The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R)
Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

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

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

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Robert Kalfin
Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

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

Elise Stone and Craig Smith
Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Amy Saltz
Director

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Rita Gardner
Actress

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

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R) Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

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

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

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Robert Kalfin Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

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

Elise Stone and Craig Smith Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Amy Saltz Director

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Rita Gardner Actress