Playbill for Run Little Chillun at the Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California: Stationers Corporation, 1937. Double-sided sheet measuring 5 ½ x 11 ½ inches. Toned with one fold; excellent to near fine.. A playbill for the production of Hall Johnson’s "Run Little Chillun" at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles. Considered an important product of the Harlem Renaissance, "Run Little Chillun" premiered on Broadway in 1933. Its production in Los Angeles from 1935 to 1937 was funded by the Federal Theater Project, a New Deal program supporting arts and entertainment that ran from 1935 to 1939. In Los Angeles, the play was directed by African-American actor, director, writer, and composer Clarence Muse. Muse, along with the production’s musical director, company manager, and stage manager, are listed as “Production Staff: Colored Unit”, separately from the remainder of the production staff. Of interest to historians of African-American theater.