The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

David Ives
Playwright

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

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

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

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

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

David Ives Playwright

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

A.R. Gurney Playwright

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

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

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts