The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Morgan Jenness
Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

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

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Dr. Glory Van Scott
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Gigi Gibson Bolt
Actor; Director, Theatre Program, New York State Council on the Arts; Director, Theatre and Musical, National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, DC); Interim Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group, NYC; Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Lynn Cohen
Actress

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

Morgan Jenness Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

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

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Dr. Glory Van Scott Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Gigi Gibson Bolt Actor; Director, Theatre Program, New York State Council on the Arts; Director, Theatre and Musical, National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, DC); Interim Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group, NYC; Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Lynn Cohen Actress