The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R)
Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Elizabeth Ireland McCann
Producer

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

George Morfogen
Actor

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

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

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R) Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Elizabeth Ireland McCann Producer

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

George Morfogen Actor

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness