The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

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

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

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

George Morfogen
Actor

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

Jacque Lynn Colton
Actor, Director, Teacher

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

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

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

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

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

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

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

George Morfogen Actor

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

Jacque Lynn Colton Actor, Director, Teacher

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

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