The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Shepard Sobel
Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

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

Tina Howe
Playwright

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

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

Ozzie Rodriguez
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Nicky Paraiso
Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

Lois Smith
Actress

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

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

Willa Kim Costume Designer

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Shepard Sobel Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

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

Tina Howe Playwright

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

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

Ozzie Rodriguez Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Nicky Paraiso Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

Lois Smith Actress

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor