The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Lois Smith
Actress

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Rosemary Harris
Actress

Richard Seff
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, 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

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Lois Smith Actress

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Rosemary Harris Actress

Richard Seff Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer