Research Catalog

Title

Work in progress [videorecording] : first reading. [Jan. 18, 1968] / directed by Jerome Robbins.

Publication

1968.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome.
• Frey, Leonard, 1938-
• Preston, J. A.
• Bartenieff, George.
• Primus, Barry, 1938-
• Fields, Robert.
• Kurtz, Marcia.
• Monte, Barbara.
• Guare, John.
• Stone, Tom.
• American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (52 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Jerome Robbins directs a reading of an untitled work in progress about the Kennedy assassination. Robbins (mostly off-camera) reads the stage-directions. The scenes alternate between enactment of the assassination and the Warren Commission, and discussion of conspiracy theories and the aftereffects of the assassination. The actors wear masks and switch parts from scene to scene.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative Title

American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal.

Subjects

• Theater rehearsals
• Kennedy, John F (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 > Assassination > Drama
• Experimental theater > New York (State) > New York
• Video
• Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 > Drama
• Drama

Genre/Form

• Drama.
• Video.

Note

• Sound is missing on part of the tape, beginning after 10 minutes and ending after 25 minutes.
• Title from original container.
• No time/date code on frame.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal, in New York City, on Jan. 18, 1968.

Funding (note)

• Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography (note)

• American Theatre Laboratory was created in 1966 by Jerome Robbins, with a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The experimental theater workshop rehearsed several projects but did not produce any shows. One project took the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as a subject. The script, begun by Tom Stone and further developed by John Guare, was adapted from the Warren Commission Report. Scenes from this project were rehearsed in many different forms and with different casts. American Theatre Laboratory disbanded in 1968.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6411 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F430

Title

Work in progress [videorecording] : first reading. [Jan. 18, 1968] / directed by Jerome Robbins.

Imprint

1968.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Performer

Rehearsed by members of the American Theatre Laboratory, including Leonard Frey, James Preston, George Bartenieff, Barry Primus, Barbara Monte, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Robert Fields.

Event

Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal, in New York City, on Jan. 18, 1968.

Funding

Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography

American Theatre Laboratory was created in 1966 by Jerome Robbins, with a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The experimental theater workshop rehearsed several projects but did not produce any shows. One project took the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as a subject. The script, begun by Tom Stone and further developed by John Guare, was adapted from the Warren Commission Report. Scenes from this project were rehearsed in many different forms and with different casts. American Theatre Laboratory disbanded in 1968.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome. Director

Frey, Leonard, 1938- Performer

Preston, J. A. Performer

Bartenieff, George. Performer

Primus, Barry, 1938- Performer

Fields, Robert. Performer

Kurtz, Marcia. Performer

Monte, Barbara. Performer

Guare, John. Author

Stone, Tom. Author

American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)

Other Title

American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6411 JRC