Olio

Collection:

Neighborhood Arts Center Photographs Series, Jim Alexander Collection

Creator:

Alexander, Jim

Date:

1978-04

DLG URL:

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/aarl_anac_janac19

Subject:

Community arts projects--Georgia--Atlanta, African American theater--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century, African American actors--Georgia--Atlanta, African American dancers--Georgia--Atlanta, Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Ga.), Mechanicsville (Atlanta, Ga.), Proposition Theater Company (Atlanta, Ga.)--Performances, and Dallas, Walter. Olio--Performances

Spatial coverage:

United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 and United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Mechanicsville, 33.739, -84.39854

Medium:

color photographs

Description:

Members of the Proposition Theatre production of 'Olio' in the NAC multipurpose room prior to its renovation.--from Jim Alexander's annotations.||A boy stands among brightly dressed women dancers and shirtless male dancers wearing black pants and white gloves during a performance of "Olio" by the Proposition Theatre Company, the Neighborhood Art Center's house theater troupe. Proposition Theatre presented the show April 13-15, 1978 in the Neighborhood Arts Center's multipurpose room. Director and playwright Walter Dallas ran the Proposition Theatre Company before pursuing successful careers as an off-Broadway director, tenured professor of drama, screenwriter, and artistic director.

Holding Institution:

Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/