The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

Jack Garfein
Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

Daryl Roth
Producer

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

Amy Saltz
Director

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

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

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

Jack Garfein Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

Daryl Roth Producer

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

Amy Saltz Director

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director