The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

Shepard Sobel
Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Tina Shepard
Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Rita Gardner
Actress

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Joseph Hardy
Director

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

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

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

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

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

Shepard Sobel Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Tina Shepard Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Rita Gardner Actress

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Joseph Hardy Director

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

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

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater