The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

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

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Tina Shepard
Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

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

David Ives
Playwright

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

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

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

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

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Tina Shepard Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

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

David Ives Playwright

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright