The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

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

Daryl Roth
Producer

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Lola Pashalinski
Performance Artist, Actor

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

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

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Janet Reed
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R)
Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

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 Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

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

Daryl Roth Producer

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Lola Pashalinski Performance Artist, Actor

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

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

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Janet Reed Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R) Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater