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

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

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

George Morfogen
Actor

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

David Ives
Playwright

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Rita Gardner
Actress

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

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

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

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

George Morfogen Actor

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

David Ives Playwright

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Rita Gardner Actress

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines