The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

George Morfogen
Actor

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

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

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

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

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Amy Saltz
Director

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Kristin Marting
Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

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

George Morfogen Actor

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

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

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

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

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Amy Saltz Director

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Kristin Marting Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer