The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Tina Shepard
Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

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

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

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

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Robert LuPone
Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Marshall W. Mason
Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

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

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Tina Shepard Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

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

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

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

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Robert LuPone Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Marshall W. Mason Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company