The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

June Gable
Actress

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Vinie Burrows
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

James Rocco
Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Ellen Maddow
Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin
Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

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

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

June Gable Actress

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Vinie Burrows Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

James Rocco Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Ellen Maddow Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights