The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Christina (Chryse) Maile
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Daryl Roth
Producer

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

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

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Lynn Cohen
Actress

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

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

John Glover
Actor

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

Lois Smith
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

Christina (Chryse) Maile Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Daryl Roth Producer

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

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

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Lynn Cohen Actress

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

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

John Glover Actor

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

Lois Smith Actress