The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Tina Howe
Playwright

Shepard Sobel
Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company

Terese Hayden
Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

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

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Larry Pine
Actor

Ron Faber
Actor

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

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

Tina Howe Playwright

Shepard Sobel Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company

Terese Hayden Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

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

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Larry Pine Actor

Ron Faber Actor

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Kathleen Chalfant Actress