Stage Coach Players Records (DeKalb)

Collection

Identifier: RHC-RC-184

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Stage Coach Players Records, dating from 1953-2000, document the group's activities through minutes, treasurer's reports, correspondence, and programs. The minutes date from 1959-1981 and include general, membership, special, and board meetings. The nearly complete set of programs date from 1960-2000 and give information about the casts and productions during these years. The collection also contains the constitution, by-laws, membership lists, correspondence, and newspaper supplements featuring the group.

Dates

created: 1953-2000
Other: Date acquired: 10/14/1986

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on access to the collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights in the collection belong to the Regional History Center; literary rights are dedicated to the public.

Biographical or Historical Information

The Stage Coach Players is a DeKalb Community Theatre group that began entertaining in 1947. Originally the group used the Ellwood barn as their theatre and the Ellwood stage coach as their ticket office. It was from the early ticket office that they took their name. In 1950 two corporations were set up, one as a property holder and the other as a play production company. Subsequently the two corporations merged into one. That same year the group lost the use of the barn and bought some property on Barber Greene Road where, in 1953, they built their current theatre building. At the end of the 2000 season, the group plans to leave their current building and move to a new location on the corner of 5^th and Grove in DeKalb.

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