The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

John Guare
Playwright

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Christina (Chryse) Maile
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

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

John Guare Playwright

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Christina (Chryse) Maile Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective