The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

Ping Chong
Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

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

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

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

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

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

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

Ping Chong Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

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

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

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

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer