The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Marshall W. Mason
Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Joanne Camp (Sobel)
Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

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

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Shami Chaikin
Actress

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

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

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

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Marshall W. Mason Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Joanne Camp (Sobel) Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

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

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Shami Chaikin Actress

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

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