The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

David Ives
Playwright

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Joseph Hardy
Director

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

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

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

Daryl Roth
Producer

Dana Ivey
Actress

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

George Ferencz
Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

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

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

David Ives Playwright

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Joseph Hardy Director

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

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

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

Daryl Roth Producer

Dana Ivey Actress

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Marylouse Burke Actress

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

George Ferencz Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club