The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Richard Schechner
Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Terese Hayden
Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

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

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

George Morfogen
Actor

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

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Richard Schechner Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Terese Hayden Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Arthur Kopit Playwright

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Lynn Cohen Actress

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

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

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

George Morfogen Actor