The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

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

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Gail Merrifield Papp
Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Dana Ivey
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

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

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

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Gail Merrifield Papp Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Dana Ivey Actress