The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Larry Pine
Actor

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

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

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

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

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Larry Pine Actor

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

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

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress