The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

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

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Richard Schechner
Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Jack Garfein
Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

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

Robert LuPone
Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Marshall W. Mason
Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

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

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

James Latus Production Stage Manager

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

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Richard Schechner Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Jack Garfein Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

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

Robert LuPone Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Marshall W. Mason Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright