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

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Dorothy Olim
Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Mark Russell
Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

John Glover
Actor

Tina Howe
Playwright

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

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Dorothy Olim Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Mark Russell Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

John Glover Actor

Tina Howe Playwright

William Ivey Long Costume Designer