The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

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

Daryl Roth
Producer

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Jack Garfein
Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, 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

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

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

Daryl Roth Producer

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Jack Garfein Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright