The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Gigi Gibson Bolt
Actor; Director, Theatre Program, New York State Council on the Arts; Director, Theatre and Musical, National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, DC); Interim Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group, NYC; Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts

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

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Joseph Hardy
Director

John Glover
Actor

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

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Saundra McClain
Actor, Director, Writer

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, 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

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Gigi Gibson Bolt Actor; Director, Theatre Program, New York State Council on the Arts; Director, Theatre and Musical, National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, DC); Interim Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group, NYC; Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts

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

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Joseph Hardy Director

John Glover Actor

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

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Saundra McClain Actor, Director, Writer

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author