The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

George Morfogen
Actor

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Gail Merrifield Papp
Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

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

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Oz Scott
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

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

George Morfogen Actor

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Gail Merrifield Papp Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

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

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Oz Scott Director