The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

David Ives
Playwright

Christopher Martin
Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Nicky Paraiso
Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R)
Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Tina Howe
Playwright

David Rothenberg
Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

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

Oz Scott
Director

Jack Garfein
Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Lois Smith
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

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

David Ives Playwright

Christopher Martin Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Nicky Paraiso Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R) Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Tina Howe Playwright

David Rothenberg Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

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

Oz Scott Director

Jack Garfein Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Lois Smith Actress