The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Richard Maltby Jr.
Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Rita Gardner
Actress

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Dick D. Zigun
Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Joseph Hardy
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

Richard Maltby Jr. Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Rita Gardner Actress

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Dick D. Zigun Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Joseph Hardy Director