Finding Aid for Announcements & Programs, 1969- | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Announcements & Programs, 1969-

ID: 12/12/804

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Extent: 20.8 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Drama, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Opera

Languages: English

Publicity announcements, posters and programs for individual events and performances held at the Performing Arts Center. Marquee events programs are filled separately for 1974 - June 1986. Since July 1986, the series includes programs for most events held at KCPA. For a list of guest artists from 1969 to 1992, see RS 12/12/806.

Established in 1962 as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Herman Krannert of Indianapolis, the center is a unit of the College of Fine and Applied Arts. It was created to provide "a central facility where academic training and public performance could be carried out under the best conditions."¹ The center, designed by architect Max Abramovitz, '29, houses in one structure a music auditorium, a music theatre, a drama theatre, an experimental theatre, an outdoor theatre, offices, rehearsal rooms, dressing rooms and parking.² Construction on the center began on August 1, 1966 and the dedication festival was held April 19-May 18, 1969.³

1. The Story and Facts About the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, p. 1.

2. Trustees Reports, 53rd Report, September 16, 1964, p. 99.

3. The Story and Facts About the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, pp. 4-5.

Drama
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Opera

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 3/70

Other Note: 0 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1212804.pdf

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