The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Barbara Montgomery
Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Terese Hayden
Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

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

Barbara Montgomery Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Shami Chaikin Actress

Terese Hayden Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer