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Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (Seattle, Wash.)


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    • Glenn Hughes Playhouse (Seattle, Wash.)
    • Hughes Playhouse (Seattle, Wash.)
    • Jones Playhouse (Seattle, Wash.)
    • Playhouse (Seattle, Wash. : University Way)
    • Playhouse Theater (Seattle, Wash.)
    • Playhouse Theatre (Seattle, Wash.)
    • Seattle Repertory Playhouse (Seattle, Wash.)
    • Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle, Wash. : Theater)
    • University of Washington Playhouse Theatre (Seattle, Wash.)
    • University Playhouse (Seattle, Wash.)
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    • Playhouse Theater (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Sources

    • found: University of Washington campus collection, via WWW, July 18, 2003(Playhouse Theater (Seattle, Wash.))
    • found: Johnston, N.J. University of Washington, 2001:p. 106 (Playhouse Theater, built 1931, renovated 1968; acquired by the University in 1951)
    • found: HistoryLink.org, via WWW, July 18, 2003:timeline/Repertory Playhouse opens new theater on Feb. 2, 1930 (Seattle Repertory Playhouse or the "Old Rep" company was founded in 1928, and built a permanent home in 1930; the company, a target of the Washington State Legislature Committee on Un-American Activities, was nearly bankrupt in 1950 and forced to sell their building to the University of Washington's School of Drama; Playhouse Theater, formerly University Playhouse, formerly Seattle Repertory Theater) metropedia/Hughes, Glenn ("The theater reopened as the University Playhouse on November 29, 1951 ... After remodeling in 1967, the theater was renamed the Glenn Hughes Playhouse. It became simply the Playhouse in 1991; it remains in use as a university theater")
    • found: Univ. of Wash. School of Drama home page, July 25, 2003:performance spaces (Playhouse Theatre) map (Playhouse Theater)
    • found: UW directory, 2000-02(under Drama, School of - Theatres: Playhouse)
    • found: Univ. of Wash. home page search, July 25, 2003(the Playhouse; School of Drama Playhouse Theatre; Playhouse Theatre; Playhouse Theater)
    • found: Wikipedia, Aug. 2, 2017:Playhouse Theatre (Seattle) (The Playhouse Theatre (later University of Washington Playhouse Theatre, now officially Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse) is a theater located at 4045 University Way NE (41st St) on The Ave in the University District, Seattle, Washington. It was converted from a tile warehouse in 1930 by Burton and Florence James, who set up the Seattle Repertory Playhouse with multi-ethnic performers and audiences)
    • found: University of Washington campus map online, Aug. 2, 2017(Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse; Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater)
    • found: University of Washington School of Drama website, Aug. 2, 2017:Performances & events > Performance venues (Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse; Originally a storehouse and remodeled into a theater in 1930, the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (originally called the Seattle Repertory Playhouse), was the very first state-sponsored theater in the nation and was home to WPA projects and the Negro Federal Theater Projects. It has a thrust stage and seats 210. Located at 4045 University Way NE; Jones Playhouse)
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    • 2003-09-04: new
    • 2017-10-13: revised
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