The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Robert Kalfin
Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Jeff Weiss
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

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

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Rita Gardner
Actress

Joanne Camp (Sobel)
Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Lynn Cohen
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

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Robert Kalfin Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Jeff Weiss Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

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

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Rita Gardner Actress

Joanne Camp (Sobel) Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Lynn Cohen Actress