The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Marilyn Chris
Actress

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Norman Thomas Marshall
Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

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

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

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

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

Tina Howe
Playwright

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

James Rocco
Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, 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

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Marilyn Chris Actress

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Norman Thomas Marshall Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

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

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

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

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

Tina Howe Playwright

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

James Rocco Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director