The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Dr. Glory Van Scott
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

George Ferencz
Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Tina Howe
Playwright

Mark Russell
Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

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

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

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

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

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Dr. Glory Van Scott Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

George Ferencz Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Tina Howe Playwright

Mark Russell Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

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

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

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