Founded in a supermarket basement in 1965, the Tony Award-winning Roundabout Theatre Company now operates five major theatres in Manhattan. Company Archivist Tiffany Nixon shares stories from Roundabout’s archives and show how the collections are used and preserved.
Roundabout Theatre Company Archives contain extensive institutional and stage documentation chronicling the company’s history as an Off-Broadway and Broadway producer. Nixon’s focus lies in documenting the processes of live theatre so that future generations of scholars and practitioners can contextualize the work through open access to the archive. She is a board member of SIBMAS and an adjunct at NYU Tisch, Production & Design Studio, where she teaches a research and resources course to tomorrow’s theatre designers.
This program was hosted by the American Theatre Archive Project, which supports theatre makers in archiving records of their work for the benefit of artists, scholars, patrons, and the public. ATAP is an initiative of the American Society for Theatre Research, and is supported by volunteers and donors. Support our efforts to preserve theatre history by making a tax-deductible donation.
When: Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 12pm Eastern | 11am Central | 9am Pacific | 5pm BST
