The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

Terese Hayden
Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Jeff Weiss
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Gail Merrifield Papp
Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

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

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

Terese Hayden Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Jeff Weiss Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Gail Merrifield Papp Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

James Latus Production Stage Manager