The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

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

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

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

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

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

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Marilyn Chris
Actress

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

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

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

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

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

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

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

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

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Marilyn Chris Actress

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor