The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Dana Ivey
Actress

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Tina Howe
Playwright

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

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

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Dana Ivey Actress

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Tina Howe Playwright

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist