**This is the story of New York's theater history. This is your story.**

From ticket stubs to props...what have you held onto and collected over the years? We want to help preserve it! We want to see your personal treasures of Broadway & Off-Broadway history and hear the stories behind them.

Now in "beta" for online submissions, we invite you to submit your piece of theater history for us to upload into our online archive, where theatre lovers, researchers, and teachers can access it for years to come!

About Wait in the Wings:

Our mission is to turn theatre strangers into theatre experts without them even knowing. Wait in the Wings produces free-to-access documentaries on our 150K subscriber YouTube channel, live screenings & seminars, conferences, workshops, and community gatherings.

Our 501(C)3 partner, Friends of Wait in the Wings, furthers the educational mission of Wait in the Wings by supporting—through fundraising and volunteers—the production of media that shares the history of theater. Friends of Wait in the Wings is led by a devoted board of directors & committees comprised of artists, philanthropists, advocates, and storytellers, all of whom share in a passion for developing diverse and equitable theatrical community and safeguarding theatre history.

Questions?

What kind of objects & stories are we looking to preserve?
All items & stories should be connected to Broadway, Off-Broadway, National Tour, or pre-Broadway tryouts (no regional/community theater for now!). In an effort to gather less commonly archived items, we are not preserving Playbills or Programs at this time.

Props and costumes
Personal theater photos (photography of a Broadway marquee, backstage in costume, your dressing room, stage door at your favorite show...)
Stories and items connected to shows on the Wait in the Wings Endangered List
Stories and items connected to our upcoming documentaries:
- Twisted (StarKid)
- Love! Valour! Compassion!
- Dance of the Vampires/Tanz der Vampire
- Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and the costume designer Eiko Ishioka
- Raggedy Ann: The Musical Adventure
Stories and items connected to shows and topics covered by Wait in the Wings
Designs for costumes, stages, or set pieces
Cards, letters, notes, or documents related to Broadway or Off-Broadway productions
Objects that are "born digital" (pictures, videos, design files). You can email them to us!
Uniforms and name tags (ushers, theater employees...)
Promotional Merchandise
Opening Night gifts

How much can I submit?
1-3 items

My prop/costume is damaged, is that okay?
Yes! That's part of it's story, especially if you know how it happened...like a stage used newspaper from Newsies that got torn by dance!

Are we accepting donations?
If you would like to make a donation of an object or photo collection, arrangements may be made by emailing juliannawitw@gmail.com. Monetary donations aren't required, but are appreciated, and can be made by card on this page or by cash, check, or Venmo to @friendsofwitw at the event.

2026 Virtual Broadway History Harvest

Presented by Friends of Wait in the Wings (and you!)