The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Janet Reed
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

Ellen Maddow
Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Vinie Burrows
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

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

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

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

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

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Janet Reed Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

A.R. Gurney Playwright

Ellen Maddow Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Vinie Burrows Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

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

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

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright