The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

Robert Kalfin
Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

Richard Schechner
Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Larry Pine
Actor

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Elise Stone and Craig Smith
Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

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

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Robert Kalfin Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

Richard Schechner Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Larry Pine Actor

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Elise Stone and Craig Smith Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam