On Display: Ah, Wilderness!

SC&A has put together an exhibit of materials from various productions of Eugene O’Neill’s only comedy Ah, Wilderness! On display in the A wing of Fenwick Library are photographs, playbills, scripts, production and technical notes, and other materials from Arena Stage, the Federal Theatre Project of the 1930s, and Studio Theatre productions.  The materials are part of the Theatre and Performing Arts Collections held in SC&A. The exhibit was inspired by the GMU Players and their current production of Ah, Wilderness!, directed by Howard Kurtz. The show runs through November 1st.

Image from the 1978 Arena Stage Production

Image from the 1978 Arena Stage Production

Act II, Scene I: Back room of a bar in a small hotel

Set from 1938 FTP Production in Los Angeles.  Act II, Scene I: Back room of a bar in a small hotel

Script from the 1978 Arena Stage Production with notes from director Edward Cornell

Script from the 1978 Arena Stage Production with notes from director Edward Cornell