The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

David Ives
Playwright

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett
Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

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

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

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

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

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

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

David Ives Playwright

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Marylouse Burke Actress

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

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

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

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