The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

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

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Rita Gardner
Actress

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

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

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

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

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Rita Gardner Actress

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company