Susan Yankowitz papers
Special Collections and Archives
Susan Yankowitz papers
Special Collections and Archives
Susan Yankowitz papers
Susan Yankowitz papers
Finding Aid
Prepared by Cara Gilgenbach, August 13, 2001, and Craig Simpson, June 21, 2005; Additions and Updates by Anita Clary, June 2021
Descriptive Rules: DACS
Origination: Yankowitz, Susan, 1941-
Inclusive Dates: 1958-2019
Extent: 21.5 cubic feet (19 record storage boxes + 3 half record storage boxes + 3 artifacts boxes)
Physical Location: 11th floor
Abstract: Susan Yankowitz (1941-) is a playwright, librettist, and novelist whose work has been translated into 28 languages and produced throughout the world. Her work encompasses a wide variety of genres and styles--drama, comedy, opera, music-theatre, and multi-media. This collection contains manuscripts of her works, materials related to productions, correspondence, photographs, very early works, and artifacts.
Biography: Susan Yankowitz is a playwright, librettist, and novelist who was born in Newark, New Jersey. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and the Yale School of Drama. Among her best-known plays areTerminal and 1969 Terminal 1996 (with Joseph Chaikin's Open Theatre), A Knife in the Heart/Gun, Night Sky, Phaedra in Delirium, and Thumbprint, her opera with Kamala Sankaram about the human rights activist Mukhtar Mai, which will have its fourth production in 2022. Seven, a documentary drama about seven remarkable women written collaboratively by seven women playwrights, is continually being performed in the United States and, most recently in Japan, Canada, and Malaysia. Her first novel, Silent Witness, was published by Knopf in 1976. Gun, an adaptation of her earlier play, A Knife in the Heart, was published by Bloomsbury/Methuen in May 2020.
Yankowitz's play, The Trial of Susan B. Anthony, commissioned by L.A. Theatre Works, is tentatively scheduled for production in 2021. Her most recent work is a multimedia play entitled The Crazy But True Tragical-Farcical Trial of Madame P, wherein a Pig and Various 4-Legged and Winged Creatures are Prosecuted for Theft, Murder, Bestiality and Diverse Crimes against Humankind, and a novel called Birth Copulation Death.
Over the years, her life in theater has been aided by support from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, HERE, Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, the Playwrights’ Center, New Dramatists, Opera America, Bogliasco, MacDowell, Yaddo, and The Hermitage, among others. Her work has been translated into 28 languages and produced throughout the world.
Information for Biographical Note was provided by Susan Yankowitz, June 2021.
Scope and Content: The Susan Yankowitz papers contain manuscripts, in multiple drafts and versions, of Yankowitz's plays, novels, short stories, and other works. Accompanying these manuscripts are correspondence files, photographs, playbills, production files, and other materials related to each work. The collection also contains a large series of correspondence, both personal and professional in nature, works by other playwrights, audio-visual materials, subject files, artifacts, and very early works. Materials in the collection date from the late 1950s through the present time and are organized into series, listed below.
Preferred Citation: Susan Yankowitz papers. Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Restrictions on Access: Some information included in this collection is restricted due to the presence of information protected by privacy laws. This information has been redacted where present on documents in the collection. Un-redacted originals, in all cases, have been retained by Special Collections and Archives.
Separated Material: Books donated by Susan Yankowitz have been catalogued separately in KentLINK and are shelved in the Special Collections and Archives book collection.
Arrangement: The collection is organized into the following series.
- Series 1: Manuscripts and Accompanying Materials
- Series 2: Short Works and Journals
- Series 3: Juvenilia
- Series 4: Manuscripts by Other Playwrights
- Series 5: Correspondence
- Series 6: Subject Files
- Series 7: Audio/Visual
- Series 8: Artifacts
Series 1: Manuscripts and Accompanying Materials
Scope and Content: This series primarily contains plays and novels.
Arrangement: Materials in this series are arranged alphabetically by title of work. Manuscripts appear first, followed by other materials related to the work.
Box 1
Folder--Contents
- Acts of Love: Manuscript, Fragments, undated
- Acts of Love: Publicity, 1973
- Alarms: Manuscript, Drafts, 1986
- Alarms: Manuscript, First Draft, 1986
- Alarms: Manuscript, 1987
- Alarms: Manuscript, Revised, 1988
- Alarms: Manuscript, 1989
- Alarms: Manuscript, "Corrupted Script," undated
- Alarms: Clippings, 1986-1988; undated
- Alarms: Correspondence, 1985-1989; undated
- Alarms: Notes, undated
- Alarms: Photographs, Omaha Magic Theatre, 1988
- Alarms: Playbills, Women in Theatre Festival/Monstrous Regiment, 1987
- Alarms: Playbills, Omaha Magic Theatre, 1988
- Alarms: Playbills, The Planet Project at Primary Stages, 1993
- Alarms: Playbills, The Calo Theater, Chicago, undated
- Alarms: Russian Translations, Drafts, undated
- The Amnesiac: Manuscript, Original Screenplay, ©Susan Yankowitz, undated
- The Amnesiac: Manuscript, Original Screenplay, ©WGA East, undated
- The Amnesiac: Notes, undated
- And the Hyenas Laughed...: Manuscript, undated
- Baby: Manuscript, First Draft, 1979
- Baby: Manuscript, Third Draft, 1981
- Baby: Manuscript, Act II, undated
- Baby: Manuscript, Fragments, circa 1979
- Baby: Manuscript, Fragments, Alan and Arlene, 1979
- Baby: Manuscript, Fragments, Pam, circa 1979
- Baby: Manuscript, Fragments, undated
- Baby: Manuscript, Fragments, undated
- Baby: Manuscript, Fragments, undated
- Baby: Manuscript, Fragments, undated
- Baby: Manuscript, Fragments, undated
- Baby: Manuscript, Fragments, undated
- Baby: Manuscript, Fragments, undated
Box 2
Folder -- Contents
- Baby: Manuscript, Fragments, Polly, undated
- Baby: Clippings, 1983; undated
- Baby: Correspondence, 1979-1980
- Baby: Correspondence, 1983-1984; 1989; undated
- Baby: Photographs, circa 1985
- Baby: Playbills, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 1983-1984
- Baby: Playbills, Royal Palm Dinner Theatre, Florida, 1985
- Baby: Playbills, Japan, 1985
- Baby: Playbills, Transport Group Theatre Company, 2012
- Baby: Story Outline and Themes, undated
- Basics: Manuscript, Short Play, 1972
- The Betrayal: Manuscript, Short Story, undated
- Boner: Manuscript, a Work-in-Progress, 1991
- Boxes: Manuscript, 1980
- Boxes: Manuscript, 1997
- Boxes: Manuscript, undated
- Boxes: Manuscript, undated
- Boxes: Clippings, 1972
- Boxes: Correspondence, 1995-1997; 2011
- Boxes: Musical Score, undated
- Boxes: Playbills, undated
- Boxes: Poster, Trevor Day School Theatre, 1997
Physical Location: Filed in map case. - The Case of Voli’s Lena: Manuscript, pages 1-100, January 2000
- The Case of Voli’s Lena: Manuscript, pages 101-200, January 2000
- The Case of Voli’s Lena: Manuscript, pages 201-300, January 2000
- The Case of Voli’s Lena: Manuscript, pages 301-400, January 2000
- The Case of Voli’s Lena: Manuscript, pages 401-492 (end), January 2000
Related Materials--Charlotte Perkins-Gilman Script: See also The Forerunner: Charlotte Perkins-Gilman
- Charlotte Perkins-Gilman Script: Manuscript, January 1980
- Charlotte Perkins-Gilman Script: Critiques, 1979
- Cheri: Manuscript, March 2002
- Cheri: Manuscript, undated
- Cheri: Manuscript, undated
- Cheri: Manuscripts, undated
- Cheri: Manuscript, Fragments, undated
- Cheri: Clippings, 2002-2005; undated
- Cheri: Correspondence, 2000-2008
- Cheri: Libretto with Musical Excerpts, The Actors Studio, 2004
- Cheri: Notes, 2002-2007; undated
- Cheri: Photographs, The Actors Studio, 2005
- Cheri: Piano/Vocal Score, “The Stranger, Grief,” Aria, 1999
- Cheri: Piano/Vocal Score, Act 1, 2000
- Cheri: Piano/Vocal Score, Act 1 Scene 3, 2000; undated
- Cheri: Piano/Vocal Score, The Actors Studio, circa 2004
Box 3
Folder -- Contents
- Cheri: Playbills, American Opera Projects, 2000
- Cheri: Press Releases, 2006
- Cheri: Productions, Center for Contemporary Opera, 2002
- Cheri: Productions, The Actors Studio, 2004
- Cheri: Productions, The Actors Studio, 2005
- Cheri: Programs, undated
- Cheri: Proposal, 2001
- Cheri: Responses to 2002 Production, 2002
- Cheri: Songs and Sheet Music, undated
- Cheri: Synopsis, undated
- Couplings: Manuscript, a short play with five actors, 2004
- Danny AWOL: Manuscript, a film scenario, 1969
- Deronda: Manuscript, Original Version, 1987
- Deronda: Manuscript, undated
- Deronda: Libretto, 1988
- Deronda: Piano/Vocal Score, 1988
- Foreign Bodies: Manuscript, Revised, 2005
- Foreign Bodies: Correspondence, 2006
- Foreign Bodies: Productions, Vox Nova, 2007
Related Materials--The Forerunner: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: See also Charlotte Perkins-Gilman Script
- The Forerunner: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Manuscript, teleplay, First Draft, undated
- The Forerunner: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Manuscript, teleplay, Revised Draft, 1979
- Going: Manuscript, 1984
- Going: Manuscript, 1995
- Going: Manuscript, 1996
- Going: Manuscript, 2001
- Going: Manuscript, undated
- Going: Manuscript, Draft, undated
- Going: Playbills, The New York Project at Primary Stages, 1995
- Going Down: Manuscript, a play in one act, undated
- The Ha-Ha Play: Manuscript, 1968
- The Ha-Ha Play: Manuscript, undated
- The Ha-Ha Play: Published in Scripts , Volume 1, Number 10, 1972
- Hostage: Manuscript, Treatment, 1989
- Hostage: Manuscript, Treatment, 1990
- Hostage: Manuscript, Fragments and Notes, undated
- Hostage: Film Proposal, 1989; undated
- Inheritors of the Earth (a short film): Manuscript, 1970
- Inheritors of the Earth (a short film): Manuscript, undated
Related Materials--Jonestown: See also Slain in the Spirit
- Jonestown: Manuscript, Prologue, 2003
- Jonestown: Manuscript, pages 1-100, June 2004
- Jonestown: Manuscript, pages 101-200, June 2004
- Jonestown: Manuscript, pages 201-300, June 2004
- Jonestown: Manuscript, pages 301-400, June 2004
- Jonestown: Manuscript, pages 401-491 (end), June 2004
- Jonestown: Manuscript, in 3rd Person, undated
Box 4
Folder -- Contents
- Jonestown: An American Tragedy: Manuscript, October 2000
- The Joys of Doctor Voli: Manuscript, 1980
- Kali: Manuscript, a play for radio, undated
- Kali: Manuscript, a Radio Play, undated
- Kimim Ben?: Manuscript, Turkish, undated
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, 1981
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, Partially Revised First Draft, 1982
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, Revised, 1983
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, Version A, January 1984
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, 1986
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, New Dramatists Reading, 1991
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, New Dramatists, Revised, 1992
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, Revised, 1998
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, Revised, May 2001
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, Revised, November 2002
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, Revised, March 2005
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, Early Draft, undated
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, Scenes from Act Two, 2006
- A Knife in the Heart: Manuscript, Various Endings and Notes, undated
- A Knife in the Heart: Correspondence, 1982-1991
- A Knife in the Heart: Correspondence, 1994-2007; undated
- A Knife in the Heart: Photographs, O’Neill, undated
- A Knife in the Heart: Poster, Williamstown Theatre Festival, undated
Physical Location: Filed in map case. - A Knife in the Heart: Productions, National Playwrights Conference, Clippings, 1982
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, National Playwrights Conference, Contract, 1982
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, National Playwrights Conference, Critique Notes, circa 1982
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, National Playwrights Conference, Playbills, 1982
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Clippings, 1983
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Photographs, 1983
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Playbills, 1983
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Publicity, 1983
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Script Notes, 1983
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1984
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, New Dramatists, 1988 and 1991
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, New Dramatists, 1997
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, Women’s Project & Productions, 2001
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, Sledgehammer Theatre, 2002
- A Knife in the Heart: Productions, hotINK2 Festival, 2003
Box 5
Folder -- Contents
- The Lamb: Manuscript, undated
- The Land of Milk and Funny or Portrait of a Scientist as a Dumb Broad: Manuscript, Film Scenario, undated
- The Land of Milk and Funny or Portrait of a Scientist as a Dumb Broad: Published in Yale/Theatre, Vol. 6, No. 1, Fall 1974
Related Materials--The Language of Stars: See also, Utterance of the Firmament; Utterances; and Night Sky
- The Language of Stars (tentative title): Manuscript, 1990
- The Ludicrous Trial of Mr. P (a VERY dark comedy…): Manuscript, ©April 2007, Revised October 2007
- The Ludicrous Trial of Mr. P (a dark comedy…): Manuscript, November 2007
- The Ludicrous Trial of Mr. P: Manuscript, Puppet Parlor Script, undated
- The Ludicrous Trial of Mr. P: Correspondence, 2007-2008
- The Ludicrous Trial of Mr. P: Images, 2006
- The Ludicrous Trial of Mr. P: Productions, CultureMart Festival, 2006; 2007
- The Ludicrous Trial of Mr. P: Project Description, 2009
- Milk and Honey: Manuscript, a comical musical teleplay, First Draft, March 1976
- Milk and Honey: Notes, undated
- Milk and Honey: Proposal, undated
- The Mind-Boggling, Tragical-Comical Trial of Madame P and Other 4-Legged and Winged Creatures: Manuscript, 2010
- The Mind-Boggling, Tragical-Comical Trial of Madame P and Other 4-Legged and Winged Creatures: Manuscript Excerpt, undated
- The Mind-Boggling, Tragical-Comical Trial of Madame P and Other 4-Legged and Winged Creatures: Productions, Gerald W. Lynch Theater, 2010
- Monk's Revenge: Manuscript, 1982
- Monk's Revenge: Manuscript, 1984
- Monk’s Revenge: Playbills, undated
Related Materials--Night Sky: See also The Language of Stars; Utterance in the Firmament, and Utterances. See also Correspondence: Chaikin, Joseph (Joe) for letters related to Night Sky.
- Night Sky: Manuscript, 1991
- Night Sky: Manuscript, Rehearsal Version (Not Final), 1991
- [Night Sky] Eclipse/Nuit Noire/Clair de Nuit: Manuscript, French Translation, 1991
- Night Sky: Manuscript, Revised, 1993
- Night Sky: Manuscript, Revised, 1994
- Night Sky: Manuscript, Revised (Old Version), 1994
- [Night Sky] Cel De Nit: Manuscript, Catalan Translation, 1999
- Night Sky: Manuscript, Revised, 2006
- Night Sky: Manuscript, Revised, 2008
- Night Sky: Manuscript, Revisions, 2008-09
- Night Sky: Manuscript, Revised, 2009
- Night Sky: Clippings, various dates
- Night Sky: Contact Sheets, various dates
Scope and Content: These are address and telephone lists. - Night Sky: Correspondence, 1990-1991
- Night Sky: Correspondence, 1992-94
- Night Sky: Correspondence, 1995-2000
- Night Sky: Correspondence, 2001-2005
- Night Sky: Correspondence, 2006-2012
- Night Sky: Correspondence, undated
- Night Sky: Film Interest, 2000; undated
- Night Sky: Interviews, 2009; undated
- Night Sky: Introduction, 1991; undated
- Night Sky: Music, undated
- Night Sky: Notes, 1994
- Night Sky: Notes, undated
Box 6
Folder -- Contents
- Night Sky: Photographs, Rehearsals, 1991
- Night Sky: Poster, Lehigh University, signed, undated
Physical Location: Filed in map case. - Night Sky: Poster, Salem State College, undated
Physical Location: Filed in map case. - Night Sky: Poster, Seven Stages, Atlanta, 1993
Physical Location: Filed in map case. - Night Sky: Poster, University of Louisville, undated
Physical Location: Filed in map case. - Night Sky: Productions, Women's Project & Productions, 1991
- Night Sky: Productions, Market Theatre Company, South Africa, 1992
- Night Sky: Productions, Market Theatre Company, South Africa: Photographs, 1992
- Night Sky: Productions, 7 Stages, Atlanta, GA, 1993
- Night Sky: Productions, 7 Stages, Atlanta, GA, Photographs, 1993
- Night Sky: Productions, William and Mary Theater, 1993
- Night Sky: Productions, Brock University, 1994
- Night Sky: Productions, Philadelphia Theatre Company, 1994
- Night Sky: Productions, Stellar Quines, Scotland, 1994
- Night Sky: Productions, New Dramatists, 1994
- Night Sky: Productions, Smith College, 1996
- Night Sky: Productions, HAI Theater Festival, 1997
- [Night Sky] Nuit Noire: Productions, Avignon, France, 1997
- [Night Sky] Nuit Noire: Productions, Avignon, France, Photographs, 1997
- Night Sky: Productions, Cape Fear Community College, circa 1998
- Night Sky: Productions, National Aphasia Association Special Performance, 1998
- [Night Sky] Cel de Nit: Productions, Barcelona, Spain, 1999
- Night Sky: Productions, Odyssey Theater Ensemble, 2000
- Night Sky: Productions, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2000
- Night Sky: Productions, Arena Civic Theatre, 2002
- Night Sky: Productions, Lehigh University Department of Theatre, 2004
- Night Sky: Productions, University of Louisville Theatre Arts, 2005
- Night Sky: Productions, Salem State College, 2008
- Night Sky: Productions, Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company, 2008
- Night Sky: Productions, National Aphasia Association Staged Reading, 2008
- Night Sky: Productions, National Aphasia Association Benefit, 2009
- Night Sky: Productions, Shakespeare Festival, 2010
- Night Sky: Publication Proof, with Edits for Samuel French Publication, 2nd ed., circa 1997
- [Night Sky] Cel de Nit: Published in Assaig de Theatre, no. 16/17, Catalan translation, 1999
Scope and Content: Includes interview with Susan Yankowitz.
Related Materials--One in Three: See also Prison Game and Who Is Anna Marks?
- One in Three: Manuscript, a play for television, undated
- The Party: Manuscript, a ten minute play with five actors, 2001; undated
- Phaedra: Manuscript, Early, undated
- A.k.a. Phaedra: Manuscript, 1987
- A.k.a. Phaedra: Playbills, undated
- A Phaedra: Manuscript, a new version based on variants of the myth, 1988
- Phaedra in Delirium: Manuscript, a new version based on variants of the myth, 1997
- Phaedra in Delirium: Manuscript, 1998
- Phaedra in Delirium: Manuscript, 2001
- Phaedra in Delirium: Manuscript, Revised, 2003
- Phaedra in Delirium: Manuscript, 1997
- Phaedra in Delirium: Manuscript, undated
- Phaedra in Delirium: Correspondence, 1988
- Phaedra in Delirium: Correspondence, 1997-1998
- Phaedra in Delirium: Correspondence, 2003-2004
- Phaedra in Delirium: Notes, various dates
- Phaedra in Delirium: Photographs, undated
- Phaedra in Delirium: Productions, New Dramatists, Reading, 1997
- Phaedra in Delirium: Productions, Women’s Project and Productions, 1998
- Phaedra in Delirium: Productions, Sledgehammer Theatre, 2003
- Phaedra in Delirium: Publications, Divine Fire, Proof and Corrections, 2005
- Play in Form of Diary: Manuscript, Draft, undated
- Portrait of an Artist as a Dumb Broad: Manuscript, Screenplay, undated
- Portrait of an Artist as a Dumb Broad: Manuscript, Screenplay, undated
- Portrait of an Artist as a Dumb Broad: Manuscript, Fragments, undated
Box 7
Folder -- Contents
Related Materials--The Prison Game: See also One in Three and Who is Anna Marks?
- The Prison Game: Manuscript, a play for television, 1976
- The Prison Game: Correspondence, various dates
- The Prison Game: Introduction, 1977
- The Prison Game: Photo Slides, 1977
- The Prison Game: Reviews and Clippings, 1976-1977
- Propositions: Manuscript, 1972
Related Materials--Real Life: See also Under the Skin
- Real Life: Manuscript, a work in progress, 1991
- Real Life: Manuscript, 1992
- Real Life: Contact Sheet, 1992
Scope and Content: This is an address and telephone list. - Real Life: Correspondence, 1992-1994
- Real Life: Readings, 1992-1993
- The Revenge: Manuscript, Revised, 2001
- The Revenge: Manuscript, Revised, 2002
- The Revenge: Manuscript, Revised, 2005
- The Revenge: Correspondence, 2002-2003
- The Revenge: Productions, The Culture Project, 2002
- Seeing the Elephant: Manuscript, Children's Television Workshop, 1974
- Seeing the Elephant: Manuscript, CTW Historical Series, 1974
Related Materials--Seven: See also Thumbprint and The Thumbprint of Mukhtaran Mai
- [Seven] Mukhtaran Mai: Manuscript, Drafts, 2006-2007
- Seven: Manuscript, New Dramatists Reading, February 2007
- Seven: Manuscript, Draft, September 2007
- Seven: Manuscript, 2007
- Seven: Manuscript, January 2008
- Seven: Manuscript, November 2008
- [Seven] Mukhtaran Mai: Manuscript, Monologue, Drafts, 2007-2008
- Seven: Articles, "Seven: Theatre and Public Diplomacy," published in Women in Theatre Magazine, 2014
- Seven: Cast List, undated
- Seven: Clippings, undated
- Seven: Correspondence, 2006-2009
- Seven: Informal Copyright, 2008
- Seven: Introductions, undated
- Seven: Mukhtaran Bibi Profile, c2006
- Seven: Notes, 2008 and undated
- [Seven] Journeys: Playbills, 2013
- Seven: Productions, 92nd Street Y, 2008
- Seven: Productions, Diane von Furstenberg Studio, 2008
- Seven: Productions, Women Center Stage, 2008
- Seven: Productions, Harman Center for the Arts, Vital Voices Benefit, 2008
- [Seven] Journeys: Productions, La MaMa’s, 2008
- Seven: Productions, Center for Global Affairs at NYU, 2009
- Seven: Productions, Riksteatern, Sweden, 2009
- Seven: Productions, The Daily Beast, Reading, 2010
- Seven: Productions, Tour, Sweden, 2010 and undated
- Seven: Productions, IKSV Theatre Festival, Istanbul, 2012
- Seven: Productions, Visions and Voices, 2012
- Seven: Productions, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 2014
- Seven: Productions, Kabosh, Irish Premier, 2014
- Seven: Productions, George Washington University Theatre and Dance, 2015
- Seven: Productions, Women’s Center, University of Washington, 2016
- Seven: Productions, L.A. Theatre Works, 2017
- Seven: Productions, New Dramatists, 2019
- Seven: Research for Mukhtaran Interview, 2006
- Seven: Vital Voices, 2006
- Seven: Vital Voices, 2007
- Seven: Vital Voices, undated
- Seven: Vital Voices, Correspondence, 2006-2008
Box 8
Folder -- Contents
- Silent Witness: Manuscript, Novel, 1976
- Silent Witness: Manuscript, Authorization for Film Adaptation, 1986
- Silent Witness: Manuscript, Adapted for the Screen, First Draft, undated
- Silent Witness: Manuscript, Adapted for the Screen, Second Draft, undated
- Silent Witness: Manuscript, Adapted for the Screen, undated
- Silent Witness: Manuscript, Adapted for the Screen, undated
- Silent Witness: Book Covers, 1976 and undated
- Silent Witness: Book Reviews, 1976-1977
- Silent Witness: Correspondence, 1974-2007
- Silent Witness: Publicity, undated
- Silent Witness: Response Paper, circa 1980s
Related Materials--Slain in the Spirit: See also Jonestown
- Slain in the Spirit: The Rise and Fall of Jonestown: Manuscript, 1993
- Slain in the Spirit: The Promise of Jim Jones: Manuscript, 1995
- Slain in the Spirit: The Promise of Jim Jones: Manuscript, 1997
- Slain in the Spirit: The Promise of Jim Jones: Manuscript, a gospel-and-blues opera, 1999
- Slain in the Spirit: Manuscript, Fragments, 2005
- Slain in the Spirit: Manuscript, Prologue, 2005
- Slain in the Spirit: Manuscript, a gospel-and-blues opera, Revised, 2006
- Slain in the Spirit: Manuscript, a music-theater work for gospel, blues, reggae and more, Revised, 2006
- Slain in the Spirit: Articles, Taj Mahal, 1994; undated
- Slain in the Spirit: Clippings, 1995-1996; 2003; undated
- Slain in the Spirit: Correspondence, 1992-1996
- Slain in the Spirit: Correspondence, 1997-2000
- Slain in the Spirit: Correspondence, 2001-2007
- Slain in the Spirit: Correspondence, undated
- Slain in the Spirit: Lyrics, undated
- Slain in the Spirit: Notes, undated
- Slain in the Spirit: Other Works About Jonestown, 2003-2004
- Slain in the Spirit: Photographs, New York Theater Workshop, 1999
- Slain in the Spirit: Productions, Arts at St. Ann’s SpringWorks, 1995
- Slain in the Spirit: Productions, Smith College Theatre Department Workshop, 1995
- Slain in the Spirit: Productions, Arts at St. Ann’s SpringWorks, 1996
- Slain in the Spirit: Productions, New Dramatists, Cabaret Fundraiser, 1997
- Slain in the Spirit: Productions, New York Theater Workshop, 1999
- Slain in the Spirit: The Rise and Fall of Jonestown: Proposal, 1994
- Slain in the Spirit: Residency, NYSCA, 1992-1993
- Slain in the Spirit: Synopsis, 1994; undated
Box 9
Folder -- Contents
- Slaughterhouse Play: Manuscript, 1968
- Slaughterhouse Play: Manuscript, Yale Drama School, 1968
- Slaughterhouse Play: Manuscript, New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, Annotated, 1970
- Slaughterhouse Play: Correspondence, 1967-1969
- Slaughterhouse Play: Productions, New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, circa 1971
- Slaughterhouse Play: Published in Yale/Theatre, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1969
- Spring, 1837: Manuscript: Abridged Version for Presentation, 1987
- Spring, 1837: Manuscript, Fragments, 1987
- Spring, 1837: Correspondence, 1987
- Spring, 1837: Notes, undated
- Still Life: Manuscript, Original Versions, 1975
- Still Life: A Condensation: Manuscript, Fragments, 1975
- Still Life: A Condensation: Manuscript, undated
- Still Life: A Distillation: Manuscript, Revised, 1988
- Still Life: Clippings, 1977
- Still Life: Correspondence, 1981
- Still Life: Notes, undated
- Still Life: Productions, Changing Scene, Denver, 1980
- Sylvia Plath: Arrow to the Sun: Manuscript, Revised Outline, 1985
- Sylvia Plath: Arrow to the Sun: Manuscript, First Draft, Revised, 1985
- Sylvia Plath: Arrow to the Sun: Correspondence, 1989
- Sylvia Plath: Notes, undated
- Sylvia Plath: Productions, Voices & Visions Television Course, 1987
Related Materials--Taking Liberties: See also The Case of Voli’s Lena
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, Draft, pages 160-268, 1982
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, Draft. pages 269-372, 1982
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, Draft, pages 373-476, 1982
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, pages 1-110, 1982
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, pages 111-220, 1982
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, pages 221-350, 1982
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, First Draft, Play Version, 1984
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, Play Version, undated
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, Excerpt, NYFA Fiction Submission, 1995
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, pages 1-125, 2000
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, pages 126-250, 2000
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, pages 251-375, 2000
- Taking Liberties: Manuscript, pages 376-492 (end), 2000
- Taking Liberties: Correspondence, 1982; 2000
- Taking Liberties: Playbills, undated
Box 10
Folder -- Contents
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, Early Drafts, undated
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, a Novel in Progress, undated
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, Draft, pages 1-150, 1993
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, Draft, pages 151-300, 1993
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, Draft, pages 301-448, 1993
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, Fragments, 1993
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, Draft, pages 1-169, 1994
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, Draft, pages 170-291, 1994
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, Draft, pages 292-410, 1994
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, Excerpt, “God’s Hand,” 1996
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, Excerpt, “Niagara Fall,” 1996
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, Excerpt, “Stuntwoman,” 2008
- Taking the Fall: Manuscript, Excerpt, undated
- Taking the Fall: Notes for a Feature Film, 1993
- Taking the Fall: Published in Parnassus: Poetry in Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, Excerpt, 1989
- Terminal: Manuscript, undated
- Terminal: Manuscript, undated
- Terminal: Manuscript, undated
- Terminal: Article, in Performance, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1971
- Terminal: Article, in Modern Drama, Vol. 26, No. 1, 1983
- Terminal: Clippings, 1970-1973; undated
- Terminal: Correspondence, 1972-1998
- Terminal: Correspondence, 2000-2008; undated
- Terminal: Handbills and Programs, 1970-1972; undated
- Terminal: Outtakes, undated
- Terminal: Productions, UCSD Department of Theatre, 25th Anniversary Production, 1996
- Terminal: Productions, The Off Project, 2006
- Terminal: Productions, Butler University Theatre, 2014
- Terminal: Project Description and Notes, undated
- Terminal: Published in Scripts, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1971
- Terminal: Published Text, Copies, undated
- 1969 Terminal 1996: Manuscript, 1999
- 1969 Terminal 1996: Manuscript, Annotated, undated
- 1969 Terminal 1996: Manuscript, Fragments, undated
- 1969 Terminal 1996: Article, Published in Bitef 30, Belgrade, 1996
- 1969 Terminal 1996: Clippings, 1996-1998; undated
- 1969 Terminal 1996: Handbills and Programs, undated
- 1969 Terminal 1996: Productions, 7 Stages and Performance Space 122, 1996
- 1969 Terminal 1996: Productions, 30.Bitef, Belgrade, 1996
- 1969 Terminal 1996: Published in Performing Arts Journal, No. 57, 1997
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Related Materials--Thumbprint and The Thumbprint of Mukhtaran Mai: See also Seven
- Thumbprint: Manuscript, Draft, 2013
- Thumbprint: Manuscript, undated
- Thumbprint: Correspondence, 2010-2013
- Thumbprint: Musical Score, 2013
- Thumbprint: Notes, 2013
- Thumbprint: Piano/Vocal Score, 2013
- Thumbprint: Playbills, 2012 and undated
- Thumbprint: Productions, The Watermill Center, 2013
- Thumbprint: Productions, Prototype Opera | Theatre | Now, 2014
- Thumbprint: Productions, Opera Ithaca, 2016
- Thumbprint: Productions, L.A. Opera Off Grand, 2017
- The Thumbprint of Mukhtaran Mai: Manuscript, Extended Monologue, October 2007
- The Thumbprint of Mukhtaran Mai: Manuscript, Published, 2010
- The Thumbprint of Mukhtar Mai: Essay, 2011
- The Thumbprint of Mukhtar Mai: Productions, The Kitchen, 2011
- The Thumbprint of Mukhtaran Mai: Productions, New Dramatists, Reading, 2015
- The Thumbprint of Mukhtar Mai: Proposal, undated
- Transplant: Manuscript, Fragments, 1971
- Transplant: Clippings, 1971
- The True and Astonishing Tragical-Comical Trial of Madame P and Other 4-Legged and Winged Creatures: Manuscript, 2010
- True Romances: Manuscript, 1977
- True Romances: Manuscript, 2000
- True Romances: Manuscript, 2001
- True Romances: Manuscript, Earlier Draft, Annotated, 2003
- True Romances: Manuscript, with Song List, 2003
- True Romances: Manuscript, 2004
- True Romances: Manuscript, Revised, 2007
- True Romances: Manuscript, Draft, undated
- True Romances: Manuscript, undated
- True Romances: Correspondence, 1979-2007
- True Romances: Handbills and Programs, 2000; 2004; undated
- True Romances: Music and Lyrics, undated
- True Romances: Photographs, 2000
- True Romances: Photographs, Proof Sheets, undated
Related Materials--Under the Skin: See also Real Life
- Under the Skin: Manuscript, 1995
- Under the Skin: Manuscript, 2001
- Under the Skin: Correspondence, 1995-2000
- Under the Skin: Notes, undated
- Under the Skin: Productions, The Women’s Project and Productions, 1995
- Under the Skin: Productions, Little Festival of the Unexpected, 1996
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Related Materials--Utterances: See also The Language of Stars and Night Sky
- Utterances: Manuscript, 1990
- Utterances: Correspondence, 1989
- Utterances: Joe’s (Chaikin) Notes, LA, circa 1990
- Utterances: Notes, ACT Production, circa 1990
- Utterances: Production Possibilities, undated
- Utterances: Productions, American Conservatory Theater, 1990
- The Vermin of Provence: Manuscript, Short Play, 2006
- The Vermin of Provence: Manuscript, Short Play, 2007
- Who Done It?: Manuscript, 1978
- Who Done It?: Manuscript, 1978
- Who Done It?: Manuscript, 1983
- Who Done It?: Manuscript, Stage Version, undated
- Who Done It?: Manuscript, Teleplay, undated
- Who Done It?: Manuscript, Teleplay, undated
- Who Done It?: Correspondence, 1979-1983; 1989
- Who Done It?: Photographs, 1983
- Who Done It?: Productions, San Francisco, 1982
- [Who Done It?] Qui Est Anna Marks?: Manuscript, French Translation, undated
- [Who Done It?] Qui Est Anna Marks?: Clippings, Paris, 1979
- [Who Done It?] Qui Est Annie Marks?: Productions, Paris, 1979
- Wings of Deliverance: Manuscript, pages 1-150, 2003
- Wings of Deliverance: Manuscript, pages 151-300, 2003
- Wings of Deliverance: Manuscript, pages 301-448, 2003
- Wooden Nickels: Manuscript, 1970
- Wooden Nickels: Correspondence, 1971
- Wooden Nickels: Productions, Theater for the New City, undated
- Xpectationz: Manuscript, Musical Drama, 1997
- Xpectationz: Manuscript, Musical Drama, with Notes, 1997
- Xpectationz: Manuscript, Fragments, undated
- Xpectationz: Link, Peter-Music and Lyrics, 1998; undated
- [Xpectationz] Great Expectations: Proposal, 1994
- Xpectations: Proposal, 1996
- Xpectationz: Script for Demonstration, 1997
- Untitled Manuscript Fragments, 1988
- Untitled Manuscript Fragments, undated
Series 2: Short Works and Journals
Scope and Content: This series contains articles, essays, poetry, proposals, and short stories written by Susan Yankowitz, as well as information about one-time performances of unique short works or excerpts and songs from her plays.
Arrangement: Items are arranged alphabetically by subject matter.
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- Articles: "1969 Terminal 1996: An Ensemble Work," published in Performing Arts Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 3, 1997
- Articles: "1969 Terminal 1996," published in Theater, Vol. 28, No. 3, 1998
- Articles: “Buzzing and Humming; The New Writing,” published in Chrysalis, No. 6, 1978
- Articles: “Experimental Voice,” newspaper article, 1986
- Articles: "From the Playwright's Hammer, published in Theater, 1988
- Articles: “Lowell’s Benito Cereno: An Investigation of American Innocence,” published in Yale/Theatre, 1968
- Articles: “The Open Theatre [1963-1973]: Looking Back,” published in Performing Arts Journal, Vol. VII, No. 3, 1983
- Articles: "Play-Acting Transformations," published in Reescrituras de la masculinidad, 2000
- Articles: Drafts for "Remembering Joseph Chaikin, published in Theater, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2004
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Chaikin, Joseph for a copy of the published article. - Articles: "Slain in the Spirit," for The Jonestown Report, website edition, 2006
- Articles: "Sources of Inspiration," published in American Theatre, Vol. 15, No. 7, 1998
- Articles: “Under African Skies,” published in The New Dramatist newsletter, 1992
- Children’s Stories: "Fuzzle," with Notes, undated
- Children’s Stories: "The Little Boy in the Mirror," 1981
- Children’s Stories: "Prince," Draft, 1987
- Collaboration: "Here is a Leaf," with Bill Young, 1993
- Essays: “From a Playwright’s Notebook: Notes on Theatre,” undated
- Essays: “On Writing: Her Infinite Variety,” 1976; undated
- Essays: “The Phony Face of ‘Funnyface’,” undated
- Essays: “Play-Acting Transformations,” undated
- Essays: “Thinking Writing While Writing: Choices,” 1988
- Essays: Untitled, for In Their Company: Portraits of American Playwrights, 2006
- Essays: Untitled, regarding Open Theatre, undated
- Journals: January 1975
- Journals: October 1975
- Journals: "Japanese," 1976
- Journals: 1976
- Journals: Includes Notes for Hostage, undated
- Journals: Includes Notes for Taking Liberties, undated
- Notes for Short Plays, 1984
- Performances: American Piece, a work-in-progress, 1974
- Performances: Basics, in Tabula-Rasa, undated
- Performances: Cheri excerpt, in Sunday Nights at Square One, 1999
- Performances: A Knife in the Heart excerpt, in 40 Years of Yale Playwrights, 1989
- Performances: Playwright-in-Residence Premiere Production No. 1, 1972-1973
- Performances: Playwrights, in Sarah Lawrence College New York Alumnae/i Writers Night, 2000
- Performances: Playwrights in Collaboration, in An April Orgy, 1972
- Performances: Pleasures of Peace, 2008
- Performances: “Raspberry Pink,” in November 21, 1963: The Day Before, 2013
- Performances: Scene 20 in The Direct Line Play, 2004
- Performances: “You Never Know,” in The Thalia Follies, 2007
- Poetry, various years
- Proposals: Adoption Agency Television Series, 1991
- Proposals: American Originals: 100 Years of Women and Popular Culture, 1998
- Proposals: Foreign Bodies, undated
- Proposals: George and Her Passions/Friends, 1994
- Proposals: Goya, 1992-1994; 2003
- Proposals: Korczak the First, 1988
- Proposals: The Lynching, 1996
- Proposals: Madame Delphine, undated
- Proposals: Madame P, with Images, undated
- Proposals: Scam, 1985
- Proposals: Summer Romance, 1988
- Proposals: Transformations, 1994
- Proposals: Transplant, undated
- Proposals: Triumph of an Obsession, 1985
- Proposals: A Winter Vacation, undated
- Proposals: Untitled Concepts, undated
- Short Stories: "ABCS," 1974
- Short Stories: "ABCS," undated
- Short Stories: "ABCS," Published in Heresies, 1977
- Short Stories: "The Cross of Innocence," undated
- Short Stories: "A Day in Her Life," 1977
- Short Stories: "A Day in Her Life," 1981
- Short Stories: "The Excavators," 1976
- Short Stories: "The Excavators," 1980
- Short Stories: "A Great Life," undated
- Short Stories: "A Home Away from Home," 1980
- Short Stories: "One Day in Her Life: A Diary," 1983
- Short Stories: "Pretty as a Picture," 1980
- Short Stories: "The Shadows Between," undated
- Short Stories: "Two Mamas," undated
- Short Works: "Three Monologues on Sexual Ambiguity," 1991
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- Correspondence, 1950s-1960s; undated
- Early Works: Journal Articles, “The Plays of Wole Soyinka,” published in African Journal, 1966
- Early Works: Manuscript Fragments, undated
- Early Works: Notes, undated
- Early Works: Notes, Consumerism and Commodity, undated
- Early Works: Notes and Fragments, undated
- Early Works: Notes and Ideas for Future Projects, undated
- Early Works: Notes and Ideas for Plays, undated
- Early Works: Notes and Scenes, Labor Day, undated
- Early Works: Plays: Aside Show, undated
- Early Works: Plays: Dead, undated
- Early Works: Plays: Death Has Two Faces, 1968
- Early Works: Plays: Fool’s Gold (FES2), undated
- Early Works: Plays: Little’s Education, undated
- Early Works: Plays: Love and the City, undated
- Early Works: Plays: Nightmare, 1966
- Early Works: Plays: A Preference for Silence, 1965
- Early Works: Plays: The Spinsters, 1968
- Early Works: Plays: A Torment of Mirrors, undated
- Early Works: Plays: Untitled (with Harry, X, and Y), undated
- Early Works: Plays: Untitled (with Margo and Mrs. Larson), undated
- Early Works: Plays: Untitled (with Uncle Sam and Freckles), undated
- Early Works: Poetry, 1960s
- Early Works: Poetry, undated
- Early Works: Preliminary Scene Sketches for Death at an Early Age, 1968
- Early Works: Short Stories, 1961
- Early Works: Short Stories, 1962
- Early Works: Short Stories, 1963
- Early Works: Short Stories, undated
- Early Works: Short Stories: "The Betrayal," 1963
- Early Works: Story Fragments, undated
- Journals, Summer 1962
- Journals, undated
- Notebooks, History of Philosophy, Fall 1960
- Notebooks, Poetry and Literature, undated
- Sarah Lawrence College Faculty Report of Susan Yankowitz, 1963
- Sarah Lawrence College Yearbook 1963
- Weequahic High School Directory, 1958
- Weequahic High School Yearbook: Legend, 1959
Series 4: Manuscripts by Other Playwrights
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- Adultery Without Touch, by Len Berkman, 1988
- Anatomy of a Murder, by Walter Bernstein, 1990
- Bride, Drafts, by Kevin Augustine, 2007
- Electra, by Robert Montgomery, 1974
- Excuse Me for Even Daring to Open My Mouth, by Len Berkman, 1987
- How to Marry a Mensch: The Musical, by Robin Gorman Newman, 2007
- I Won't Go See a Play Called “A Parent's Worst Nightmare,” by Len Berkman, 1994
- Just a Song at Twilight, by Len Berkman, 1994
- Lady Jo, by Herbert Leonard, 1990
- Missing Children, by Len Berkman, 1990
- Oh the Undoing, by Len Berkman, 2005
- The Poet Goes to Yankee Stadium, by R. R. Knudson, undated
- Really, Now, by Leonard Berkman, 1970
- Saint Simone, First Draft, by Allan Havis, 1994
- 'Til the Beatles Reunite, by Len Berkman, 1979
- Viet Rock, by Megan Terry, 1966
- Voila! Rape in Technicolor, by Leonard Berkman, 1977
Arrangement: Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by first letter of last name, by last name, or by the name of the organization. Folders identified as "First letter '--'" contain single letters from individuals whose surnames begin with that letter or organization names that begin with that letter. Back-and-forth correspondence or multiple letters from the same correspondent are filed in folders by last name or organization name. Correspondence from individuals with unknown last name are filed at the end of the series.
Inclusive Dates: 1970-2014. "Various dates" indicates three or more nonconsecutive years, including undated.
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- Correspondence: First letter "A," various dates
- Correspondence: Aaron, Joyce, 1978
- Correspondence: The Acting Company, 2003; undated
- Correspondence: Albert, Allan, 1975
- Correspondence: Alexander Street Press, 2006
- Correspondence: Alpert Award in the Arts, 2007-2008
- Correspondence: American Opera Projects, 1991; 2000
- Correspondence: August, Matt, 2003-2004
- Correspondence: Austin, Gayle, 1989
- Correspondence: Aviva Films, 2000-2001
- Correspondence: First letter "B," various dates
- Correspondence: Barnes, Chris and Katie, 1991
- Correspondence: Barrett, Andrea, 1989; 1997
- Correspondence: Bensussen, Melia, 2000
- Correspondence: Berglie, Carole, 2008
- Correspondence: Berkman, Joyce, various dates
- Correspondence: Berkman, Leonard, various dates
- Correspondence: Berkman, Zak, 1999; 2002
- Correspondence: Bernstein, Elmer, 1981; 2000-2003
- Correspondence: Boesing, Martha, various dates
- Correspondence: Bogart, Anne, various dates
- Correspondence: Bottoms, Steve, 2002
- Correspondence: Brandt, Kirsten, 2001; 2004
- Correspondence: Breuer, Joann, 2000-2001
- Correspondence: Brody, Josh Raoul, 1989; 1991
- Correspondence: Busackino, Barbara, 2006
- Correspondence: First letter "C," various dates
- Correspondence: Chaikin, Joseph (Joe), various dates
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Chaikin, Joseph - Correspondence: Chinquapin, Renee, 2002
- Correspondence: Cooper, Karen, various dates
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Cooper, Karen - Correspondence: Corrado, Julianna, various dates
- Correspondence: First letter "D," various dates
- Correspondence: Daniels, Barry, 1984-1985; undated
- Correspondence: Dannenberg, Penelope, various dates
- Correspondence: Delgado, Maria, 1999-2000
- Correspondence: Dellaira, Michael, various dates
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Dellaira, Michael - Correspondence: Diamond, Liz, 2000
- Correspondence: Ducornet, Rikki, various dates
- Correspondence: Dworkin, Andrea, 1976-1978
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Dworkin, Andrea - Correspondence: First letter "E," various dates
- Correspondence: Eckardt, Marianne, 1985-1986; 2001
- Correspondence: Eliasberg, Jan, various dates
- Correspondence: First letter "F," various dates
- Correspondence: Feldman, Peter, 1976; undated
- Correspondence: Fjeld, Julianna, various dates
- Correspondence: France, Richard, various dates
- Correspondence: Fredericks-Malone, Connie, 2006
- Correspondence: Friedman, Paul, various dates
- Correspondence: First letter "G," various dates
- Correspondence: Gaisner, Rhea, 1978
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Gaisner, Rhea - Correspondence: Gimbel, Wendy, 1985; undated
- Correspondence: Gleason, Judith, various dates
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Gleason, Judith - Correspondence: Gonzalez, Rosario, 2006
- Correspondence: Groag, Lillian, 2001-2002; 2005
- Correspondence: Guillenard, Hortense, various dates
- Correspondence: First letter "H," various dates
- Correspondence: Hamilton College, 1982-1983
- Correspondence: Harden, Mary, 1996-2002; 2008
- Correspondence: Havis, Allan, 1995-1997; 2003
- Correspondence: Huey, Lynda, 2000
- Correspondence: First letter "I," (empty)
- Correspondence: Inez, Colette, various dates
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Inez, Colette - Correspondence: International Creative Management, 2000
- Correspondence: Ives, David, 2007; 2013
- Correspondence: First letter "J," various dates
- Correspondence: Jaffe, Michael, various dates
- Correspondence: Jonestown Institute and Memorial Fund, various dates
- Correspondence: First letter "K," various dates
- Correspondence: Kauffmann, Laura and Stanley, various dates
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Kauffmann, Stanley - Correspondence: Kawahara, Sonoko, 2005
- Correspondence: Keller, Judith, 2001-2002; 2006
- Correspondence: Kelly, Kathy, 1978
- Correspondence: Kent State University Special Collections and Archives, various dates
- Correspondence: King, Kenneth, 1973
- Correspondence: Knudson, R. R. (Zan), various dates
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Knudson, R. R. (Zan) - Correspondence: Kolin, Philip, 1989-1990
Scope and Content: Includes draft of Yankowitz's commentary for "Streetcar Named Desire at 43: A Playwrights' Forum," for an article written by Philip Kolin. - Correspondence: First letter "L," various dates
- Correspondence: Lazard, Naomi, 1976
- Correspondence: League of Professional Theatre Women, 2005-2006
- Correspondence: Lebensohn, Jeremy, 1976
- Correspondence: Leibowitz, Gabe and Francesca (Mordini), various dates
- Correspondence: Leibowitz, Herb, various dates
- Correspondence: Lewis, Eleanor, 2001; 2006
- Correspondence: Link, Peter, 1998
- Correspondence: Loomis, Gloria, various dates
- Correspondence: Lust, Geraldine, various dates
- Correspondence: First letter "M," various dates
- Correspondence: MacBryde, Phyllis, various dates
- Correspondence: MacDonald, Cynthia, 2001
- Correspondence: The MacDowell Colony, various dates
- Correspondence: Maltby, Richard, 1982; undated
- Correspondence: Manuelidis, Laura, 2001-2002
- Correspondence: Martin, Carol, 2005
- Correspondence: Medway Writers Retreat, 2004
- Correspondence: Mennon, Rebecca, various dates
- Correspondence: Metzger, Deena, 1999; undated
- Correspondence: Micksil, Joan, 2000
- Correspondence: Miles, Julia, 1983; 2000
- Correspondence: Miller, Jess, various dates
- Correspondence: Monstrous Regiment, various dates
- Correspondence: Moore, Honor, 1993; 2005
- Correspondence: Moorhead, Hugh, 1978; 1991
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- Correspondence: First letter "N," various dates
- Correspondence: National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1983; 2005
- Correspondence: New Dramatists, 1989-1990
- Correspondence: New York Center for Visual History, 1982; 1985
- Correspondence: New York Institute for the Humanities, 2006
- Correspondence: New York Public Library, 1976; 2005
- Correspondence: New York Theatre Workshop, 1983; 1996
- Correspondence: Nichols, Nancy, undated
- Correspondence: Norman, Charlie, 1992-2010
- Correspondence: First letter "O," various dates
- Correspondence: Oderman, Stuart, various dates
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Oderman, Stuart - Correspondence: Ohnemus, Chris, 2005-2006
- Correspondence: O’Neill Playwrights Conference, various dates
- Correspondence: First letter "P," various dates
- Correspondence: Parsons, Estelle, 1982-1983
- Correspondence: Pfeifer, Karen, 2001-2002
- Correspondence: Pons, Ventura, 1999
- Correspondence: Putman, Jon, 2002
- Correspondence: First letter "Q," various dates
- Correspondence: First letter "R," various dates
- Correspondence: Requena, Teresa, 1996
- Correspondence: Roberts, Flora, various dates
- Correspondence: Rogoff, Gordon, various dates
- Correspondence: Rosengard, Bob, 2004
- Correspondence: Rosenstone-Wender, 2001-2006
- Correspondence: Roth, Philip, 1992
- Correspondence: Rothenberg, Dan, 2001-2002
- Correspondence: First letter "S," various dates
- Correspondence: Sandrow, Nahma, various dates
- Correspondence: Schenkar, Joan, 1978; 1988-1989
- Correspondence: Schlossberg, Julian, 2001
- Correspondence: Schoenberg, Steven, 2000
- Correspondence: Scoppettone, Sandra, 1975-1977
- Correspondence: Searle, Judith, 2000; 2003
- Correspondence: Shiojiri, Yasuko, 2000-2002
- Correspondence: Sica, Grazia Gobbi, 2001; 2004
- Correspondence: Smith, Charles, 2001
- Correspondence: Spear, David, various dates
- Correspondence: Spektor, Mira, 2006
- Correspondence: Stevenson, Gerda, various dates
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Stevenson, Gerda - Correspondence: Sullivan, John, 1976; 1988
- Correspondence: Svich, Caridad, 2000-2005
- Correspondence: Swenson, May, various dates
- Correspondence: First letter "T," various dates
- Correspondence: Tomlin, Lily, 1977
- Correspondence: First letter "U," 2006
- Correspondence: Umbrage Editions, various dates
- Correspondence: First letter "V," various dates
- Correspondence: van Itallie, Jean-Claude, various dates
- Correspondence: Van Wagenen, Lola, 2002
- Correspondence: Vanderbroucke, Russell, 1999; 2005
- Correspondence: First letter "W,"
- Correspondence: Walker, James (Jimmy), 1972; 1975-1993
Related Materials: See Subject Files: Friends and Colleagues: Walker, Jimmy - Correspondence: Wender, Phyllis Bellows, various dates
- Correspondence: West, Paul, 2003
- Correspondence: Wheeler, Scott, 2003; 2005-2006
- Correspondence: First letter "X," "Y," "Z," various dates
- Correspondence: Yaddo, 1977; 2000-2001
- Correspondence: Yale University, various dates
- Correspondence: Yankowitz Family, various dates
- Correspondence: Emails, 2000-2005
- Correspondence: Emails, 2006-2018
- Correspondence: Greeting Cards, Unknown Last Name, various dates
- Correspondence: Letters, Unknown Last Name, various dates
- Correspondence: Postcards, Unknown Last Name, various dates
- Correspondence: From Susan Yankowitz, various dates
Scope and Content: These files include materials that have been organized by subject, category, or type of item. "Articles" in this series are written by other authors and contain quotes by, or references to Susan Yankowitz. "Family" files and "Friends and Colleagues" files contain articles, images, poetry, musical scores, and/or other print media by or about the named person. For correspondence from family, friends and colleagues, please see the Correspondence series.
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- Articles: "American Playwrights on Beckett," by Jonathan Kalb, in PAJ, No. 85, 2007
- Articles: "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman (3)," by Erika Duncan, in Book Forum, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1977
- Articles: "A Streetcar Named Desire: A Playwrights' Forum," by Philip C. Kolin, in Michigan Quarterly Review, Spring 1990
- Articles: "Susan Yankowitz: Una Veu al Teatre Nord-America," per Teresa Requena, in Assaig de Teatre, No. 10/11, 1998
- Awards: Drama Desk Award, 1969-1970
- Awards: Tenth Annual Communication Awards, 1991
- Awards: Thirteenth Annual Communication Awards, 1994
- Awards: Writers Guild of America, 1989
- Biographical Information on Susan Yankowitz, various dates
- Biography of Susan Yankowitz, by Len Berkman, 1992
- Calendar Pages and Itineraries, undated
- Calls for Submissions, 2007
- Character Ideas, 1970s; undated
- Clippings: Miscellaneous, various dates
- Clippings: Open Theatre, various dates
- Clippings: with Susan Yankowitz, various dates
- Clippings: Yale Drama School/Robert Brustein, 1967; 1972
- Collectives: HERE, Programs, 2006-2007; 2011
- Collectives: New Dramatists, 1988; 2000
- Collectives: Ripe Time, Betrothed Production, 2007
- Collectives: Theatre Routes, 1983
- Collectives: Universal Movement Theatre Repertory, 1971
- Collectives: Westbeth Feminist Collective, various dates
- Collectives: Women’s Project and Productions, 1995; 2002-2003
- Conference Application: The O’Neill Music Theater Conference, 2005
- Conferences: First the Words: Libretto, 2000
- Conferences: NoPassport: Dreaming the Americas..., 2006
- Conferences: Open Theatre at Kent State University, 1983
- Conferences: Opera Conference 2006: Connectivity, Seattle, WA, 2006
- Conferences: Women in Theatre: Mapping the Sources of Power, 1997
- Contact Sheets, various dates
Scope and Content: These are address and telephone lists for several theater groups or events. - Contracts: Baby, 1983-1984
- Contracts: Foreign Bodies, 2006
- Contracts: Seven, 2009
- Contracts: Who Done It?, 1979
- Essays: Theatre of the Absurd, author unknown, undated
- Family: Leibowitz, Gabriel and Francesca, various dates
- Family: Leibowitz, Herbert,
- Family: Yankowitz, Irving, various dates
- Family: Yankowitz, Nina, 2012
- Fellowships: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1970-1975
- Fellowships: The MacDowell Colony, 2011; 2013
- Fellowships: National Endowment for the Arts, various dates
- Fellowships: New York Foundation for the Arts, 1989
- Fellowships: The Playwrights’ Center McKnight Fellowship, 1990
- Fellowships: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2001
- Flyers: Susan Yankowitz Speaking Engagements, various dates
- Friends and Colleagues: Celebrations and Memorials in Honor of, various dates
- Friends and Colleagues: Chaikin, Joseph, various dates
- Friends and Colleagues: Cooper, Karen, various dates
- Friends and Colleagues: Dellaira, Michael, various dates
- Friends and Colleagues: Dworkin, Andrea, various dates
- Friends and Colleagues: Gaisner, Rhea, 2008
- Friends and Colleagues: Gildzen, Alex, undated
- Friends and Colleagues: Gleason, Judith, undated
- Friends and Colleagues: Inez, Colette, 2008-2011
- Friends and Colleagues: Kauffmann, Stanley, various dates
- Friends and Colleagues: Knudson, R. R. (Zan), undated
- Friends and Colleagues: Oderman, Stuart, various dates
- Friends and Colleagues: Stevenson, Gerda, 1993; 2001
- Friends and Colleagues: Tewes, Robin, 2009
- Friends and Colleagues: Walker, Jimmy, 1988-1992
- Grant Applications: for The Flower War, 2005
- Grant Applications: for Goya, 2007
- Grant Applications: for Slain in the Spirit, various dates
- Grant Applications: for Terminal, various dates
- Grant Applications: Miscellaneous Information, various dates
- Grant Applications: Reference Letters, various dates
- Grants: Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS), 1974; 1976
- Grants: The Rockefeller Foundation, 1972-1974
- Grants: Theatre Communications Group, various dates
- Interviews: “5 Questions: Susan Yankowitz and Madame P,” The Clyde Fitch Report, 2010
- Interviews: “Entrevista a Susan Yankowitz,” Assaig de Teatre, 1999
Scope and Content: Includes excerpt from Cel De Nit [Night Sky]. - Interviews: “In Search of a Common Language,” The Dramatist, 2002
- Interviews: “The Sisters Yankowitz,” CreativeParents.com, 2000
- Interviews: “Susan Yankowitz,” Interviews with Contemporary Women Playwrights, 1987
- Interviews: Susan Yankowitz on Night Sky, undated
- Interviews: “Susan Yankowitz: Playwright, Librettist, Novelist,” Off-Broadway Oral History Project, 2017
Scope and Content: This folder contains information about the interview which is on DVD and filed in the Audio/Visual series. - Interviews: “Working in a Collective,” Performance, 1971
- Legal: Grievance, The Amnesiac, 1981
- Legal: Inquiry, Overboard vis-a-vis The Amnesiac, 1987-1988
- Legal: Plath Lawsuit, 1981-2002
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- Newsletters: ECPAT-USA News, 2007
- Novel Submissions: Jonestown, 2000-2004
- Photographs: Early Years Through 1960s, various dates
- Photographs: Family, various dates
- Photographs: Friends and Colleagues, various dates
- Photographs: Headshots and Portraits, Susan Yankowitz, various dates
- Photographs: Malibu, 1979
- Photographs: Medway Residency, 2004
- Photographs: Westbeth Feminist Collective, 1976; undated
- Posters: The Open Theater, undated
Physical Location: Filed in map case. - Posters: The Open Theater Conference, Kent State University, 1983
Physical Location: Filed in map case. - Posters: Nina Yankowitz Exhibit, undated
Physical Location: Filed in map case. - Press Releases, 2012
- Programs: Boston Women’s Theatre Festival ‘85, 1985
- Programs: Harlem Stage, 2006-2007
- Programs: Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble, 2006
- Programs: Merkin Concert Hall, 2005-2006
- Programs: Playwrights’ Festival, Ohio University, 2002
- Programs: Seven Stages, Atlanta, 2001-2002
- Songs, undated
- Visit to Japan, 1985-1986
- Visit to Spain, 1999
- Workshops: Art Workshop International, 2000-2003
- Workshops: Exiles Professional Theatre Training, Ireland, 1995
- Workshops: Graduate Playwriting: Adaptation, 2002
- Workshops: Utterance in the Firmament, 1989
- Workshops: The Writers Theatre, 1988
Restrictions on Use: For personal research use only, due to copyright restrictions. Duplications cannot be made without permission of the copyright owner(s).
Box 1
Contents
Color Videocassette
- Open Theatre: Terminal, Camera III, undated
VHS Videotapes
- Alarms, Omaha Magic, undated
- American Opera Projects, Excerpts from New Works in Progress, 2000
- Aphasia Night Sky, CNBC, undated
- A Knife in the Heart, Sledge Hammer Theatre, 2002
- Night Sky, Arena Civic Theatre, 2002
- Night Sky, undated
- Plath, undated
- The Sylvia Plath Story, April 21, 1988
- The Serpent, Arthur Cantor Films, and Terminal excerpts, undated
- Terminal, Canada, April 18, 1993
- Terminal, Canada, April 18, 1993, 1994
- Terminal, Open Theatre, Camera III, February 14, 1995
- Terminal, Open Theatre, University of Maryland, November 3, 1996
- Terminal, Non-Prophet Co., 1999
- Terminal, For Preview Only, undated
- Terminal, New Dramatists, directed by Joseph Chaikin, undated
- 1969 Terminal 1996, Atlanta, undated
- 1969 Terminal 1996, Atlanta (poor quality), undated
- True Romances, HOTInk, 2004
- UCSD Guestbook: Joseph Chaikin and Susan Yankowitz, May 14, 1996
- UCSD Guestbook: Joseph Chaikin and Susan Yankowitz, May 14, 1996
- Utterances, undated
- Working Director, undated
- Working Director: Joseph Chaikin, October 19, 1996 (2 copies)
- Working Director: T. Sheldon, J. Chaikin, S. Yankowitz, Terminal, October 19, 1996
- Working Director: Terminal/Chaikin/Yankowitz, 1996
- Working Director: Terminal, December 31, 1996
- Working Director: Terminal, 1996
- Working Director: Joseph Chaikin, February 13, 1997
Reel-to-Reel Audio Tapes
- Boxes, Opening Night, October 27, 1972
- Slaughterhouse Play, undated
- Slaughterhouse Play, Richard Vos, undated
- Transplant, undated
Box 2
Contents
CDs and DVDs
- Actors Studio: PD Workshop, 2003
- BIO, by David Ehrlich, 2015
- Joseph Chaiken and Susan Yankowitz, undated
- Cheri: Opera Cast, January 29, 2002
- Cheri: MT, January 29, 2002
- Conducting Light on a Shoestring, 1990
- Ecuador/Galápagos, undated
- Jonestown: Life and Death of Peoples Temple, undated
- Made in China, Three Animations, by David Ehrlich, 2014
- Mr. P. Highlights, undated
- Mr. P. Highlights, undated
- National Aphasia Association: Lookin’ For Me, Interview, undated
- Night Sky, Mo’olelo, August 27, 2008
- Night Sky Flyer, undated
- Projections, Yankowitz (Nina) and Holden (Barry), 2001
- Secreto de Amor, undated
- Six Songs from Slain in the Spirit, undated
- Six Songs from Slain in the Spirit, undated
- Slain, Reject recording with notes, undated
- Susan Yankowitz: Playwright, Off-Broadway Oral History Project, 2017
- True Romances, Demo CD, January 2004
- True Romances, Demo CD, copy, January 2004
- Villa Diodati, Chamber Opera, 2015
- The War in Heaven, Chaikin/Shepard, undated
Audiocassettes
- Alarms, Omaha Magic Theatre performance, Tape 1, 1988
- Alarms, Omaha Magic Theatre performance, Tape 2, 1988
- Alarms, Omaha Magic Theatre performance, Tape 3, 1988
- Andy Badale Productions, undated
- Baby, Original Cast Album, undated
- Bill's Music, undated
- Bill's Music and Good Stuff, undated
- Cheri I, 3, undated
- Cheri I, 3, undated
- Cobb, Jim, Interview PT, undated
- Composer/Librettist Songs, undated
- Dellaira, Michael, Three Rivers, Slovak Radio Orchestra of Bratislava, 1995
- Dellaira, Michael, Three Rivers, Union College Orchestra, March 4, 1995
- Expectations Material, undated
- Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown, 1981
- Goya...a life in song, 1989
- Here, from Xpectationz, undated
- Hudes, Linda, Lasting Effect, 1986
- In the St., undated
- Interview with Prof George Gibian, Sylvia Plath, 1984
- Jonestown, undated
- Jonestown: Call-in Show, 1981
- Jonestown Children, undated
- Keening, undated
- Knife, undated
- LOOK!, 1988
- Mary Shelley, Chamber Opera, undated
- A Monk’s Revenge, Reading, October 18, 1989
- NY Virtuoso Singers, undated
- Prospect Interfaith, undated
- Slain in the Spirit, undated
- Slain in the Spirit, undated
- Slain in the Spirit, Arts at St. Ann’s, undated
- Slain in the Spirit, Arts at St. Ann’s, undated
- Slain in the Spirit, Performers’ Copy, undated
- Slain in the Spirit, Songs, undated
- Slain in the Spirit, Songs and Text, undated
- Slain in the Spirit, Text and Music, May 1999
- Slain in the Spirit, work Tape, Taj, undated
- SWADOS, undated
- True Romances, undated
- True Romances, undated
- True Romances, Six Songs, undated
- True Romances, (demo), undated
- White Night, (Jonestown), Tape 1, undated
- White Night, (Jonestown), Tape 2, undated
- White Night, (Jonestown), Tape 3, undated
- White Night, (Jonestown), Tape 4, undated
- Young, William, undated
Mini Digital Video Cassettes
- HOTInk, January 25, 2004
- A Knife in the Heart, Tape 1, undated
- A Knife in the Heart, Tape 2, undated
- A Knife in the Heart, Tape 3, undated
- Terminal, Tape 1, undated
- Terminal, Tape 2, undated
Series 8: Artifacts and Scrapbooks
Box 1
Contents
- Night Sky, Necklace
- Silent Witness, Pendant from Juliana Field
- Taking the Fall, Stuntmen's Association Pin
- Framed Illustratration, R.A.M. - S.Y. 77
- Distinguished Service Award, National Council on Communicative Disorders, 1994
- Keepsake with etched National Council on Communicative Disorders logo, undated
- Scenario Sounds performance piece with script, original artwork and audio cassette, by Nina Yankowitz, 1981
- Scenario Sounds performance piece with script, CD, and audio cassette, reprint, by Nina Yankowitz, 2007
Box 2
Contents
- Scrapbook: The Open Theatre on Tour, unbound, circa 1971
Box 3
Contents
- Scrapbook: International travel photographs, circa 1960s
Processing Information: Loose photographs have been placed in photo pages and are included in the box.
Box 4
Contents
- Scrapbook: Memorabilia and Photographs, circa 1950s
- Folder with unbound scrapbook pages, circa 1950s