The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Joe John Battista
Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

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

Rosemary Harris
Actress

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

Marianne de Pury
Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

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

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Joe John Battista Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Arthur Kopit Playwright

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

Rosemary Harris Actress

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

Marianne de Pury Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist