts Archives, Manuscripts Division [paa] 2 boxesca. 1 cu. foot Collection contains programs, flyers, photographs and clippings from an important professional theater operating in St. Paul, MN. PA 83 English Mezzanine Administrative Information Use of Materials

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 Preferred Citation

Theatre St. Paul Collection (PA 83), Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

 Acquisition

Acquired by donation from Zoaunne LeRoy, October, 2005

 Processing Information

The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Barbara Bezat.

 Arrangement

The collection is organized by performance season and contains the following series:

Clippings Photographs Programs/Publicity materials Miscelllaneous Historical Note

Theatre St. Paul was established in 1956 after the Junior League of St. Paul (Minn.) concluded a survey of the cultural resources of the city, and formed a theater organization, selecting Louis Marcuson as the first Artistic Director of Theatre St. Paul. Marcuson resigned after the first season and his succesor, Rex Henriot, led the theater for the next 10 years.

The theater company transformed a former synagogue building into an intimate thrust-stage theater setting that would seat 180 people. Rex Henriot and his wife, Zoaunne worked together to produce a regular season of from seven to ten plays, along with a childrens' theatre group which often performed up to three plays per season.

Theatre St. Paul seasons included, after 1960, a regular summer stock season and audiences enjoyed high-quality productions of such plays as Waiting for Godot , The Taming of the Shrew, and The Threepenny Opera. In 1964 the theater turned professional and moved the newly-built St. Paul Arts and Science Center. The higher operating costs and dimishing audiences for community theaters brought the theatre to a close at the end of the 1965-1966 season.

Notes adapted from "Minnesota Theatre", by Frank Whiting (1988:Pogo Press)

 Scope and Content Note

The collection contains programs, flyers, photographs and clippings from an important professional theater operating in St. Paul, MN from 1956 to 1965.

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Henriot, Rex Theatre St. Paul </controlaccess> <dsc type="combined"> <head>Detailed Contents </head> <p>The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection.</p> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle> Clippings </unittitle> </did> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Antigone </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Detective Story </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Male Animal, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> General - Awards; General publicity </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959-1965 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Cinderella </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Lullaby </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Quality Street </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Jezebel's Husband </unittitle> <unitdate> 1964/65 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> Miscellaneous </unitdate> </did> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle> Photos </unittitle> </did> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Dial M for Murder </unittitle> <unitdate> 1956/57 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Happy Birthday </unittitle> <unitdate> 1956/57 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Three Men on a Horse </unittitle> <unitdate> 1957/58 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Forty-Five Minutes from </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Importance of Being Earnest, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Inherit the Wind </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Lady's Not for Burning, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Lady's Not for Burning, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Lady's Not for Burning, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Oh Men! Oh Women! </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> See How they Run </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Solid Gold Cadillac </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Two Dozen Roses </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Alice in Wonderland </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Antigone </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Cocktail Party, </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Detective Story </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Devil's Disciple, </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Devil's Disciple, </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Don Juan in Hell </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Jezebel's Husband </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Jezebel's Husband </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Jezebel's Husband </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Jezebel's Husband </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Let's Go to the Moon </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Male Animal, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Mystery of the Ming Tree, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> No Time for Comedy </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Peg o'My Heart </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Simon and Laura </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Night of the Auk </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Play's the Thing, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Strange </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Taming of the Shrew </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Taming of the Shrew </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Arsenic and Old Lace </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Cinderella </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Goodbye, Charlie </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Love of Four Colonels, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Lullaby </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Ozma of Oz </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Tiger at the Gates </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Hamlet </unittitle> <unitdate> 1962/63 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Hamlet </unittitle> <unitdate> 1962/63 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Hasty Heart </unittitle> <unitdate> 1962/63 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> High Ground </unittitle> <unitdate> 1962/63 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Threepenny Opera </unittitle> <unitdate> 1962/63 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Threepenny Opera </unittitle> <unitdate> 1962/63 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Threepenny Opera </unittitle> <unitdate> 1962/63 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Toys in the Attic </unittitle> <unitdate> 1962/63 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Toys in the Attic </unittitle> <unitdate> 1962/63 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Caesar and Cleopatra </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Caesar and Cleopatra </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Caesar and Cleopatra </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Long Day's Journey into Night </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Quality Street </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Quality Street </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Ross </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Alice in Wonderland </unittitle> <unitdate> 1964/65 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Julius Caesar </unittitle> <unitdate> 1964/65 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Mother Courage and her Children </unittitle> <unitdate> 1964/65 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Physicists, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1965/66 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> She Loves Me! </unittitle> <unitdate> 1965/66 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Turn a Deaf Ear </unittitle> <unitdate> 1965/66 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> Miscellaneous </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> Miscellaneous </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> Miscellaneous </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> Miscellaneous </unitdate> </did> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle> Programs/Publicity </unittitle> </did> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Happy Birthday </unittitle> <unitdate> 1956/57 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> 1957/58 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Bus Stop </unittitle> <unitdate> 1957/58 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Desperate Hours </unittitle> <unitdate> 1957/58 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Front Page, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1957/58 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Three Men on a Horse </unittitle> <unitdate> 1957/58 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Affairs of State </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Alice in Wonderland </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Bat, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Country Girl, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Forty-Five Minutes from </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Importance of Being Earnest, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Inherit the Wind </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Lady's Not for Burning, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Oh Men! Oh Women! </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Potting Shed, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> See How they Run </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Solid Gold Cadillac </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Two Dozen Roses </unittitle> <unitdate> 1958/59 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Antigone </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Cocktail Party, </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Confidential Clerk, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Detective Story </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Jezebel's Husband </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Let's Go to the Moon </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Male Animal, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> No Time for Comedy </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Simon and Laura </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Very Opposite Sex, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? </unittitle> <unitdate> 1959/60 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Night of the Auk </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Play's the Thing, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Strange </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Taming of the Shrew </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Very Opposite Sex, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1960/61 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Andersonville Trial, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Arsenic and Old Lace </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Child's Eye View, </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Cinderella </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Four Poster, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Four Views (on Love) </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Goodbye, Charlie </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Love of Four Colonels, The </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Tiger at the Gates </unittitle> <unitdate> 1961/62 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> High Ground </unittitle> <unitdate> 1962/63 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Toys in the Attic </unittitle> <unitdate> 1962/63 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Antigone </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Come Blow your Horn </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Quality Street </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Threepenny Opera </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> To Be Selected (a revue) </unittitle> <unitdate> 1963/64 </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> </unittitle> <unitdate> 1964/65 </unitdate> </did> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did> <unittitle> Miscellaneous </unittitle> </did> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Memorabilia; undated programs; script </unittitle> <unitdate> Miscellaneous </unitdate> </did> </c02> <c02> <did> <unittitle> Programs from other theaters </unittitle> <unitdate> Miscellaneous </unitdate> </did> </c02> </c01> <c01 level="series"> <did id="a1"> <unittitle/> <unitdate/> </did> <c02> <did> <unittitle/> <unitdate/> </did> </c02> </c01> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>