Mia McCullough papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McCullough
Scope and Content of the Collection
Mainly various scripts written by McCullough including both drafts and final versions. Handwritten notebooks that contain drafts also include some personal notes. Press clippings, articles, flyers, and other promotional material as well as some production material like cast signatures, set design, and actor packets from some plays are included. Personal writings and awards are included. Some material such as newspapers, posters, and a magazine are oversized.
Dates
- 1992-2012
Creator
- McCullough, Mia (Person)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The Mia McCullough papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Mia McCullough papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright and literary rights are retained by the author. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections at reference@newberry.org.
Biography of Mia McCullough
Chicago playwright and screenwriter.
Mia McCullough was born in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York and grew up in the small working class town of Hawthorne, New York. McCullough came to Chicago to attend Northwestern University, where she graduated in 1992 with a degree in theater. She began with a focus in acting and directing until her junior year, where she reignited her love for writing. Here she discovered her interest in writing and creating her own scripts instead of interpreting someone else’s play. After graduation, she remained in Chicago. She spent the first few years independently writing and attending occasional workshops and festivals. Around 2006, she began meeting with the group, the Playwrights Collective where she rekindled the constructive collaborative spirit she had in college.
McCullough has written plays that have been produced on stages in Chicago, Cincinnati, Atlanta, and Philadelphia. For her breakthrough play, “Chagrin Falls,” she was the recipient of the ATCA Osborn Award, a Joseph Jefferson Citation for Best New Work, first prize in the Julie Harris Playwriting competition, and a Cincinnati Entertainment Award for Best Production. She has received many other awards for her other works. She has taught playwriting at both Chicago Dramatists and Northwestern University. She currently lives in Evanston.
Mia McCullough was born in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York and grew up in the small working class town of Hawthorne, New York. McCullough came to Chicago to attend Northwestern University, where she graduated in 1992 with a degree in theater. She began with a focus in acting and directing until her junior year, where she reignited her love for writing. Here she discovered her interest in writing and creating her own scripts instead of interpreting someone else’s play. After graduation, she remained in Chicago. She spent the first few years independently writing and attending occasional workshops and festivals. Around 2006, she began meeting with the group, the Playwrights Collective where she rekindled the constructive collaborative spirit she had in college.
McCullough has written plays that have been produced on stages in Chicago, Cincinnati, Atlanta, and Philadelphia. For her breakthrough play, “Chagrin Falls,” she was the recipient of the ATCA Osborn Award, a Joseph Jefferson Citation for Best New Work, first prize in the Julie Harris Playwriting competition, and a Cincinnati Entertainment Award for Best Production. She has received many other awards for her other works. She has taught playwriting at both Chicago Dramatists and Northwestern University. She currently lives in Evanston.
Extent
4.6 Linear Feet (7 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Abstract
Drafts and copies of plays by Chicago playwright Mia McCullough, who has written plays produced by Steppenwolf, Chicago Dramatists, American Theater Company, and Stage Left Theater in Chicago, as well as many other stages nationwide. Collection also includes promotional materials and some diaries.
Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Scripts, 1992-2011
- Boxes 1-6
- Series 2: Press, Promotion, and Production Material, 1993-2012
- Box 7
- Series 3: Personal, 1992-2005
- Box 7
- Series 4: Oversized Material, 1994-2012
- Box 8
Collection Stack Location
1 41 2, 1 30 4
Provenance
Gift of Mia McCullough, 2013.
Processed by
Ruby Oram, 2015 and Kelly Schulz, 2018.
- American Theater Company
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Chicago Dramatists
- Drama
- Dramatists
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- McCullough, Mia
- Publicizing -- 1951-2000
- Publicizing -- 2001-2050
- Scripts (documents) -- 1951-2000
- Scripts (documents) -- 2001-2050
- Stage Left Theater
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company
- Theater
- Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Women in the theater
Creator
- McCullough, Mia (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Mia McCullough papers, 1992-2012
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kelly Schulz
- Date
- ©2018.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org