The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

Richard Seff
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Marilyn Chris
Actress

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

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

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Richard Frankel
Producer

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

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

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

Richard Seff Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Marilyn Chris Actress

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

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

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Richard Frankel Producer

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards