The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Daryl Roth
Producer

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

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

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

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, 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

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Daryl Roth Producer

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

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

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

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director