The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Joanne Camp (Sobel)
Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett
Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

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

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Robert LuPone
Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, 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

Joanne Camp (Sobel) Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Lynn Cohen Actress

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

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

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Robert LuPone Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director