University of California, Irvine, Department of Drama records, 1966-2001

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Summary

Creators:
University of California, Irvine. Department of Drama
Abstract:
This collection contains records created by the Department of Drama at the University of California, Irvine. Materials include invitations, programs, announcements, brochures, costume designs by Richard Triplett, and administrative and departmental documents kept by Triplett during his tenure at UCI.
Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet (1 document boxes) and 2 unprocessed linear feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

University of California, Irvine, Department of Drama records. AS-227. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains records created by the Department of Drama at the University of California, Irvine. Materials include invitations, programs, announcements, brochures, costume designs by Richard Triplett, and administrative and departmental documents kept by Triplett during his tenure at UCI.

Biographical / historical:

The Department of Drama at the University of California, Irvine is one of the four departments in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts. It was created in 1965 when UCI was founded. Over the years, drama at UCI has been associated with three significant names: Clayton Garrison, Robert Cohen, and Richard Triplett. As the founding members of the Department of Drama, Garrison, Cohen, and Triplett took responsibility for teaching and acting, directing and dramatic literature, and design, respectively.

During the 1970s the Department of Drama launched a two-year master of fine arts (M.F.A.) program. At this time, it experienced a surge in faculty and enrollment due in part to the construction and operation of the Fine Arts Village, a complex on campus that included three theaters. Growth continued during the 1980s and, in the 1990s, the department grew to mature status with a faculty of more than 25 full-time members and a student population of more than 400. The Irvine Barclay Theatre was added to the department's staging venues during this time and the department implemented a Ph.D. program.

By the turn of the 21st century, Drama was no longer limited to a national profile, and had become a global enterprise, with faculty teaching, directing, designing and touring all over the world. In 2012 the New Swan Shakespeare Festival opened in a campus-constructed outdoor theatre mounted each summer in the midst of the UCI campus.

As of 2021, the Department of Drama offers undergraduate programs (Music Theatre B.F.A., a New York Satellite program, and Honors in Acting; Design; Directing; Drama; Dramatic Literature, History, and Theory; and Stage Management), graduate programs (M.F.As in Acting; Directing; Stage Management; Design; and Music Direction), and a Ph.D program.

Source: https://drama.arts.uci.edu/department-history (accessed September 29, 2021).

Acquisition information:
Acquired periodically from the Department of Drama. Purchased from and partially donated by Cecilia Stephens, 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Ernesto Bassi and Cyndi Shein in 2008. Additional processing by Sarah Glover, 2020-2021. The collection was changed from a Publications Series collection to an University Archives collection (PS-038 to AS-227) and the title was changed from "University of California, Irvine, Department of Drama publications" to "University of California, Irvine, Department of Drama records" as part of the Publications Series sunsetting project started in 2019.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material. Accession 2020-001, an unprocessed addition to the collection, is listed at the end.

Accruals:

Additional material is expected.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is only minimally processed, but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.

Terms of access:

Property rights and copyright reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University Archivist.

Preferred citation:

University of California, Irvine, Department of Drama records. AS-227. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Location of this collection:
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries, P.O. Box 19557
Irvine, CA 92623-9557, US
Contact:
(949) 824-3947
spcoll@uci.libanswers.com
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