The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Lois Smith
Actress

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Jeff Weiss
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

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

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

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

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Lois Smith Actress

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Jeff Weiss Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

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

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer