The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

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

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

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

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Tina Howe
Playwright

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

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

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

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

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

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Tina Howe Playwright