The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Dorothy Olim
Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Joe John Battista
Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

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

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

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

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

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Dorothy Olim Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Joe John Battista Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

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

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

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