The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

James Rocco
Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

George Morfogen
Actor

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Amy Saltz
Director

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

Elizabeth Ireland McCann
Producer

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

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

James Rocco Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

George Morfogen Actor

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Amy Saltz Director

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Julian Schlossberg Producer

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Elizabeth Ireland McCann Producer

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright