The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

David Rothenberg
Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Saundra McClain
Actor, Director, Writer

Ozzie Rodriguez
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

John Glover
Actor

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

Elise Stone and Craig Smith
Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

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

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin
Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Tina Howe
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

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

David Rothenberg Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Shami Chaikin Actress

Saundra McClain Actor, Director, Writer

Ozzie Rodriguez Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

John Glover Actor

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

Elise Stone and Craig Smith Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

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

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Tina Howe Playwright