The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Dana Ivey
Actress

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Barbara Montgomery
Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Terry Schreiber
Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

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

Dana Ivey Actress

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Barbara Montgomery Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Terry Schreiber Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer