The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Daryl Roth
Producer

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

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

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

James Rocco
Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

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

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Daryl Roth Producer

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

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

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

James Rocco Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions