The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

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

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

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

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

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

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

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

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

Shami Chaikin Actress

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

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

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer