The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Richard Frankel
Producer

Terry Schreiber
Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Norman Thomas Marshall
Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

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

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

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Richard Frankel Producer

Terry Schreiber Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

A.R. Gurney Playwright

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Shami Chaikin Actress

Norman Thomas Marshall Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor