The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

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

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Elise Stone and Craig Smith
Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett
Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

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

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

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

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

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

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

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

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Elise Stone and Craig Smith Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

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

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

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

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur