The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Richard Schechner
Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

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

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

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Robert LuPone
Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Saundra McClain
Actor, Director, Writer

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

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

Richard Schechner Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

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

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

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Robert LuPone Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Saundra McClain Actor, Director, Writer

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist