The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

Celebrating the visionaries who created New York's vibrant Off- and Off-Off-Broadway theater.

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

James Rocco
Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Lola Pashalinski
Performance Artist, Actor

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Morgan Jenness
Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Joe John Battista
Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Judith Malina
Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

MUSINGS

Posted Thursday, March 2, 2017

The Off-Broadway Oral History Project
by: Casey Childs

I have always had a curiosity with the people who create theatre out of pure passion and, like many artists, I have always been frustrated by the sad, ephemeral nature of producing plays.

FROM THE STAGE

Posted Thursday, August 15, 2019

KINESTHETICS BY Laurence Luckinbill

FROM THE HOUSE

Posted Thursday, March 2, 2017

Casting about Off-Broadway
by: Rosemarie Tichler

As a casting director for over 25 years, from 1967 to 1991, my night job was being an audience member.

The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

James Rocco Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Lola Pashalinski Performance Artist, Actor

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Morgan Jenness Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Joe John Battista Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Judith Malina Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist