The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

James Rocco
Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Lola Pashalinski
Performance Artist, Actor

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, 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

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

James Rocco Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Lola Pashalinski Performance Artist, Actor

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright