The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

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

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Robert Kalfin
Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett
Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

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

Richard Seff
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Kristin Marting
Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

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

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

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

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Robert Kalfin Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Brian Murray Actor, Director

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

Richard Seff Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Kristin Marting Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer