The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Elise Stone and Craig Smith
Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Robert Kalfin
Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

Tina Shepard
Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

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

Elise Stone and Craig Smith Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Robert Kalfin Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

Tina Shepard Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Marylouse Burke Actress

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer