The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

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

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

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

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Arthur Kopit Playwright

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

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

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

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer