The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Oz Scott
Director

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

James C. Nicola
Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

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

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Oz Scott Director

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

A.R. Gurney Playwright

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

James C. Nicola Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop