The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Oz Scott
Director

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

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

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Oz Scott Director

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist