The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Richard Schechner
Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

June Gable
Actress

Terry Schreiber
Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Nicky Paraiso
Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Rita Gardner
Actress

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner
Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

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

Richard Schechner Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

June Gable Actress

Terry Schreiber Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Nicky Paraiso Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Rita Gardner Actress

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

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