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

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Dr. Glory Van Scott
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

John Guare
Playwright

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

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

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

June Gable
Actress

Marshall W. Mason
Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

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

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Dr. Glory Van Scott Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Arthur Kopit Playwright

John Guare Playwright

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

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

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

June Gable Actress

Marshall W. Mason Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company