The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Daryl Roth
Producer

John Glover
Actor

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Janet Reed
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Ron Faber
Actor

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Estelle Parsons
Actress, 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

Daryl Roth Producer

John Glover Actor

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Janet Reed Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Ron Faber Actor

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director