The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett
Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Joseph Hardy
Director

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

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

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Joseph Hardy Director

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate