The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Mark Russell
Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Kristin Marting
Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Ron Faber
Actor

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Amy Saltz
Director

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

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

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Mark Russell Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Kristin Marting Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Ron Faber Actor

Shami Chaikin Actress

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Amy Saltz Director

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons