United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Reevin, Sam E.1924-12-15Letter from Sam E. Reevin, manager of Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.), a Tennessee-based booking agency from 1920 to the 1930s for African American vaudeville acts, to Charles Henry Douglass, Jr., African American entrepreneur and owner of the Douglass Theatre, dated December 15, 1924, regarding stage acts booked at the Douglass Theatre. Reevin confirms that the Douglass Theatre is booked for three acts next week and lists the acts with their salaries. He mentions that the acts will come from the Eighty-One Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Charles F. Bailey, known for being hard on performers, ran the white-owned Eighty-One Theatre, located on Decatur Street. Reevin advises the addition of a fourth act since next week is Christmas week. He directs Douglass to wire him if he can use only three acts, and that he will substitute a team act for Doorkey Singleton, an eccentric dancer. Reevin confirms that the Douglass Theatre is booked with the Mae Wilson Brown Beauties for the week of December 29, and mentions their route and salary. He advises that he can book the LaFayette Players in their new production, The Unborn, during the week of January 5th and reminds Douglass of the company's good reputation. The company, originally based in Harlem, was in existence from 1915 to 1932 and produced serious, legitimate dramas, melodramas, musicals, and opera. Several alumni went on to star in Micheaux's films and other race movies. Reevin adds that the show will play in Atlanta for two weeks. He requests that Douglass confirm the letter at once so that he can order the publicity matter, which will be free of charge. Reevin adds that he will send Douglass a slide of Miss Evelyn Preer, member of the LaFayette Players, star of several Micheaux films, and later actress in mainstream films, announcing the coming of her show.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.image/jpegtext/htmldbr062Blues, Black vaudeville, and the silver screen, 1912-1930s (Digital Library of Georgia) GAGALhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Theatre Owners Booking AssociationLafayette Theatre PlayersTheaters--Georgia--MaconEntertainment events--Georgia--MaconCommercial agents--Tennessee--NashvilleAdvertising--Georgia--MaconAfrican American musicians--Employment--Georgia--MaconAfrican American actresses--Employment--Georgia--MaconAfrican American actors--Employment--Georgia--MaconVaudeville--Georgia--MaconBrown beauties (Musical show : 1924)Eighty One Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.)Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Douglass, Charles Henry, 1870-1940Preer, EvelynBoatner, MarieNiles, DewaymanSingleton, DoorkeyWilson, MaeLetter: Chattanooga, Tennessee to Charles Henry Douglass, Jr., Macon, Georgia, 1924 Dec. 15Text