The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Terry Schreiber
Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

Shami Chaikin
Actress

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

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R)
Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Joseph Hardy
Director

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Marianne de Pury
Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

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

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

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Tina Shepard
Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

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

Terry Schreiber Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright

Shami Chaikin Actress

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

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R) Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Joseph Hardy Director

Lynn Cohen Actress

Marianne de Pury Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

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

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

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Tina Shepard Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director