The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

Nicky Paraiso
Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Richard Maltby Jr.
Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

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

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

Nicky Paraiso Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Richard Maltby Jr. Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Lori Tan Chinn Actress