The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

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

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Lynn Cohen
Actress

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

Richard Frankel
Producer

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Vinie Burrows
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

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

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

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

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Lynn Cohen Actress

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

Richard Frankel Producer

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Vinie Burrows Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress