The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

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

Dick D. Zigun
Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

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

Rosemary Harris
Actress

John Guare
Playwright

Oz Scott
Director

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin
Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

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

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Ellen Maddow
Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

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

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

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

Dick D. Zigun Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

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

Rosemary Harris Actress

John Guare Playwright

Oz Scott Director

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

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

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Ellen Maddow Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band