The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Marshall W. Mason
Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

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

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

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

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Marshall W. Mason Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

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

Shami Chaikin Actress

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

A.R. Gurney Playwright

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway