The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Joe John Battista
Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

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

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Richard Frankel
Producer

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

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

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Joe John Battista Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

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

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Richard Frankel Producer

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Merle Debuskey Press Agent