The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Janet Reed
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

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

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Janet Reed Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers