The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Rita Gardner
Actress

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R)
Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Daryl Roth
Producer

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Jeff Weiss
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Ozzie Rodriguez
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Mark Russell
Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Peter Maloney
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

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Rita Gardner Actress

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R) Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Daryl Roth Producer

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Jeff Weiss Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Ozzie Rodriguez Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Mark Russell Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright