The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

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

Lois Smith
Actress

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Rita Gardner
Actress

David Rothenberg
Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

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

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

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Marylouse Burke Actress

Willa Kim Costume Designer

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

Lois Smith Actress

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Rita Gardner Actress

David Rothenberg Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

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

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

A.R. Gurney Playwright

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer