The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Judith Malina
Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

John Glover
Actor

George Morfogen
Actor

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

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

Dr. Glory Van Scott
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Robert LuPone
Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Lola Pashalinski
Performance Artist, Actor

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Tina Shepard
Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

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

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Judith Malina Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

John Glover Actor

George Morfogen Actor

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

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

Dr. Glory Van Scott Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Robert LuPone Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Lola Pashalinski Performance Artist, Actor

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Tina Shepard Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Marylouse Burke Actress

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer