The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

Morgan Jenness
Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Richard Maltby Jr.
Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

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

Joseph Hardy
Director

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Joanne Camp (Sobel)
Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

June Gable
Actress

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

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

Marylouse Burke
Actress

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

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

Morgan Jenness Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Richard Maltby Jr. Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

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

Joseph Hardy Director

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Joanne Camp (Sobel) Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

June Gable Actress

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

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

Marylouse Burke Actress