Research Catalog
Ron Vawter papers
- Title
- Ron Vawter papers, 1963-1994.
- Author
- Vawter, Ron.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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11 Items
| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-010 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-010 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-010 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-010 Box 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-010 Box 5 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-010 Box 6 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-010 Box 7 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 8 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-010 Box 8 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 9 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-010 Box 9 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 10 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1995-010 Box 10 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 11 (oversized folder) | Mixed material | By appointment only | *T-Mss 1995-010 Box 11 (oversized folder) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 10.18 lf (10 boxes + 1 oversized folder)
- Summary
- The Ron Vawter papers consist largely of production materials, especially concerning Vawter's one-man show, ROY COHN/JACK SMITH, and earlier plays presented by the Wooster Group.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Papers.
- Scripts.
- Photographs.
- Clippings.
- Interviews.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- Mehrten, Greg
- Biography (note)
- Ron Vawter (1948-1994) was a seminal figure in New York's downtown experimental theater scene from the 1970s until his death.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1995-010
- OCLC
- NYPW02-A315
- Author
- Vawter, Ron.
- Title
- Ron Vawter papers, 1963-1994.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Ron Vawter (1948-1994) was a seminal figure in New York's downtown experimental theater scene from the 1970s until his death. Born in Latham, N.Y., Ron Vawter was raised in a military family. In the mid-1960s during the Vietnam War Vawter joined the Special Forces, also known as the Green Berets. For a time he aspired to become a military chaplain, spending years in a seminary studying to join the Franciscan order before becoming disillusioned, although he continued his military career. Vawter was working in Lower Manhattan as a recruiting officer in the early 1970s when he became involved with the experimental theater troupe, the Performance Group. Founded by Richard Schechner in 1967, the Performance Group included among its early members Spalding Gray and Elizabeth LeCompte. Vawter joined the organization as an administrator, but gradually became an actor. In the mid-1970s, Schechner was forced out, and the new company called itself the Wooster Group, with LeCompte as its director. Vawter acted in productions for the Wooster Group as well as other troupes, winning an Obie Award in 1985 for "Sustained Achievement in Acting." He also appeared on television and in a number of films, including SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, and PHILADELPHIA. In 1993-4 he returned to the stage in a one-man show, ROY COHN/JACK SMITH. Ron Vawter died of complications from AIDS on April 16, 1994, at the age of 45.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Vawter, Ron.San Giacomo, Laura, 1962- Interviewee
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1995-010