The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

Marilyn Chris
Actress

Ellen Maddow
Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Ping Chong
Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Elizabeth Ireland McCann
Producer

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Judith Malina
Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

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

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

Marilyn Chris Actress

Ellen Maddow Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Ping Chong Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Elizabeth Ireland McCann Producer

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Judith Malina Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist