The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Norman Thomas Marshall
Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett
Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Richard Maltby Jr.
Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

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

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

George Morfogen
Actor

James C. Nicola
Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

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

Norman Thomas Marshall Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Richard Maltby Jr. Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

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

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

George Morfogen Actor

James C. Nicola Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright