The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Joseph Hardy
Director

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

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

Christopher Martin
Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

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

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Ron Faber
Actor

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, 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

Joseph Hardy Director

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

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

Christopher Martin Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Shami Chaikin Actress

Willa Kim Costume Designer

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

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Ron Faber Actor

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress