Author: Eric Colleary

  • Preserving the Past at the Civic Theatre, Allentown

    Many thanks to Beth Massa of the Civic Theatre, Allentown, Pennsylvania for this guest post about their efforts to preserve their theatre’s history. Do you have a story to tell about your theatre? We’d love to hear from you! The Civic Theatre was founded in 1927 by two local newspaper…

  • ATAP Graduate Student Administrator

    The American Theater Archive Project (ATAP) is currently seeking a graduate student with a strong interest in performance archives to serve as a paid graduate administrator for the organization. ATAP is an initiative of the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) that assists theatre companies and artists in preserving the records of…

  • Job Posting: Asst. Archivist at Winthrop Group

    ASSISTANT ARCHIVIST – New York, NY The Winthrop Group’s Information & Archival Services Division is seeking to hire an archivist in New York City.  This full-time Assistant Archivist position offers an opportunity to assist in the establishment of a unique performing arts archive and contribute to the organization’s centennial commemorations in…

  • Job Posting: Asst. Archivist at LA Philharmonic

    The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association is currently seeking an: Assistant Archivist Founded in 1919, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association’s mission is to perform, present, and promote music in its varied forms at the highest level of excellence to a diverse and large audience, both at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and…

  • ATAP New York’s Preserving Performance Workshop Now Online

    ATAP New York’s Claudia Wilsch Case, Tanya Elder, and Noreen Whysel organized an incredibly helpful workshop on Preserving Performance for the Preludes 2016 conference at CUNY. Joined by Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble (actor David Elyha and tech director Richard Keyser), The Living Theater (artistic director Brad Burgess) and HERE Arts…

  • Fellowship: Manuscripts Archival Fellowship, Princeton

    The Manuscripts Division, a unit of Princeton University Library’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, is proud to offer the inaugural Manuscripts Division Archival Fellowship to one graduate student or recent graduate this year. This fellowship provides a summer of work experience for a current or recent graduate student…

  • Conference: Festival of Original Theatre, 2017

    The 2017 Festival of Original Theatre: Sounding the Inner of Performance February 2-5, 2017 The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies (University of Toronto) You’re invited to attend four dynamic and chock-full days of sonic celebration and inquiry at the 2017 Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT)! FOOT is both…

  • Call for Proposals: American Society for Theatre Research, 2017 – Atlanta

    November 16-19, 2017 Proposal Deadline for Plenary Papers, Working Sessions, and Curated Panels – February 1, 2017 Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead 3300 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30305 Extra/Ordinary Bodies: Interrogating the Performance and Aesthetics of “Difference” Historically, bodies have been divided into categories that separate the normal from the…

  • Job Posting: Audio Preservation Engineer at NEDCC

    The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) seeks an experienced audio preservation professional to serve on its expanded Audio Preservation Services team. NEDCC’s expanded audio preservation service builds upon the Center’s successful implementation of “IRENE,” the IMLS-funded optical scanning technology developed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Library of…

  • Call for Proposals: Digital Public Library of America, 2017

    DPLA is seeking session proposals for DPLAfest 2017, an annual conference that brings together librarians, archivists, and museum professionals, developers and technologists, publishers and authors, educators, and many others to celebrate DPLA and its community of creative professionals. Proposals should be related to digital libraries, broadly defined. This year, we…