The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Lois Smith
Actress

Saundra McClain
Actor, Director, Writer

Terese Hayden
Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

Dorothy Olim
Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

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

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

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

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

June Gable
Actress

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

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Lois Smith Actress

Saundra McClain Actor, Director, Writer

Terese Hayden Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

Dorothy Olim Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

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

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

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

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

June Gable Actress