The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Richard Seff
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

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

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

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

Nicky Paraiso
Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

John Guare
Playwright

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

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Dorothy Olim
Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

George Morfogen
Actor

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

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

Richard Seff Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

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

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

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

Nicky Paraiso Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

John Guare Playwright

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

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Dorothy Olim Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

George Morfogen Actor

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre