The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Jack Garfein
Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

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

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

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

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Richard Maltby Jr.
Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Saundra McClain
Actor, Director, Writer

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Jeff Weiss
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

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

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Jack Garfein Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

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

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

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

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Richard Maltby Jr. Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Saundra McClain Actor, Director, Writer

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Jeff Weiss Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood