The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Lois Smith
Actress

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

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

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

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

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

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

Morgan Jenness
Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

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

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Lois Smith Actress

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

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

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

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

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

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

Morgan Jenness Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer