The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Christopher Martin
Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin
Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

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

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Christopher Martin Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Hattie Winston Actress, Director