The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Daryl Roth
Producer

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Amy Saltz
Director

James C. Nicola
Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Ron Faber
Actor

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

James Rocco
Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

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

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

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

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

Daryl Roth Producer

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Amy Saltz Director

James C. Nicola Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Ron Faber Actor

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

James Rocco Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

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

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor