The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

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

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Christina (Chryse) Maile
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Amy Saltz
Director

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Shami Chaikin
Actress

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

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Julius Novick Author, Critic

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

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Christina (Chryse) Maile Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Amy Saltz Director

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Shami Chaikin Actress