The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Dorothy Olim
Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Terese Hayden
Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Amy Saltz
Director

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Dr. Glory Van Scott
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

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

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

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Dorothy Olim Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Terese Hayden Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Amy Saltz Director

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Dr. Glory Van Scott Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist