The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Amy Saltz
Director

John Glover
Actor

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

Joseph Hardy
Director

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

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

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

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

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Amy Saltz Director

John Glover Actor

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

Joseph Hardy Director

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Willa Kim Costume Designer

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

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company