The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Dr. Glory Van Scott
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Elizabeth Ireland McCann
Producer

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

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Ron Faber
Actor

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

Jeff Weiss
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

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

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Dr. Glory Van Scott Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Elizabeth Ireland McCann Producer

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

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Ron Faber Actor

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright

Jeff Weiss Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright