The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Jacque Lynn Colton
Actor, Director, Teacher

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

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

David Rothenberg
Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

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

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

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Jacque Lynn Colton Actor, Director, Teacher

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

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

David Rothenberg Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Marylouse Burke Actress

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Julian Schlossberg Producer

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

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