Community Theatre Programs and Playbills
Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM19-26
Form of Material
Programs and playbills from Laurel, Mississippi area and beyond.
Dates
- 1975-2018
Conditions Governing Access
Noncirculating; available for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Biographical / Historical
Laurel Community Concert Association
Jones County Community College
The Fine Arts Division of Jones County Junior College performs events through the year in the community.
Laurel Little Theatre
Laurel Little Theatre was organized back in August 1961 when four local theatre lovers first got together at the old bowling alley that used to be next door to the Leader-Call newspaper. Marda Kaiser Burton, Mary Anne Sumrall, Ernest Graves and Gene Gandrau hashed out their ideas and quickly called for an official organizational meeting at the old Pinehurst Hotel Coffee Shop. Some of the group that joined in with them at the Pinehurst were well known Laurel names like Jim Gibbon, Annie Ruth Grim, Page Jones Harris, Billy Howard Jr, Billy Lightsey, Ruth Tomlinson, Dot Traweek and Granville Walters.
Their goal was to present Laurel citizens with entertainment and to give would-be thespians a chance to get up on a stage and ham it up for their friends and family. Now five decades later, that's still our main goal at the theatre. Little did those founders know in 1961 that one day that very group they organized would be performing in the old Arabian movie house just right next door to the Pinehurst Coffee Shop where they were meeting to form the group.
StageStruck Performance Studio
StageStruck, a values driven children's theater program in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is dedicated to the development of life skills through the performing arts.
Extent
27 Items : 302A.B15.Y1
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Given By: Cathy Merrikin
Date of Receipt: January 16, 2019
- Biloxi (Miss.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brochures. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drama. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hattiesburg (Miss.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jones County (Miss.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Laurel (Miss.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Programs (Publications). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Community Theatre Programs and Playbills
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Manuscripts and Photographs Repository
Contact:
118 College Drive - 5148
Hattiesburg MS 39406-0001
601.266.4345
118 College Drive - 5148
Hattiesburg MS 39406-0001
601.266.4345
