The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

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

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Richard Frankel
Producer

John Guare
Playwright

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Christopher Martin
Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

Joe John Battista
Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

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

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

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

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Richard Frankel Producer

John Guare Playwright

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Christopher Martin Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

Joe John Battista Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director