The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Lois Smith
Actress

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Gail Merrifield Papp
Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

John Glover
Actor

Richard Maltby Jr.
Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

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

Richard Schechner
Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

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

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Lois Smith Actress

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Gail Merrifield Papp Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

John Glover Actor

Richard Maltby Jr. Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

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

Richard Schechner Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor