The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Lois Smith
Actress

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

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Saundra McClain
Actor, Director, Writer

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Joanne Camp (Sobel)
Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

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

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Lois Smith Actress

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

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Saundra McClain Actor, Director, Writer

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright

Marylouse Burke Actress

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Joanne Camp (Sobel) Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer