The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Norman Thomas Marshall
Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Ron Faber
Actor

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Elizabeth Ireland McCann
Producer

Terese Hayden
Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

George Morfogen
Actor

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

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

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Norman Thomas Marshall Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Ron Faber Actor

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Elizabeth Ireland McCann Producer

Terese Hayden Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

George Morfogen Actor

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Lynn Cohen Actress

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor