tent.mus Tenthouse and Music Theaters Collection Highland Park Historical Society

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2012-03-23 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.6.0 2026-08-13 11:36 UTC English JLS K4 Tenthouse and Music Theaters Collection tent.mus 1958-1964 0.5 Linear feet : 1 Box Highland Park Historical Society

English Tenthouse Theater in the Round. Music Theater (Highland Park, Ill.)

Founded by Herb Rogers in 1948, The Tenthouse Theater in the Round was a summer drama playhouse. The Tenthouse Theater Company, featuring “all-Equity actors” was located East of Skokie Ave on Park Ave. Touted as the first professional summer theater in Chicago, the Tenthouse’s revolving stage attracted actors such as Joan Fontaine and Basil Rathbone.The theater became a Highland Park Society center for organizational benefits and other galas. The Highland Park Rotary Club and the Women's Auxiliary of Highland Park Hospital represent two of these groups.The theater closed after the 1965 season for financial reasons.

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Programs, advertisements and one nostalgic clipping from summer and music theaters Tenthouse in the Round and Herb Roger's Music Theater in Highland Park, Illinois.

Rogers, Herb Summer theater--Illinois--Highland Park Theater programs

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Publicity : Broadsheets, Advertisements, Sheets, Flyers tent.mus-1.1 1959-1962 1.0 Folders

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Programs for the Tenthouse Theater and the Music Theater in Highland Park tent.mus-1.2 1958-1964 1.0 Folders

Issued in Stagebill series.

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Programs for the Tenthouse Theater and Herb Roger's Music Theater in Highland Park tent.mus-1.3 1959-1964 1.0 Folders

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Programs and clippings tent.mus-1.4 1965, 1978-1979 1.0 Files.

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