The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Norman Thomas Marshall
Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

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

David Rothenberg
Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Theodora Skipitares
Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

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

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

Norman Thomas Marshall Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

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

David Rothenberg Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Shami Chaikin Actress

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Theodora Skipitares Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer