Triad Stage Records
Content Description
The collection includes publicity and marketing materials, newspaper clippings, playbills, photographs, and scale models set designs from Triad Stage's history.
Dates
- 1999 - 2019
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Biographical / Historical
Triad Stage is a regional theatre that was co-founded by Preston Lane and Richard Whittington in 1999. In September 1999, Triad Stage purchased downtown Greensboro's Montgomery Ward building, built in 1936 and vacant for almost 40 years. The founders began renovations on the building in 2001, transforming the space into the Pyrle Theater. After the renovations, Triad Stage's building included a 300-seat theatre, rehearsal hall, offices, and lobbies.
The theatre's grand opening occurred in January 2002, with a production of Tennessee Williams's "Suddenly Last Summer." In 2008, Triad Stage completed additional renovations to the Pyrle Theater. Renovations included adding a scene shop annex, the creation of a 90-seat Upstage Cabaret performance space, and the creation of a rehearsal hall and studio for WUNC Radio's Greensboro Bureau.
In 2011, Triad Stage purchased a 30,000 square foot building near the Greensboro Coliseum Complex to serve as the theater's new production facility, relocating its scene, costume and properties shops as well as its warehouse.
Triad Stage has put on over 75 productions over the course of its 18 seasons. The theatre company has received accolades on the national, state, and local levels, including being named "One of the Best Regional Theaters in America" by New York's Drama League, voted the Triad's "Best Live Theater" by the readers of the News & Record's GoTriad seven years in a row and "Professional Theatre of the Year" by the North Carolina Theatre Conference.
Extent
61.5 Linear Feet (10 archival boxes, 1 cello music box, and 30 model boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection includes publicity and marketing materials, newspaper clippings, playbills, photographs, and scale models set designs documenting Triad Stage's history.
Triad Stage is a regional theatre that was co-founded by Preston Lane and Richard Whittington in 1999. In September 1999, Triad Stage purchased downtown Greensboro's Montgomery Ward building, built in 1936 and vacant for almost 40 years. The founders began renovations on the building in 2001, transforming the space into the Pyrle Theater. After the renovations, Triad Stage's building included a 300-seat theatre, rehearsal hall, offices, and lobbies. The theatre's grand opening occurred in January 2002, with a production of Tennessee Williams's "Suddenly Last Summer." Triad Stage has put on over 75 productions over the course of its 18 seasons. The theatre company has received accolades on the national, state, and local levels.
Arrangement
Series are arrnaged alphabetically, with folders arranged alphabetically and then chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Triad Stage, June 2021.
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Processing Information
Processed by Patrick Dollar, November 2021.
- Title
- Triad Stage Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Patrick Dollar
- Date
- January 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository