The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Rita Gardner
Actress

Oz Scott
Director

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

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

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Shami Chaikin Actress

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Rita Gardner Actress

Oz Scott Director

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts