This folder includes additional material related to "Spinnerets."

Informational sheet for Painted Bride Art Center's Grant Program for Interdisciplinary Artists, 1989, outlining its history, grant requirements, benefits, eligibility, review process, and criteria. Funding of the grant is listed as by The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Typewritten grant proposal document, three pages, detailing Claudia Stevens' experience and professional history.

Scope and Contents Completed grant application form, prepared by Claudia Stevens, for development, composition of "Spinnerets" a music-theater piece.

Letter from Steve Gerba of Painted Bride Art Center to Claudia Stevens announcing the selection of her project proposal and awarding her $2,000 in grant funding.

Scope and Contents Artist copy of the contractual agreement for Award Recipient Claudia Stevens for the Painted Bride Art Center's grant for development, composition of "Spinnerets" a music-theater piece.

Handwritten literary and design sketches made in development of the text, staging and performance concept of "Spinnerets."

Scope and Contents Typewritten memo to collaborator Judith Shatin from Claudia Stevens regarding "text revisions, additions, alterations" for "Spinnerets."

Titled "Arachne: Working Tape," planning notes regarding the timing of the production of "Spinnerets."

Scope and Contents Letter from Judith Shatin to Claudia Stevens regarding their collaboration on "Spinnerets" and enclosing sketches.

Scope and Contents Interim report on "Spinnerets" provided to Painted Bride by Claudia Stevens, announcing world premiere on November 14, 1990, to be presented at the Virginia Beach Arts Center. The report describes the creative process, development of the script, musical, and visual elements, staging, choreography, and production planning

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter to Judith Shatin from Claudia Stevens regarding the development of the music and text for "Spinnerets"

Text by Claudia Stevens, working score by Judith Shatin, with staging directions and notes.

Music-vocal score for "Spinnerets," music by Judith Shatin, libretto by Claudia Stevens, with handwritten notes.

Production notes by Marilyn Boyd DeReggi, of Inter-Arts Projects, regarding the image projections and timing for "Spinnerets."

Handwritten note to Marilyn Boyd DeReggi referencing an enclosed tape of performance by Judith Shatin and Claudia Stevens, for use in development of the film projection parts of the production of "Spinnerets."

Handwritten notes on the lighting and timing for "Spinnerets."

Program notes by Claudia Stevens, prepared for "Spinnerets."

Scope and Contents Letters, and drafts of letters, between Claudia Stevens, Judith Shatin, and Marilyn DeReggi regarding the "Spinnerets" collaboration, revealing an inability to cooperate fully to each artist's satisfaction, or to continue performance of the project into the future beyond two performances, one at Virginia Beach Arts Center and another at Hampden-Sydney College. Canceled checks for payment by Stevens to Shatin and other expenses are included here.

Staging notes for "Spinnerets."

Program notes for November 14, 1990 production of "Spinnerets."

Scope and Contents Volume 6, Number 5, of "Artletter," created by the Virginia Beach Center for the Arts; it features a piece on the cover about "Spinnerets" (its world premiere) and "The Heart Disclosed," both performed on November 14, 1990.