The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

George Ferencz
Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Oz Scott
Director

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

Richard Frankel
Producer

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Ron Faber
Actor

James C. Nicola
Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Rita Gardner
Actress

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

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

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

George Ferencz Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Oz Scott Director

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

Richard Frankel Producer

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Ron Faber Actor

James C. Nicola Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Rita Gardner Actress

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