The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Dorothy Olim
Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

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

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

Robert LuPone
Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Dana Ivey
Actress

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

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

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

John Glover
Actor

Joe John Battista
Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

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

Dorothy Olim Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

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

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

Robert LuPone Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Dana Ivey Actress

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

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

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

John Glover Actor

Joe John Battista Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer