The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

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

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Norman Thomas Marshall
Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

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

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

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

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Norman Thomas Marshall Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead