The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Richard Maltby Jr.
Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

John Glover
Actor

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Marianne de Pury
Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Joseph Hardy
Director

Saundra McClain
Actor, Director, Writer

Ron Faber
Actor

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Daryl Roth
Producer

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

Richard Maltby Jr. Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

John Glover Actor

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Marianne de Pury Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Joseph Hardy Director

Saundra McClain Actor, Director, Writer

Ron Faber Actor

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Daryl Roth Producer