The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Joanne Camp (Sobel)
Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

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

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

Ron Faber
Actor

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Gail Merrifield Papp
Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Joanne Camp (Sobel) Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

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

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

Ron Faber Actor

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Gail Merrifield Papp Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer