The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

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

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner
Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Barbara Montgomery
Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Nicky Paraiso
Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Marilyn Chris
Actress

Terry Schreiber
Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, 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

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

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

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Lynn Cohen Actress

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Barbara Montgomery Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Nicky Paraiso Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Marilyn Chris Actress

Terry Schreiber Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director