The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

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

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Dick D. Zigun
Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Amy Saltz
Director

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

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

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

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

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

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Dick D. Zigun Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Amy Saltz Director

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

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Charles Mee Playwright, Author