The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Ron Faber
Actor

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Richard Maltby Jr.
Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

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

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Ellen Maddow
Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

June Gable
Actress

Amy Saltz
Director

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

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

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Ron Faber Actor

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Richard Maltby Jr. Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

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

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Ellen Maddow Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

June Gable Actress

Amy Saltz Director

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright