The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

Lola Pashalinski
Performance Artist, Actor

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

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Amy Saltz
Director

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

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

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

Lola Pashalinski Performance Artist, Actor

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

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Amy Saltz Director

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation