The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

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

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Tina Shepard
Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, 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

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

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

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Tina Shepard Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director