The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Lola Pashalinski
Performance Artist, Actor

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

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Jeff Weiss
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

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

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Daryl Roth
Producer

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

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

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

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Lola Pashalinski Performance Artist, Actor

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

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Jeff Weiss Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

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

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Daryl Roth Producer

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

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