The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Christina (Chryse) Maile
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

Rosemary Harris
Actress

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Richard Maltby Jr.
Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Robert LuPone
Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Daryl Roth
Producer

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

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

Christina (Chryse) Maile Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

Rosemary Harris Actress

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Richard Maltby Jr. Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Robert LuPone Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Daryl Roth Producer

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

William Ivey Long Costume Designer