The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Vinie Burrows
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

John Guare
Playwright

David Rothenberg
Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Oz Scott
Director

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Ozzie Rodriguez
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

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

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

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Vinie Burrows Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

John Guare Playwright

David Rothenberg Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Oz Scott Director

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Ozzie Rodriguez Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness