The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Robert LuPone
Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

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

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

Ping Chong
Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

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

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, 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

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Robert LuPone Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

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

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

Ping Chong Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

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

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer