This series covers the areas of Schechner's career that did not relate directly to TDR, particularly the many conferences and workshops he either attended or participated in, his academic career at New York University, the numerous theater groups he founded or advised, and his extracurricular activities (usually political in nature).
This series is arranged into four subseries: Conferences, New York University, Theater Groups, and Miscellaneous.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically and includes correspondence, memos, advertisements, and, in some cases, notes and papers from the conference speakers. A great deal of information pertains to the Intercultural Performance Conference held at Bellagio, Italy in 1991.
Arranged alphabetically by conference.
The strength of this subseries is the lecture notes, course descriptions, and syllabi created by Schechner for his NYU courses. The diversity of required reading material and guest lecturers underscores the multifaceted character of Schechner's teaching responsibilities and the wealth of knowledge on which he could call. The majority of the material dates from classes Schechner taught at NYU during the 1990s.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
This subseries consists of correspondence, flyers, promotional items for the company or the production, and other material related to the various theater groups that Schechner has been associated with during his career, particularly the comparatively recent group, East Coast Artists. Information pertaining to The Performance Group, Schechner's best-known company, may be found in Series 5.
Arranged alphabetically by theater company.
Included in this subseries are items such as numerous printed interviews with Schechner, general biographical information, letters to the editor of a variety of publications, Schechner's participation in Performing Artists Against Nuclear Disarmament, and his six Absurdist Notebooks concerning the playwright Eugene Ionesco.
Arranged alphabetically by title.