The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner
Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Morgan Jenness
Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

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

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Morgan Jenness Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer