The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner
Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

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

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

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

David Rothenberg
Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

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 Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

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

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

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

James Latus Production Stage Manager

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

David Rothenberg Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent