Object number:
H84.414.8
Object name:
brochure
Title:
Theatre Rhinoceros brochure, 1981-82 Season
Date made:
1981
Material / Technique:
Ink and paper
Dimensions:
H: 17 in, W: 11 in
Credit line:
Gift of San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Periodical Archives
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Glossy brochure folded into 4 quadrants, printed on both sides. White glossy paper printed with brown ink.
Content description:
Theatre Rhinoceros brochure, inaugural subscription season 1981-1982. Brochure describes Theater Rhinoceros as "San Francisco's award-winning gay theater ensemble." Subscriptions provide tickets to all five plays -- described in the inner fold. Plays: "Fugue in a Nursery" by Harvey Fierstein; "Pogey Bait" by George Birimisa and directed by Allan Estes; world premiere of "Street Theater" by Doric Wilson about the Stonewall Riots; "Design for Living" a new production by J. Kevin Hanlon and a return of "T-Shirts" by Robert Patrick which was controversial when first produced by Theatre Rhinoceros in 1979.
Concepts:
queer history; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Awareness; gay culture; Lesbian and Gay Community; gay theater; LGBTQ history; Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969
Places:
San Francisco
Persons:
Allan Estes; Harvey Fierstein; Doric Wilson; Lanny Baugniet
Organizations:
Theatre Rhinoceros
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