The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Dr. Glory Van Scott
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Terry Schreiber
Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

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

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Dr. Glory Van Scott Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Terry Schreiber Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor