The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Dana Ivey
Actress

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Terese Hayden
Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

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

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Dana Ivey Actress

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Terese Hayden Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards