The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

George Morfogen
Actor

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Ozzie Rodriguez
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

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

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

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

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

George Morfogen Actor

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Ozzie Rodriguez Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

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

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre