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

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Christina (Chryse) Maile
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Joseph Hardy
Director

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

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

Shami Chaikin Actress

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

Lynn Cohen Actress

Christina (Chryse) Maile Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

A.R. Gurney Playwright

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Joseph Hardy Director