The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Judith Malina
Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Amy Saltz
Director

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

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Robert Kalfin
Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

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

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, 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

Judith Malina Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Amy Saltz Director

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

Shami Chaikin Actress

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Robert Kalfin Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

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

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress