The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Amy Saltz
Director

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

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

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

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

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, 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

Amy Saltz Director

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

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

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

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

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