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

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

George Morfogen
Actor

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Marianne de Pury
Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Lois Smith
Actress

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Janet Reed
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Judith Malina
Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, 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

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

George Morfogen Actor

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Marianne de Pury Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Lois Smith Actress

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Janet Reed Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Judith Malina Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director