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Description: Caffe Cino, a coffee house at 31 Cornelia Street in New York City's Greenwich Village, was at the center of the nascent Off Off-Broadway movement. Founded by Joe Cino in 1958, the Cino staged hundreds of plays, poetry readings, and musical revues. It closed in 1968, a year after the death of Joe Cino. Twenty-six oversized posters for productions at the Caffe Cino; many designed by Ken Burgess, but others by the playwrights themselves. Includes mixed media works of collage using pieces of glass, photos, paper cut-outs, newsprint, stickers, paint and aluminum foil. Productions represented include plays by Soren Agenoux, Diane Di Prima, Tom Eyen, Robert Heide, H.M. Koutoukas, David Starkweather and Lanford Wilson, among others.
Names: Caffe Cino (Event place); Burgess, Ken (Kenneth Emerson), 1935-1989 (Artist); Cino, Joe, 1931-1967 (Presenter)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1960 - 1968; Place: 31 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y.
Library locations: Billy Rose Theatre Division; Shelf locator: *T-Vim 2011-300
Topics: Agenoux, Soren, 1936-; Borske, Haal; Caruana, Jerry; Di Prima, Diane; Eyen, Tom; Hartman, Peter; Heide, Robert, 1939-; Howard, James; Koutoukas, H. M. (Haralambos Monroe), 1937-2010; Krauss, Ruth; LaBar, Tom; Perkinson, James W.; Starkweather, David (Playwright); Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955; Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011; Experimental theater -- New York (State) -- New York; Gay theater; Off Off-Broadway theater; Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres: Posters; Collages
Notes: Biographical/historical: Caffe Cino, a coffee house at 31 Cornelia Street in New York City's Greenwich Village, was the birthplace of Off Off-Broadway theatre. Founded by Joe Cino in 1958, the Cino staged hundreds of plays, poetry readings, and musical revues. It closed in 1968, a year after the death of Joe Cino. Caffe Cino is especially recognized as a site for for significant LGBTQ performance and culture.; Content: Twenty-six oversized posters for productions at the Caffe Cino; many designed and created by artist Ken Burgess, but others created by the playwrights themselves. Includes mixed media works of collage using pieces of glass, photos, paper cut-outs, newsprint, stickers, paint and aluminum foil. Productions represented include plays by Soren Agenoux, Diane Di Prima, Tom Eyen, Robert Heide, H.M. Koutoukas, David Starkweather and Lanford Wilson, among others.
Physical Description: Extent: 26 posters in 22 folders: color ; 76 cm. x 100 cm. and smaller.
Type of Resource: Still image; Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19427354; MSS Unit ID: 24236; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9f210560-5f9c-0139-94e5-0242ac110002

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