The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Dana Ivey
Actress

David Ives
Playwright

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Martha Clarke
Choreographer, Director, Creator, Producer, Dancer, Co-Founder Pilobolus

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Mark Russell
Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

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

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Lois Smith
Actress

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Jacque Lynn Colton
Actor, Director, Teacher

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

Dana Ivey Actress

David Ives Playwright

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Martha Clarke Choreographer, Director, Creator, Producer, Dancer, Co-Founder Pilobolus

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Mark Russell Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

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

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Lois Smith Actress

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Jacque Lynn Colton Actor, Director, Teacher