The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner
Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

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

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

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

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

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 Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

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

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

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

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop