The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Rosemary Harris
Actress

Larry Pine
Actor

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

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

Vinie Burrows
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

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

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Daryl Roth
Producer

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

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Rosemary Harris Actress

Larry Pine Actor

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

James Latus Production Stage Manager

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

Vinie Burrows Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

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

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Daryl Roth Producer