The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner
Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Ping Chong
Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

Oz Scott
Director

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

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

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

A.R. Gurney Playwright

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Ping Chong Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

Oz Scott Director

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress