The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Amy Saltz
Director

George Morfogen
Actor

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Dana Ivey
Actress

Marianne de Pury
Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

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

Richard Seff
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

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

Amy Saltz Director

George Morfogen Actor

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Dana Ivey Actress

Marianne de Pury Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

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

Richard Seff Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent