The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

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

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

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

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

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

Dana Ivey
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

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

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

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

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

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

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

Dana Ivey Actress