The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Dana Ivey
Actress

Judith Malina
Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

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

Joseph Hardy
Director

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

James Rocco
Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Gail Merrifield Papp
Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

Jeff Weiss
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

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

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin
Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Robert Kalfin
Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

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

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Dana Ivey Actress

Judith Malina Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

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

Joseph Hardy Director

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

James Rocco Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Gail Merrifield Papp Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

Jeff Weiss Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

A.R. Gurney Playwright

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

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Robert Kalfin Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director