The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

Oz Scott
Director

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

Norman Thomas Marshall
Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

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

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Dana Ivey
Actress

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

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

Oz Scott Director

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

Norman Thomas Marshall Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Robert Walter Stage Manager

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

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Dana Ivey Actress

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