The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Richard Frankel
Producer

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

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

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

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

George Morfogen
Actor

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

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Marianne de Pury
Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Nicky Paraiso
Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

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

Richard Frankel Producer

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

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

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

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

George Morfogen Actor

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

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Marianne de Pury Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Nicky Paraiso Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama