The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

George Ferencz
Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett
Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

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

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Daryl Roth
Producer

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

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

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

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

F. Murray Abraham Actor

George Ferencz Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

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

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Daryl Roth Producer

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

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