Awards
Box 100 Folder 6
American Academy of Arts and Letters--Award in Literature, 1994
Box 100 Folder 7
Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award, 1991
Box 100 Folder 8
Cable Car Award, 1995
Box 100 Folder 9
Harvard University--Visiting Artist, 1994
Box 100 Folder 10
Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays, 1990-1991
Box 100 Folder 11
New York Public Library--Literary Lions, 1993
Box 100 Folder 12
Minneapolis--Proclamation of Tony Kushner Day, 2009
Box 100 Folder 13
Obie Award--Acceptance Speech, 2015
Box 166 Folder 8
Princess Grace Awards, 1994
Includes awards certificate, correspondence, photographs, speech, etc.
Awards (Certificates)
Certificates. These were removed from any presentation folders, frames, etc. prior to their receipt at the RBML.
Box 100 Folder 14
AFI Award for Munich, 2005
Box 100 Folder 14
Antoinette Perry Award for Best Book of a Musical, Caroline or Change (Nomination), 2003-2004
Box 100 Folder 14
Antoinette Perry Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, Caroline or Change (Nomination), 2003-2004
Box 100 Folder 14
Antoinette Perry Award for Best Play, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Nomination), 1992-1993
Box 100 Folder 14
Antoinette Perry Award for Best Play, Angels in America: Perestroika (Nomination), 1993-1994
Box 100 Folder 14
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, Writing, Caroline, or Change (Nomination), 2005 March 21
Box 100 Folder 14
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, Musical Score, Caroline, or Change (Nomination), 2005 March 21
Box 100 Folder 14
State of Louisiana, Proclamation of Louisiana Legends Day, 2008 May 1
Box 100 Folder 14
New York University, Goddard Fellow, undated
Box 100 Folder 14
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, J.S. Seidman Theatre Award for Excellence in Directing, 1983 May 10
Box 100 Folder 14
Obie Award for Slavs, 1994-1995
Box 166 Folder 5
Awards (Certificates)
Certificates. Two include presentation folders, the others were removed from any presentation folders, frames, etc. prior to their receipt at the RBML.
Box 166 Folder 5
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Dramatic Special: Angels in America, HBO (Nomination), 2003-2004
Box 166 Folder 5
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Membership and Fellowship Certificates, 2005, 2 items
Box 166 Folder 5
Lake Charles, LA Proclamation of Tony Kushner's Day, 2006 March 5
Box 166 Folder 5
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Play for Angels in America, Parts I & II, 1993-1994
Box 175 Folder 8
Awards (Certificates)
Certificates. One item includes a presentation folder, and one item includes its mat, but no frame.
Box 175 Folder 8
New York City Comptroller's Commendation on the Occasion of Lesbian and Gay Pride and History Month, 1994 June 15
Box 175 Folder 8
Dramatists Guild, Elizabeth Hull-Kate Warriner Award for Homebody / Kabul, 2001
Box 100 Folder 16
American Academy of Arts and Letters--Induction, 2005
Box 175 Folder 9
American Jewish World Service, 2005 December 6
Box 155
American Repertory Theatre Robert Brustein Award, 2007, Award; crystal in case
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
Box 101 Folder 1
General--Prizes: Invites, Menus, etc., 1992-1994
Includes items related to the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Awards.
Box 100 Folder 17
Drama-Logue, 1992
For writing, at Mark Taper Forum.
Box 101 Folder 2
City and County of San Francisco, for 20th Anniversary of Angels in America, 2010 November 5, 2 items
Resolution declaring "Angels in America Day" in San Francisco, as well as a Certificate of Honor recognizing the 20th anniversary of the play.
Box 150
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, 1992-1993, Award plaque
Box 150
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play for Angels in America: Perestroika, 1993-1994, Award plaque
Box 166 Folder 6
Dramatists Guild, Elizabeth Hull-Kate Warriner Award for Angels in America, 1993
Includes presentation folder.
Box 153
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian and Gay Drama for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, 1993, Award; acrylic (resin)
Box 153
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian and Gay Drama for Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika, 1994, Award; acrylic (resin)
Box 150
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Achievement--Ted Scmitt Award for Angels in America, 1992, Award plaque
Box 150
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Achievement--Writing Award for Angels in America at Mark Taper Forum, 1992, Award plaque
Box 169 Folder 7
Resolution of the Louisiana Legislature to Commend Kushner for Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1993, 10.5 x 16.25"
Box 177 Folder 9
New York Drama Critics--Award for Best Play for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, 1992-1993, 14 x 18"
Box 151
Pulitzer Prize in Drama for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, 1993, Award plaque
Box 101 Folder 3
Tony Award Announcement for Best Play (Millennium Approaches), 1993
Box 101 Folder 4
Tony Award Announcement for Best Play (Perestroika), 1994
Box 101 Folder 5
Tony Awards--Program, 1994
Box 169 Folder 24
Will Glickman Playwright Award for Millennium Approaches, 1992, 13 3/8 x 14"
Angels in America (HBO)
Box 101 Folder 6
Emmy Awards, 2004
Includes invitation, itinerary, and program.
Box 101 Folder 7
Emmy Acceptance Speech, 2004
Box 101 Folder 8
Writers Guild of America Award Nomination, 2004
Box 101 Folder 9
Brundibar (Book)--Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis Award Nomination, 2005
Caroline, or Change
Box 154
Chicago Tribune Literary Prize, 2009, Award; medal in case
Box 101 Folder 11
City and County of San Francisco, Proclamation of Tony Kushner Day, 1997 May 18
Box 175 Folder 10
Columbia College, John Jay Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement, 1994
Box 101 Folder 12
Courage Awards, 2009
Box 152
Georgia Theatre Conference Distinguished Career Award, 2017, Award plaque
Box 175 Folder 11
Homebody / Kabul--Obie Award for Playwriting, 2001-2002
Box 166 Folder 7
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Risk-Taker Award, 2006
Lincoln
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Box 165 Folder 7
Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, 2012
Box 102 Folder 1
Academy Awards--Invitations, 2013
Box 102 Folder 2
Academy Awards--Lincoln Screening Program, 2013
Box 102 Folder 3
Academy Awards--Name Tag, 2013
Box 102 Folder 4
Academy Awards--Various, 2012-2013
Correspondence, invitations, tickets, etc.
Box 102 Folder 5
American Film Institute Award for Lincoln, 2012
Box 102 Folder 6
Boston Society of Film Critics, 2012
Certificate. Best Screenplay.
Box 169 Folder 25
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, 2013
Box 102 Folder 7
Civil War Round Table and Lincoln Group of New York--Award, 2013
Correspondence, acceptance speech, and printed page of photographs.
Box 157
Lincoln Group of New York 2012 Award of Achievement for Lincoln, 2013, Award plaque
Box 102 Folder 8
National Society of Film Critics, 2012
Certificate. Best Screenplay.
Box 165 Folder 9
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay for Lincoln, 2012
Box 102 Folder 9
Writers Guild Award Nomination, 2013
Box 102 Folder 10
Writers Guild Awards, 2013
Program and acceptance speech.
Box 153
Lotos Club Medal of Merit, 1994, Award; acrylic (resin) in case
Box 102 Folder 11
Louis Auchincloss Prize, 2016
Correspondence and information on the prize.
Box 102 Folder 12
Louis Auchincloss Prize Gala, 2016
Box 157
Louisiana Legend Award, 2008 May 1, Award
Key to the city of Baton Rouge, in exhibit case with plaque.
Box 179 Folder 9
Louisiana Legends--Poster, 2008, 19.5 x 27"
Signed by the 5 legends. Numbered 5/400 and signed by the artist, R.B. Willoughby.
Box 154
Lucille Lortel Foundation Presentation of a Star on the Playwright's Sidewalk, 2004, Award plaque
Munich
Box 165 Folder 11
Academy Awards--Certificates, 2006
Includes nomination certificate and letter, as well as a certificate on Kushner's acceptance as a member of the Academy.
Box 102 Folder 13-14
Academy Awards--Academy Membership, 2006, 2 folders
Box 102 Folder 15
Academy Awards--Invitations, etc., 2006
Contains invitations and other materials related to the Academy Awards and related events.
Box 169 Folder 4
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences--Photograph from Nominees Luncheon, 2006, 8 x 16"
Include accompanying letter. Nominations are related to Munich.
Box 102 Folder 16
Academy Awards--Programs, 2006
Box 103 Folder 1
Academy Awards--Promotional Book for Best Picture Consideration, 2006
Box 152
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) Recognition, 1999, Award plaque
Box 167 Folder 1
National Medal of Arts, 2013
Certificate and presentation folder.
Box 152
National Theatre Conference Person of the Year, 2009, Award plaque
Box 103 Folder 2
New York Public Library--Lions Gala, 2011
Includes program, photograph, and DVD.
Box 177 Folder 6
New York University Distinguished Recent Alumnus Award, 1993
Certificate and photograph in mat.
Box 155
Northwestern University--Medal for Hope Abelson Artist in Residence, 1995, Medal in case
Box 100 Folder 15
Prince William Sound Community College Last Frontier Theatre Conference--Edward Albee Last Frontier Awards, 2003
Program for conference, with announcment that Kushner would receive the 2004 playwriting and directing awards.
Box 158
Prince William Sound Community College Last Frontier Theatre Conference--Edward Albee Last Frontier Playwright Award, 2004, Award
Box 103 Folder 3
St. Louis University Library Association--45th Annual Literary Award, 2012 October 23
Box 149
The Shalom Center, for Prophetic Voice, 2010, 8.5 x 21.5"
Box 153
Slavs!--Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian and Gay Drama for Slavs!, 1995, Award; acrylic (resin)
Box 179 Folder 6
Stella Adler Studio of Acting--Jacob Adler Award, 2004, 20.5 x 24.5"
Box 103 Folder 4
Theater Hall of Fame--Induction, 2015
Includes DVD, programs, and speech.
Box 156
University of Iowa Distinguished Lecture Medallion, 2010, Award; medal in plastic stand
Box 105 Folder 9
3P Productions Papers, 1980s
Includes brochures, contact lists, contact sheets (group photographs), fliers, graphic designs, letterhead, etc.
Box 105 Folder 10
92nd Street Y Poetry Center, 1994-1995
Box 167 Folder 13
The Advocate--Cover, 1993 December 28, 10.5 x 13.75"
Magazine cover for man and woman of the year.
Box 105 Folder 11
Alpert Awards Nominations, 1995
Box 105 Folder 12
Alpert Award, 1995
Box 105 Folder 13
American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2012
Prorgram and script for Kushner's presentation of award to Pete Seeger. Kushner's remarks are not included in the file.
Box 105 Folder 14
American Academy of Arts and Letters--Board Meeting, 2010 October 6
Box 178 Folder 30
American Academy of Arts and Letters--Group Photograph, 2005, 9 x 22.25"
Box 178 Folder 31
American Academy of Arts and Letters--Group Photograph, 2010, 6 x 20.75"
2 copies. Includes cover letter.
Box 178 Folder 32
American Academy of Arts and Letters--Group Photograph, 2011, 9 x 22"
Box 105 Folder 15-16
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Benefit Play Research on Grutter v. Gratz, 2004, 2 folders
Research materials only. Possibly related to the ACLU Freedom Concert.
Box Tube B
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Freedom Concert--Banned Books / Concert Poster, 2004 October, 24 x 36"
Includes cover note from ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero. Poster is signed and inscribed to Tony by the artist, Chuck Close.
Box 106 Folder 1
American Jewish Historical Society, 2001-2003
Box 106 Folder 2
American Jewish World Service--September 11 Colloquium, 2001
Box 106 Folder 3
Appellate Judges Seminar, 1994 July 13
Box 104 Folder 3
Appointment Letters, 1990
Box 106 Folder 4
Architectural Digest, 1995
Correspondence and copy of issue featuring Kushner.
Box 106 Folder 5
Articles on Kushner, 1995-1996
Awards and Events
Box 104 Folder 4
Edward Albee Last Frontier Awards, 2004
Box 104 Folder 5
John Belluso Memorial, 2006
Box 104 Folder 6
Robert Brustein Award, 2007
Contains remarks on Kushner by Brustein.
Box 104 Folder 7
Childern of War: The Face of Conflict in Iraq, 2003
Box 104 Folder 8
Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) Spirit of Justice Award, 2002
Box 104 Folder 9
Harvard University--Tanner Lectures, 2008
Box 104 Folder 10
Hunter College Elementary School--Commencement, 2006 June 21
Box 104 Folder 11
Jewish Cultural Achievement Awards, 2000
Box 104 Folder 12
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ)--Risk-Taker Awards, 2006
Box 104 Folder 13
Stanley Kunitz Tribute, 2001
Box 104 Folder 14
Louisiana Legends Awards, 2008
Box 105 Folder 1
Mark Book Party, 2008
Book party for Mark Harris.
Box 105 Folder 2
Arthur Miller Memorial, 2005 May 9
Box 105 Folder 3
Pace University--Commencement, 2004
Box 105 Folder 4
Persepolis Screening, 2007
Box 105 Folder 5
Samuel Scripps Award, 2006 May 8
Box 105 Folder 6
Maurice Sendak / 92nd Street Y, 2008 September
Box 105 Folder 7
University of Toronto, 2006 November
Includes remarks and other materials.
Box 105 Folder 8
Events--Miscellaneous, circa 1993-2007
Correspondence, and an unidentified guest list.
Box 106 Folder 6
Benefit Concert for the People of Kosova, 1998 July 20
Box 106 Folder 7
Eric Bentley Centennial Tribute Concert, 2015
Box 106 Folder 8
Brecht--Turandot or the Whitewashers' Congress
Box 145 Folder 2
Brecht Estate/Mother Courage/Good Person of Szechwan--Contracts, 1993-1994
Box 106 Folder 9
Bremen Coffee
, 1983
A 3P Production. Kushner was invovled in the production in graphics and publicity, and the files designs for the programs and posters, as well as finished copies of these items.
Box 178 Folder 20
Bremen Coffee--Mercer Street Theater--Poster, [1983], 13 x 19.5"
Box 106 Folder 10
Buchbinder & Warren Lease for Suite 801, 2008
Box 106 Folder 11
Laura Bush--Bush Research, 2004
Box 106 Folder 12-13
City University of New York (CUNY) Tuition Fight, 1993, 2 folders
Includes correspondence, mailing list, press, and statements.
Box 107 Folder 1
City University of New York (CUNY) Tuition Hike Protest, 1997-1998
Box 39 Folder 12
City University of New York (CUNY), 2011 May-June
See: "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures--Signature/Public Theater--New York Times Review and CUNY Articles" in Box 39 Folder 12. There are several articles from the New York Times, which primarily cover CUNY's decision to remove Kushner's name from the list of persons invited to receive honorary degrees.
Box 107 Folder 2
Coalition for the International Criminal Court, 2002
Box 164
Columbia University--Signed Cap for Class Day Speech, 2004 May
Kushner was a speaker for Class Day, 2004. This is a blue graduation cap that appears to have been signed by students and given to Kushner after his speech.
Box 107 Folder 3
Communist Manifesto, undated
This appearts to be a script, probably for an event.
Box 107 Folder 4
Comparative Drama Conference, 2016
Text and Presentation publication includes Kushner's remarks.
Box 107 Folder 5
Comparative Drama Conference--Correspondence, 2016
Includdes correspondence regarding the publication of remarks, and a typescript of the remarks for Kushner's review.
Box 107 Folder 6
Connecticut Forum--Storytellers and the Stories They Tell, 2008-2009
Correspondence, program, and DVD.
Box 107 Folder 7
Contracts, 2002, undated
Box 145 Folder 4
Contracts--Miscellaneous, 2001-2003
Includes contracts for Angels in America (HBO), Barclay, speaking engagements, permissions, etc.
Box 107 Folder 8
Contracts, 2008-2011
Box 107 Folder 9
Cooper Union--Program, 2009 December 1
"Great Evenings in the Great Hall," included reading by Kushner.
Box 107 Folder 10
Corpus Christi (Manhattan Theatre Club), circa 1995
Flyers, correspondence, official statements, and demonstration materials about the production of the Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi at the Manhattan Theatre Club.
Box 107 Folder 11
Daily News Strike--Research--List of Completed Interviews, circa 1990-1992
Box 107 Folder 12-13
Daily News Strike--Research--Notes, circa 1990-1992, 2 folders
Notes, including interview notes, on various people. One of the files includes a chronology of the strike.
Box 107 Folder 14
Daily News Strike--Research--Notes, Miscellaneous, circa 1990-1992
Box 108 Folder 1
Daily News Strike--Research--Chronology (American Playhouse)
Box 108 Folder 2
Daily News Strike--Research--Chronology (with Paul Lar)
Box 108 Folder 3
Daily News Strike--Research--Clippings, 1991-1992
Box 108 Folder 4-9
Daily News Strike--Research--Clippings, 1990 October-1991 April; 1991 October, 6 folders
Box 109 Folder 1-4
Daily News Strike--Research--Contract Meeting Transcripts, 1991 February-November, 4 folders
Typescript transcripts of the contract meetings between New York Newspaper Printing Pressmen's Union Number 2 and The Daily News.
Box 109 Folder 5-6
Daily News Strike--Research--Guild Strike News, 1990-1991, 2 folders
Box 110 Folder 1
Daily News Strike--Research--Robert Maxwell, 1991
Box 110 Folder 2-3
Daily News Strike--Research--Public Relations Society Award Submission by Kamber Group, 1990s, 2 folders
File includes copy of full submission binder.
Box 110 Folder 4-5
Daily News Strike--Research--Strike Articles (Times, Newsday, Post), 1989-1991, 2 folders
Box 110 Folder 6
Daily News Strike--Research--Strike Handouts and Bulletins, 1990, undated
Box 110 Folder 7
Daily News Strike--Research--Symposium '89, 1989
Box 111 Folder 1
Daily News Strike--Research--The Talk of 42nd Street, 1989-1992
Newsletter of the Newspaper Guild of New York, Daily News Unit.
Box 111 Folder 2
Daily News Strike--Research--Research Materials and Notes
Box 111 Folder 3-4
Daily News Strike--Research--Research Materials, 1989-1992, 2 folders
Box 112 Folder 1-2
Daily News Strike--Research--Research Materials, 1980s-1990s, 2 folders
Box 111 Folder 5-7
Daily News Strike--Research--Research Materials, 1990s, 3 folders
Includes clippings for March-September 1990, notes, and other materials.
Box 112 Folder 3-5
Daily News Strike--Research--Research Materials (Folders 1-3, of 4), 1990s, 3 folders
Includes clippings for March-April 1991, and various subject files.
Box 113 Folder 1
Daily News Strike--Research--Research Materials (Folder 4, of 4), 1990s, 1 folders
Includes clippings for March-April 1991, and various subject files.
Box 114 Folder 1-5
Daily News Strike--Research--Research Materials, 1990s, 5 folders
Box 113 Folder 2-3
Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History--Early Materials, circa 2010, 2 folders
Box 113 Folder 4
Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History--Meeting, 2011
Box 113 Folder 5
Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, 2012
Includes letter from Jean Kennedy Smith.
Box 113 Folder 6
Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, 2012
Box 113 Folder 7
Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, 2014
Includes invitation, program, and annotated script / remarks.
Box 113 Folder 8
Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, 2017
Program only. It appears that the Remarks are in the Speeches, Miscellaneous file (Box 82, Folder 25).
Box 113 Folder 9
Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History--Press, 2012-2018
Box 113 Folder 10
Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History--Thank You Note from Edward M. Kennedy, Jr., 2013
Box 113 Folder 11
Erwin Piscator Award Luncheon, 2017
Kushner gave remarks about Jim Nicola. File includes correspondence and photographs. It appears that the Remarks are in the Speeches, Miscellaneous file (Box 82, Folder 24).
Box 113 Folder 12
Farleigh Dickinson University, 1997
Box 113 Folder 13
Fiddler on the Roof/Alisa Solomon, circa 2013
Box 113 Folder 14
Fine Arts Work Center (Provincetown), undated
Invitation to benefactor's dinner featuring Kushner.
Box 113 Folder 15
Friends in Deed Benefit Performance--Project Notebook, 2002
Proj[ect] notebook for Friends in Deed benefit performance for Mike Nichols.
Box 113 Folder 16
Gap Ad Featuring Tony Kushner, 1992
Magazine clipping. Ad appeared in the July 1992 issue of Vanity Fair.
Box Tube F
Gap Ad Featuring Tony Kushner--Bus Shelter Poster, 1993, 46 x 70"
This poster was meant to be removed from its backing and to adhere to a surface. The poster has some damage - it is coming off the backing and bunching in spots, and has some damage near the top.
Box 113 Folder 17
Gershwin--Work / Notes for Spielberg, circa 2010
Work was not produced. Includes draft of script written by Doug Wright, along with Kushner's notes and comments.
Box 178 Folder 1
GLAAD Presents Paul Monette--Poster (Signed), 1994, 14 x 22"
Signed by Monette, Kushner, and others.
Box 113 Folder 18
Golem Research, 1995
Box 113 Folder 19
Governor's Program for Gifted Children--Theater Comic Book--Original Drawings, circa 1981
Comic book about the importance of theater, for the cast and crew of the Governor's Program for Gifted Children productions. Also includes a note to the cast and crew.
Box 115 Folder 1
Guthrie Theater--Correspondence, 2009
General correspondence from Guthrie Theater; three of Kushner's plays were performed during the 2008-2009 season.
Box 179 Folder 2
Guthrie Theatre--Everything Kushner at the Guthrie--Cast Photographs with Title (Mounted), circa 2009, 20.25 x x25"
Two photographs, with two text banners - "Everything Kushner at the Guthrie: A Three-Stage Celebration Under One Roof." Mounted on foam core; looks to have been framed at one time.
Box 115 Folder 2
Guthrie Theater--Promotional Materials, 2009
Box 115 Folder 3
Guthrie Theater Trip, 2008 January
Box 115 Folder 4
Harvard University--Tanner Lectures, 2008
Includes typescript of remarks.
Box 115 Folder 5
Heat & Light Company, Inc.--Brochures, etc., undated
Box 115 Folder 6
Heat & Light Company, Inc.--Logo, 1997
Box 115 Folder 7
Heat & Light Company, Inc.--Newsletter, 1987
Box 115 Folder 8
Home (Maurice Maeterlinck)
Photocopies of published translations of this and other works.
Box 115 Folder 9-10
Interviews with Kushner Recorded on CD and DVD, 2005-2008, undated, 2 folders
These interviews include: a. Beyond the Pale interview. November 13, 2005; b. This Way Out interview. November 26, 2007; c. David Grubin Poetry Project contribution. March 31, 2008; d. Eldridge + Co., CUNY TV interview. April 29, 2008; e. Rachel Maddow Show (undated).
Box 115 Folder 11
The Iraq Plays, 2001
This event was co-produced by Naomi Wallace, with the Artists Network of Refuse & Resist!, " Imagine: Iraq." The event was to include readings of nine plays, including one by Kushner. Includes proposal, background material, and typescripts of some of the plays, but not Kushner's.
Box 115 Folder 12
Jack / of all trades: New Voices on the AIDS Crisis, 1994 December
Box 115 Folder 13
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), 1994-1997
Kushner served on the organization's board. Includes correspondence and information about the organization.
Box 115 Folder 14
John Jay College of Criminal Justice--Justice and Injustice--Photographs, 2010
Includes contact sheets and CD-R with photographs.
Box 115 Folder 15
Joyce Ketay Agency $, 1993
Box 116 Folder 1
Larry Kramer File, 2005-2007
Includes clippings, and a typescript of Kramer's remarks at the 20th Anniversary of ACT UP.
Box 116 Folder 2
Larry Kramer Tribute at the 92nd Street Y, 2004
Box 116 Folder 3
Jill Krementz. The Writer's Desk Calendar, 2006
Includes photographs of Kushner.
Box 116 Folder 4
Kushner Rough Cut with Angels in America Clip
Lecture Notes, Speeches, Correspondence, Articles, Personal-Artifact-Type-Things
Box 116 Folder 5
"Three Screeds from Key West" Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, 1997 Spring
Box 116 Folder 6
Lease Agreement for Union Square (Office), 1993
Box 116 Folder 7
Theatre Week Cover, 1993 December
Box 116 Folder 8
"The 50 Most Influential Baby Boomers" Life, 1996
Box 116 Folder 9
Liebovitz / HIV Piece, 1993
Includes typescript draft, notes, and research materials.
Box 116 Folder 10
Washington Post--Inaugural Address, 1997 January
Includes typescript, agreement, and clippings.
Box 116 Folder 11
The Advocate--Election, 1996
Typescript with cover letter.
Box 116 Folder 12
The Advocate--Home Entertainment, 1996 June 25
Box 116 Folder 13
AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) (Irene Borger), 1996
Typescript of the introduction to From a Burning House. File includes faxes of other material.
Box 116 Folder 14
Michael Callen Piece, 1995-1996
Correspondence, typescript, and material on Callen.
Box 117 Folder 1
Kushner--Early Interviews, 1991-1992
Box 117 Folder 2
Personal Letters to TK, 1996
Box 117 Folder 3
Kushnerabilia, 1995-1996
Articles related to Kushner.
Box 117 Folder 4
Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Keynote Address, 1997-1998
Speech, which was published as "A Modest Proposal" in American Theatre in January 1998. File includes typescript of speech and copies of the published article.
Box 117 Folder 5
"Culture" Out, 1996-1997
Correspondence and the February 1997 issue.
Box 117 Folder 6
Memorials and Obituaries, 1993-1995
Box 117 Folder 7
Playwright Notes, circa 1990
Notes related to West Coast Playwrights Workshops; at least one of these featured Kushner. Includes notes and brochures.
Box 117 Folder 8
Melville Reading with Maurice Sendak, 1996
Box 117 Folder 9
"A Difficult Jewish Man", 1995
For the retirement of Peter Zeisler from the Theater Communications Group. Printed copy, with covers.
Box 117 Folder 10
Queer Theater Conference / Larry Kramer, 1995
Correspondence, flier, notes from talk with Larry Kramer.
Box 117 Folder 11
Sontag Talk - City Arts, San Francisco, undated
Box 117 Folder 12
George Wolfe, 1995
Typescript of remarks on.
Box 117 Folder 13
Division of AIDS Services (DAS) Speech, 1994 April 12
Box 117 Folder 14
Budget Cuts - Demo Speech, 1990s
Box 117 Folder 15
Notes - Harold Bloom, 1992 or later
Box 167 Folder 10
Edge (Gay Marriage), 1996
Correspondence, issue of magazine, and a letter to the editor on the piece from a later issue.
Box 117 Folder 16
Los Angeles Times (Gay Marriage), 1996
Box 117 Folder 17
Kunstler Project, 1995
Box 117 Folder 18
San Francisco Opera / Bobby McFerrin, 1996
Relates to what became "St. Cecilia or The Power of Music." Includes press and other materials on the project.
Box 117 Folder 19
Tariq Ali, 1996
Box 117 Folder 20
Ricky Ian Gordon, 1996
Box 117 Folder 21
Rent / Lynn Thomson, 1997
Box 117 Folder 22
Elizabeth Roberts (Artist), 1996
Box 117 Folder 23
American Press (Lake Charles, LA), 1995-1996
Clippings, including a piece by Kushner.
Box 117 Folder 24
W.W. Norton--Publishing Offer, 1994
Box 117 Folder 25
"On Art, Angels, and "Postmodern Fascism" " Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, 1995 Spring
Box 117 Folder 26
Tony Kushner in Conversation with Naomi Wallace, 1996-1997
Writers on Writers. Includes unedited transcript.
Box 118 Folder 1
Mr. Abbott Award, 1995
Article on Gordon Davidson in The Journal for Stage Directors & Choreographers.
Box 118 Folder 2
(Answered) Letters to Tony Kushner, 1996
Box 118 Folder 3
Louisville 96 Speech - Dramatists Guild, 1996
Box 118 Folder 4
Mother Jones, 1995 July/August
Magazine issue includes interview with Kushner.
Box 118 Folder 5
Art Institute of Chicago Commencent 1996, 1995-1996
Correspondence and press.
Box 118 Folder 6
PEN/Faulkner, 1997 October
Correspondence, photograph, program, and press. Kushner gave a reading as part of this gala event.
Box 118 Folder 7
Etcetera (Cards, Notes to Tony Kushner), 1996-1997
Includes professional correspondence and a letter from Harold Bloom.
Box 118 Folder 8
Europe, 1995 May-June
Box 118 Folder 9
Kleist / Mar. Theater, undated
Articles and notes. Lecture notes?
Box 118 Folder 10-12
Dutch Masters, 1980s-1990s, 3 folders
Project description and related research.
Box 118 Folder 13
Death of a Salesman Essay, 1997
"Death of a Salesman, Rosalie Robinson's Theater in the Round, Lake Charles Louisana, 1962." Typescript.
Box 118 Folder 14
Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization (ILGO), 1993-1996
Includes press, statements, benefit concert contracts. Also includes materials related to Kushner's arrest as part of an ILGO-organized protest at the 1995 St. Patrick's Day parade.
Box 119 Folder 1
Letters of Recommendation, 2002
Box 119 Folder 2
Library of America, 2012
Box 119 Folder 3
Magazine Articles on Kushner, 1993-1999
Box 119 Folder 4
Magazine Articles on Kushner, 2010-2011
Box 119 Folder 5
Magazine Articles on Kushner, 2012-2013
Box 166 Folder 1
Magazine Articles on Kushner, 1993, 2016
Box 119 Folder 6
Medjugorje Materials
Brochures from travel company; brochures related to Medjugorje.
Box 119 Folder 7
Metropolitan Museum of Art and PEN World Voices of International Literature--Exit Strategies, 2012 May 2
Box 119 Folder 8
Arthur Miller Interview Notes--Jewish Museum, undated
Box 119 Folder 9
Arthur Miller Night at the 92nd Street Y, 2012 May 23
Box 119 Folder 10
Newport Beach Library, 2007 November 4
CD-R of photographs from Tony Kushner and Friends event.
Box 178 Folder 34
New York Public Library--"1969: The Year of Gay Liberation", 2009, Poster is 18 x 24"
Includes a note from Carey Maloney, a flier, and an exhibition poster.
Box 119 Folder 11
New York Public Library--AIDS Benefit, 1994
Box 119 Folder 12
New York Public Library--Literary Lions, 1994
Box 119 Folder 13
New York Public Library--Notebook Loan, 1994
Box 119 Folder 14
New York Theatre Workshop--Posters Designed by Kushner, 1980s
This file includes poster designs, but also two pamphlet-type publications with drawings, including a publication on Columbia University created by Students Against Militarism.
Box 119 Folder 15
New York Times Book Review--Letter to the Editor, 1995
On the review of Urvahsi Vaid's Virtual Equality.
Box 120 Folder 1
New York University Tisch School of the Arts Gala, 2010
Box 178 Folder 35
Not in Our Name, 2002, undated, Photocopies. Approximately 17.25 x 21.5"
Photocopies of two advertisements. Kushner was a signatory.
Box 120 Folder 2
Office Renovation, 2006
Box 26 Folder 4
Eugene O'Neill Materials, 2003-2012
This includes a highlighted copies of "The Genius of O'Neill" published in the Times Literary Supplement in 2003 and program notes for the National Theatre's production of O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra" (2004, 2014). The file also includes a brochure for "Blizzard at Marblehead Neck" at Glimmerglass (2011) and what appear to be revision notes for that work.
Box 120 Folder 3
Eugene O'Neill--Program for Mourning Becomes Electra, National Theatre, 2003 Autumn
Includes program note, "The Genius of the Fog: On O'Neill," by Kushner.
Box 120 Folder 4-8
Palestinian Theater Trip, 2002, 5 folders
Includes corespondence, itineraries, notes, scripts, and other materials.
Box 121 Folder 1
Permission/Release Forms, 2007
Box 121 Folder 2
Photographs--Headshots, with Negatives, circa 1990?
Prints are of a single pose; negatives include an additional pose.
Box 121 Folder 3
Photographs--Headshots of Kushner by Greg Weiner, circa 1990?, Color Slides
Box 121 Folder 4
Photographs--Headshot, with Negatives, circa 1993
Prints and negatives for single pose.
Box 121 Folder 5
Photographs--Portraits by Robert Giard, 1995, 3 items
Box 121 Folder 6
Photographs--Headshots by Susanne Gelles, 1996
Includes cover letter, and a photograph of Thomas Bernhard.
Box 121 Folder 7
Photographs--Headshots and Other Portraits, 1990s, Contact Sheets
Box 121 Folder 8
Photographs--Photographs of Kushner by Jill Krementz, 2004
Box 166 Folder 4
Photographs, circa 2008
Two portrait photographs of Kushner.
Box 121 Folder 9
Photographs--10th Anniversary Benefit Event for Madre, 1993, 4 items
Box 121 Folder 10
Photographs--Tony Awards, 1994, 1 items
Box 121 Folder 11
Photographs--MOCA?, 1995 May-June, Photocopies
This file include photocopies of two photographs with identifying information, and an additional note. One of the photographs appears to be related to a reading that took place at MOCA in June 1995.
Box 121 Folder 12
Photographs--Photograph with Note from George C. Wolfe, undated
Photograph includes Kushner and what appears to be an Angels in America parade float.
Box 121 Folder 13
Photographs--Kushner at Unidentified Event, 1990s, 3 items
Box 121 Folder 14
Photographs--Kushner at Unidentified Event, 1990s, 1 items
Tony Kushner and an unidentified man. There is a cover note with the photograph, from P. at the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).
Box 121 Folder 15
Photographs--Kushner at Unidentified Event, 1990s, 4 items
Four photographs, and a note from Rachel Rosenberg. Some items appear to include college students.
Box 121 Folder 16
Photographs--Kushner with Tere Johns, 1994, 1 items
Box 121 Folder 17
Photographs--Kushner with Naomi Wallace, and her daughters, 1994, 2 items
Box 121 Folder 18
Photograph--Unidentified, 1994
Box 121 Folder 19
Press-Baruch Today, 1999 Winter
Box 121 Folder 20
Press--Magazines, 1994-1995
Box 121 Folder 21
Press--Magazines, 2008-2010
Box 166 Folder 2
Press--Magazines, 1993
This issue of Bomb magazine contains an article on Kushner written by Craig Lucas.
Box 121 Folder 22
Press--Newspaper Clippings, 2009-2010
Box 121 Folder 23
Psychotherapy Institute--An Evening with Tony Kushner, 2012
Program for 40th anniversary benefit featuring "Terminating".
Box 121 Folder 24
Public Theater--50th Anniversary Booklet, 2017
Box 121 Folder 25
Nancy Quinn Memorial, 1993
Booklet contains short reminiscences from several people including Kushner.
Box 121 Folder 26
Rabbis for Human Rights-North America: Israel at 60, 2008
Box 121 Folder 27
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis--Correspondence, 1985-1986
On programming for the theatre.
Box 122 Folder 1
Research, 1997
"Research for Tony" with covering letter. Mainly related to Jesse Helms.
Box 122 Folder 2
Research--FDA Action Handbook, 1988
Primarily relates to AIDS.
Box 122 Folder 3
San Francisco Jewish Museum, 1996
Box 122 Folder 4
Maurice Sendak--Last Dance, 2002, 1 DVDs
DVD, featuring Philobolus dance company and Maurice Sendak.
Box 122 Folder 5
Maurice Sendak--Planning for 80th Birthday Celebration at 92nd Street Y, 2008
Includes correspondence, annotated script (typescript), contacts list, program, and contract.
Box 148 Folder 1-2
Maurice Sendak--92nd Street Y Sendak Event--CDs / DVDs / PIX, 2008, 17 items
Includes slideshows of book covers used at the 2008 event, as well as DVDs of the event itself. Some of the other CD's include music.
Box 148 Folder 3
Maurice Sendak--Memorial--DVDs, 2012, 2 DVDs
Includes opening and final clips, and a media DVD with movies and a powerpoint.
Box 122 Folder 6
Maurice Sendak--Memorial--Guest Lists, 2012
Box 122 Folder 7
Maurice Sendak--Memorial--Programs and Tickets, 2012
Box 122 Folder 8
Maurice Sendak--Memorial--Script, 2012
Box 122 Folder 9
Maurice Sendak--Memorial--Press, 2012
Box 122 Folder 10
Maurice Sendak--My Brother's Book--Cover, circa 2013
Box 122 Folder 11
Maurice Sendak--Related Materials, 2011-2012
Includes correspondence received by Kushner after Sendak's memorial, and a copy of an editorial cartoon. These are also three original cartoons of Kushner and Sendak by Tom Bloom.
Box 122 Folder 12
Maurice Sendak--Sendak Fellowship, 2000-2010
Box 166 Folder 14
Maurice Sendak--Sendak Calendar, 2013
In celebration of Maurice Sendak and the 50th anniversary of Where the Wild Things Are.
Box Tube B
Maurice Sendak--"We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures"--Proofs, 1994, 4 items; 22.5 x 33.5"
Proofs; each item has multiple illustrations. Each item is signed and inscribed to Tony by Sendak, April 1994.
Box 122 Folder 13
Maurice Sendak--"Where the Wild Things Are"--Script, 2004 August 10
Box 123 Folder 1
Michael Shaieb--Correspondence and Scores, 2011
Includes correspondence, scores, and a demo recording of Triology: 3 Settings of Texts by Tony Kushner, commissioned by the Twin Cities Gay Mens Chorus.
Box 123 Folder 2
Signature Theatre--Planning for 2010-2011 Season, 2008-2009
The Signature Theatre devoted its 2010-2011 season to the works of Kushner. File includes meeting agendas and calendars.
Box 123 Folder 3-4
Signature Theatre--2010-2011 Season--Casting Notes, 2009-2010, 2 folders
Includes casting notes for Angels in America, The Illusion, and The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures.
Box 160
Signature Theatre--Gift--Wand and Tiara, 2011
From the Signature Theatre - "Thanks again for a wonderful season. We crown you 'Miss Signature Theatre 2011'!" Includes card, tiara, wand, and pink tissue paper.
Box 123 Folder 5
Signature Theatre--Program and Anniversary Book, 2010
Program from the 20th Anniversary Gala, honoring Kushner, and an anniversary book for the theatre's 20th season.
Box 169 Folder 22
Signature Theatre--Invocation and Blessing for the Pershing Square Signature Center--Poster, 2012 January 30, 12.25 x 18"
Box 123 Folder 6
Sondheim Interview Notes, 2010
Includes notes for the Public Forum and the Skirball Interview.
Box 123 Folder 7
Steven Barclay Agency--Catalog of Speakers, 2006
Box 123 Folder 8
Steven Barclay Agency--Contracts, 2002-2008
Box 123 Folder 9
Syracuse University Department of Drama, 2013
Primarily thank you notes. Includes disk of Kushner with no video.
Box 123 Folder 10
To Be Filed, circa 1987-1994
Box 123 Folder 11
Tolerance as an Art Form, 1993
Article on conference; Kushner was a panelist.
Box 123 Folder 12
Theatre of War--Flier for Tribecca Film Festival, 2008
Box 124 Folder 1
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008
Includes program and a CD-R with photographs.
Box 124 Folder 2
Veterans Writing Project, 2009
Box 124 Folder 3
War Horse
, 2010 July-August
Kushner wrote on the original envelope that this file contained "Richard Curtis shooting scripts" and "uncredited script rewrites". File includes Curtis' shooting script and typescript notes by Kushner.
Box 124 Folder 4
Westlake Films Nametag, undated
Kushner is identified as a wrtier on the nametag but film is unidentified; possibly related to Munich.
Box 124 Folder 5
White House--Invitations / State of the Union Address, 1995-1996
Includes an invitation and other items related to the ceremony and dinner in honor of the recipients of the National Medal of the Arts and the Charles Frankel Prize Awards (1995). Also includes a copy of the State of the Union Address (1996) signed by Bill Clinton.
Box 124 Folder 6
White House--Invitations / Programs, 2009-2010
For reception honoring recipients of the National Medal of the Arts and the National Humanities Medal.
Box 124 Folder 7
Wikileaks Call Notes, 2012 August 1
Box 124 Folder 8
August Wilson Century Cycle--Flier, circa 2007
Box 124 Folder 9
Wrestling with Angels
, 2001, 2006
Includes correspondence with proposal, and a flier for the film.
Box 124 Folder 10
Wrestling with Angels--Press, 2007
Includes a program, tickets, and press related to an event with director Frida Mock at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA. Film poster is filed in Box 169.
Box 169 Folder 23
Wrestling with Angels--Poster, circa 2007, 12 x 18"
Poster was originally in press file in Box 124, above.
Box 165 Folder 14
Wrestling with Angels--Score by Jeanine Tesori, 2005
Score is inscribed to Tony by Frieda [Lee Mock].
Box 124 Folder 11
Writers Guild of America (WGA) Pension Plan, 2005
Box 124 Folder 12
Yale University, 1997
Correspondence and press.