The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

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

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Jack Garfein
Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Dana Ivey
Actress

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

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

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

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Jack Garfein Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Arthur Kopit Playwright

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Dana Ivey Actress