The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

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

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Oz Scott
Director

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Jeff Weiss
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

Terry Schreiber
Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Kristin Marting
Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Marilyn Chris
Actress

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

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

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

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

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Oz Scott Director

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Jeff Weiss Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

Terry Schreiber Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Kristin Marting Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Marilyn Chris Actress

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR