- On View
- Taking the Stage Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Created by
- Karamu House, American, founded 1915
- Subject of
- Gilpin Players, American, founded 1922
- Courlander, Harold, American, 1908 - 1996
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)
- Description
- Original program for a 1934 production by the Gilpin Players at The Karamu Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. Program consists of black typed text on a single folded sheet of tan paper. The front cover reads [THE GILPIN PLAYERS / present / Two Plays / GOD’S OWN / A Comedy-satire in One Act / by Isadora Bennett / and / SWAMP MUD / A Play in Three Scenes / by Harold Courlander / THE KARAMU THEATRE]”. The inside of the program lists the cast of the two plays and on the back cover is an announcement of an art exhibit in an adjacent room in the theatre.
- Place made
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Type
- theater programs
- Topic
- Actors
- Comedy (Theatre)
- Drama (Theatre)
- Theatre
- Theatre companies
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michael Courlander.
- Object number
- 2011.84.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




