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

Kristin Marting
Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Janet Reed
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

James C. Nicola
Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Shami Chaikin
Actress

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

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

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

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

Kristin Marting Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Janet Reed Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

James C. Nicola Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Shami Chaikin Actress

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

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

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground