The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Morgan Jenness
Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Theodora Skipitares
Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Marianne de Pury
Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Larry Pine
Actor

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

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

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Morgan Jenness Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Theodora Skipitares Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Marianne de Pury Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Larry Pine Actor

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright