The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

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

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

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

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

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

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

A.R. Gurney Playwright

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers