The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Ron Faber
Actor

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

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

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

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Ron Faber Actor

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Lynn Cohen Actress

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

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