Research Catalog

Title

[Leonard Frey and James Preston] [videorecording].

Publication

[1968]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Frey, Leonard, 1938-
• Preston, J. A.
• American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (63 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Jerome Robbins leads Leonard Frey and James Preston in a discussion of a hypothetical situation of starting a business together. They decide on a business in which they would rent themselves out as party guests. A series of improvisational exercises follow, in which Frey and Preston portray guests at a party, one a black Muslim and the other a member of the John Birch Society. The exercises explore the subject of racism. Robbins also participates in these exercises, playing the role of another party guest. In some of the exercises Frey and Preston take turns with one acting as a puppet controlled by the other.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative Title

American Theatre Laboratory workshop

Subjects

• Experimental theater > New York (State) > New York
• Improvisation (Acting)
• Video

Genre/Form

Video.

Note

• Very poor picture quality.
• No time/date code on frame.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory workshop, in New York City, in 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 and created many exercises, but did not produce any shows. American Theatre Laboratory disbanded in 1968.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6294 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F405

Title

[Leonard Frey and James Preston] [videorecording].

Imprint

[1968]

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Performer

Performed by Leonard Frey, James Preston, Jerome Robbins.

Event

Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory workshop, in New York City, in 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 and created many exercises, but did not produce any shows. American Theatre Laboratory disbanded in 1968.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, director.

Robbins, Jerome, performer.

Frey, Leonard, 1938- Performer

Preston, J. A. Performer

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

Other Title

American Theatre Laboratory workshop

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6294 JRC