Ntozake Shange Papers, 1913-2022, bulk 1970-201868.8 Linear Feet 74 document boxes, 1 half document box, 16 cartons, 7 clamshell box, 3 oversized folders, 7 oversized box, 1 binder, 1 box of digital media including CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, 3.5 inch floppy disks, and a MiniDV tape17.1 Gigabytes 1 pdf, 43 m4a music files, and 776 jpg files
Creator
Shange, Ntozake
Abstract Or Scope
Ntozake Shange (1948-2018, BC '70) was an American playwright and poet. The Ntozake Shange Papers include manuscripts and drafts of works; correspondence; diaries and agendas; clippings, programs, and ephemera; teaching documents; personal and professional photographs; awards, memorabilia, and personal effects; and texts, music, and other works by others collected by Shange.
Susan Einhorn is a Barnard alum (class of 1969), theatre director, and educator who has directed plays off-Broadway, off-off Broadway, and at major regional theaters across the U.S. over a span of more than 30 years. This collection contains her preparatory materials for nine of those productions, as well as a copy of her master's thesis, completed in 1972 in fulfillment of her MFA in Directing from Brooklyn College. Einhorn directed the original productions of Finding Claire, Making Book, Starry Messenger, and Spare Parts, as noted in the introductory pages of the published plays.