Lee, Maryat, 1923-1989

Scope and Contents

Assorted papers, plays, and files regarding Ecotheatre, Maryat Lee, and Martha Asbury (Lee's assistant), as well as many of Lee's personal diaries. Also included is a signed photograph of Jackie Robinson to Lee.

Overview Maryat Lee (1923-1989) was an American playwright and theater director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theater. She pioneered street theater in Harlem and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community-based theater project. Materials include reports, newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, cassette tapes, VHS tapes, posters, manuscripts, notes, scripts, screenplays, published plays, genealogical research, journals, drawings,...