The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Christina (Chryse) Maile
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

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

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

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

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

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

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

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

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

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

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

Christina (Chryse) Maile Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

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

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Marylouse Burke Actress

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

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

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

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

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

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

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

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground