The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Joanne Camp (Sobel)
Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

John Glover
Actor

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

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

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

James Rocco
Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

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

Joanne Camp (Sobel) Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

John Glover Actor

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

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

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

James Rocco Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions