The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

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

Tina Shepard
Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

George Ferencz
Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Nicky Paraiso
Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

James C. Nicola
Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

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

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Vinie Burrows
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

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

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

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

Tina Shepard Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

George Ferencz Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Nicky Paraiso Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

James C. Nicola Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

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

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Vinie Burrows Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress