The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

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

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Joseph Hardy
Director

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Joanne Camp (Sobel)
Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Shepard Sobel
Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre 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

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

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

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Joseph Hardy Director

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Lynn Cohen Actress

Joanne Camp (Sobel) Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Shepard Sobel Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company