The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Amy Saltz
Director

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

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

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Shepard Sobel
Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

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

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Amy Saltz Director

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

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

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Shepard Sobel Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director