The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

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

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Marylouse Burke
Actress

John Guare
Playwright

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Saundra McClain
Actor, Director, Writer

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

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

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

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

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

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Marylouse Burke Actress

John Guare Playwright

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Saundra McClain Actor, Director, Writer

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

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER