The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Joseph Hardy
Director

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

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Ping Chong
Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Rosemary Harris
Actress

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

James Rocco
Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

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

Joseph Hardy Director

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

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Ping Chong Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Rosemary Harris Actress

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

James Rocco Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop