The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Lois Smith
Actress

James C. Nicola
Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Dana Ivey
Actress

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

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

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Lois Smith Actress

James C. Nicola Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Dana Ivey Actress

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer