The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Theodora Skipitares
Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

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

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Vinie Burrows
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

John Guare
Playwright

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Joe John Battista
Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

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

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Theodora Skipitares Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

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

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Vinie Burrows Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

John Guare Playwright

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Joe John Battista Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company