The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Ozzie Rodriguez
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Marshall W. Mason
Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

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

Ping Chong
Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

David Ives
Playwright

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

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

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Ozzie Rodriguez Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Marshall W. Mason Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

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

Ping Chong Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

David Ives Playwright

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright