The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

David Ives
Playwright

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Rosemary Harris
Actress

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

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

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

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

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

David Ives Playwright

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Rosemary Harris Actress

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

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

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

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam