The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

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

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Elise Stone and Craig Smith
Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

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

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

James Latus Production Stage Manager

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

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

A.R. Gurney Playwright

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Elise Stone and Craig Smith Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble