The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

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

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

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

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

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

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

David Rothenberg
Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Tina Shepard
Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin
Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

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

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

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

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

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

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

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

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

David Rothenberg Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Tina Shepard Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director