The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

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

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

Richard Frankel
Producer

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

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

Rita Gardner
Actress

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

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

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

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

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

Richard Frankel Producer

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

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

Rita Gardner Actress

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director