The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

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

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

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

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Dana Ivey
Actress

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

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

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

F. Murray Abraham Actor

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

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

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

Marylouse Burke Actress

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Dana Ivey Actress

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright