The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

George Morfogen
Actor

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Christina (Chryse) Maile
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Lois Smith
Actress

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

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

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

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

Brian Murray Actor, Director

George Morfogen Actor

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Christina (Chryse) Maile Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Lois Smith Actress

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Shami Chaikin Actress

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines