The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Amy Saltz
Director

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

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

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

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

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

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

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

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

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Amy Saltz Director

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

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

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

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

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

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

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks