The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Morgan Jenness
Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

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

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Larry Pine
Actor

Saundra McClain
Actor, Director, Writer

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Jack Garfein
Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Dana Ivey
Actress

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

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

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

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Morgan Jenness Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

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

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Larry Pine Actor

Saundra McClain Actor, Director, Writer

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Jack Garfein Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Dana Ivey Actress

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

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