The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Ellen Maddow
Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

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

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Oz Scott
Director

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

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

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

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

Ellen Maddow Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

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

Lynn Cohen Actress

Oz Scott Director

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

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

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager