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Boulder City Little Theatre/First NightersEntry/Object ID
MS.73Scope and Content
Boulder City Little Theatre/First Nighters
MS 73
Boulder City Little Theatre/First Nighters
The Boulder City Little Theatre originated in the Boulder City Civic Music and Drama Committee established early in 1943 to present Boulder's first annual May Festival. During the week of May 12-15, the community presented public performances of music and dance, as well as art exhibitions. On April 15, 1944, a group of people associated with the May Festival, led by Helen Hammond, met in the auditorium of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power building to discuss founding a legitimate community theatre group, and the Boulder City Little Theatre was born. Their first production was East Lynne, performed at the 1944 May Festival on May 11. When Camp Williston, an army camp on the south edge of Boulder City, was abandoned after the war, the Boulder City Little Theatre leased the old Post Theatre. When that building was sold and torn down in 1959, the group eventually moved into the Memorial Building adjacent to the high school on Fifth Street, then known as the Multipurpose Building. The Boulder City Little Theatre's last performance was "Anniversary Waltz," performed July 20-22, 1967 as a fund raiser for the Boulder City Cultural Center.
In 1972 Jeanne Clark [Harshman] revived the theatre group and re-named it the Boulder First Nighters, whose first performance was "You Can't Take It With You," presented on November 2-4, 1972. The First Nighters performed until about 1986 when the group died what seems to be a final death.
The material in MS 73 includes programs, scripts, and news clippings about performances from 1945 - 1986. Another collection which deals with both the First Nighters and the Boulder City Little Theatre is MS 69 [Jeanne Harshman Collection]. Also refer to photo collections no. 0108 [Jeanne Harshman Collection] and 0111 [Georgia Rackey Stowe Collection].
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MS 73
Boulder City Little Theatre/First Nighters
inventory
[1 box]
Box 1 of 1 ff no.
1. program - "Three One-Act Plays" [March 1 and 2, 1945] 1
2. program - "Lena Rivers" [November 7 and 9, 1945] 2
3. program - "Dear Ruth" [November 9-10, 1948] 3
4. cast and staff of "My Sister Eileen" [May 19-20, 1950] 4
5. program - "Two Blind Mice" [November 14-15, 1951] 5
6. program and news clippings - "Anniversary Waltz"
[July 20-22, 1967] 6
7. program - "You Can't Take It With You" [November 2-4, 1972] 7
8. program - "110 in the Shade" [June 28-30, 1973] 8
9. news clippings - "F. L. I. P. P. E. D." [May 2-4, 1974] 9
10. program - "Adrift in New York" [May 14-15, 21-22, 1976] 10
11. script - "Adrift in New York" [May 14-15, 21-22, 1976
(with notes from Georgia Rackey Stowe)] 11
12. cast and staff - "Deadwood Dick" [November 7-9, 1985] 12
13. script - "Deadwood Dick" [May 3-6, 1973 and November 7-9,
1985 (with notes from Georgia Rackey Stowe)] 13
14. news clippings - "Deadwood Dick" [November 7-9, 1985] 14
15. program - "Plaza Suite" [September 26-27, 1986] 15
16. script - "Plaza Suite" [September 26-27, 1986 (with notes from
Georgia Rackey Stowe)] 16
17. program - "Season's Greetings with Season's Readings" [n.d.] 17
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Related Entries
Notes
photograph collection no. 0108 [Jeanne Harshman Collection]
photograph collection no. 0111 [Georgia Rackey Stowe Collection]
MS 69 [Jeanne Harshman Collection]Created By
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November 9, 2002Updated By
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September 4, 2025