The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Christina (Chryse) Maile
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Elizabeth Ireland McCann
Producer

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

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

Christina (Chryse) Maile Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Elizabeth Ireland McCann Producer

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright