The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Dana Ivey
Actress

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin
Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

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

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Dorothy Olim
Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

Ellen Maddow
Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

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

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Dana Ivey Actress

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

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

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Dorothy Olim Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

Ellen Maddow Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band