The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

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

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R)
Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Terry Schreiber
Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

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

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Larry Pine
Actor

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

David Ives
Playwright

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Robert LuPone
Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

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

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

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

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R) Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Terry Schreiber Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

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

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Larry Pine Actor

Marylouse Burke Actress

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

David Ives Playwright

Shami Chaikin Actress

Robert LuPone Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company