The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Lynn Cohen
Actress

David Ives
Playwright

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

Tina Howe
Playwright

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

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Dick D. Zigun
Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Joe John Battista
Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, 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

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

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Lynn Cohen Actress

David Ives Playwright

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

Tina Howe Playwright

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

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Dick D. Zigun Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Joe John Battista Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer