Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia
This collection contains promotional materials including flyers, post cards, handouts, and playbill inserts for shows staged at the Center for Performing Arts.
The collection is a joint project between the University Library and the Center for Performing Arts to create a digital archive for the CPA's 20th anniversary. Content is being actively added and this is a work in progress. To find out more contact OPUS staff at opus@govst.edu or the University Library at library@govst.edu
You can browse the entire collection below or view memorabilia organized by season here.
This collection is a work in progress as some materials are not yet available.
Browse the shows in alphabetical order below.
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Colorado String Quartet
Center for Performing Arts
Playbill insert for the March 2, 1997 performance by Colorado String Quartet.
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Color Purple
Center for Performing Arts
Promotional material and playbill insert for the February 8, 2012 performance of The Color Purple.
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Comedy & Pet Theatre Starring Gregory Popovich
Center for Performing Arts
Autographed playbill insert for the May 13, 2006 performance of Comedy & Pet Theatre Starring Gregory Popovich.
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Company
Center for Performing Arts
Promotional material for the January 25-26, 2014 performances of Stephen Songheim's Company by the Southland Area Theatre Ensemble (SLATE).
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Corduroy
Center for Performing Arts
Program for the February 28, 2004 performance of Corduroy by Theatreworks/USA.
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Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues with the Siegel-Schwall Band
Center for Performing Arts
Playbill insert for the April 17, 1999 performance by Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues with the Siegel-Schwall Band.
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Cornell Gunter's Coasters, Elsberry Hobbs' Drifters, and The Platters
Center for Performing Arts
Playbill insert for the February 14, 2003 performance by Cornell Gunter's Coasters, Elsberry Hobbs' Drifters, and The Platters.
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Cotton-Tail Capers
Center for Performing Arts
Program for the March 27, 1999 Alphabet Soup Production of Cotton-Tail Capers.
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CPA Celebrates Burt Dikelsky's Opening Night of Retirement Life!
Center for Performing Arts
Program from the November 3, 2011 event honoring Burt Dikelsky when he retired as Executive Director of the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University.The program's design and layout was created by Jon Cobb.
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CPA Scrapbook
Center for Performing Arts
This scrapbook was created by Ann Needham in 2008 for Tony Pasquinelli and Karen Reid as they retired from the CPA Board. Some of the pictures in the book date back to the theater's inception in 1996.
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Crazy for You®
Center for Performing Arts
Playbill insert for the March 3, 2001 performance of Crazy for You by Mainstage Productions, L.L.C.
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Curious George
Center for Performing Arts
Promotional material and playbill insert for the October 17, 2015 performance of Curious George.
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Cyrus Chestnut & Friends: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Center for Performing Arts
Playbill insert for the December 15, 2001 performance of A Charlie Brown Christmas by Cyrus Chestnut & Friends.
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Dave Rudolf's Halloween Spooktacular
Center for Performing Arts
Programs for the October 31, 1998 and October 31, 2009 performances of Dave Rudolf's Halloween Spooktacular.
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David Alan Grier
Center for Performing Arts
Playbill insert for the January 21, 2006 performance by David Alan Grier with special guest Kjell Bjorgen, hosted by Nikki Woods.
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David Benoit
Center for Performing Arts
Playbill insert for the February 2, 2002 performance by David Benoit.
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David Crosby and Graham Nash
Center for Performing Arts
Playbill insert and autographed memorabilia for the October 31, 2008 performance of An Evening with David Crosby and Graham Nash.
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David Sanborn
Center for Performing Arts
Playbill inserts for the March 3, 2000 performance by David Sanborn with special guest, comedian Owen Smith and the February 11, 2006 performance by The David Sanborn Group.
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David Sedaris
Center for Performing Arts
Autographed playbill insert for the October 19, 2007 performance by David Sedaris.
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Dee Alexander
Center for Performing Arts
Promotional material and playbill insert for the April 26, 2014 performance by Dee Alexander featuring the Evolution Ensemble Orchestra.
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Deface the Nation
Center for Performing Arts
Autographed playbill insert for the November 1, 2008 performance of Deface the Nation.
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Dennis DeYoung
Center for Performing Arts
Promotional material and playbill insert for the February 26, 2011 performance by Dennis DeYoung.
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Dianne Reeves
Center for Performing Arts
Playbill insert for the May 22, 2004 performance by Dianne Reeves.
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Die Fledermaus (The Bat)
Center for Performing Arts
Program for the January 17, 2010 performance of Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by Teatro Lirico D'Europa.
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Doc Severinsen and His Big Band
Center for Performing Arts
Playbill insert for the April 11, 1997 performance by Doc Severinsen and His Big Band Orchestra.