The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Richard Frankel
Producer

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

June Gable
Actress

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

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

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

James C. Nicola
Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Gigi Gibson Bolt
Actor; Director, Theatre Program, New York State Council on the Arts; Director, Theatre and Musical, National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, DC); Interim Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group, NYC; Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

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

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, 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

Richard Frankel Producer

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

June Gable Actress

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

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

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

James C. Nicola Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Gigi Gibson Bolt Actor; Director, Theatre Program, New York State Council on the Arts; Director, Theatre and Musical, National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, DC); Interim Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group, NYC; Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

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

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director