The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

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

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Oz Scott
Director

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Rosemary Harris
Actress

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

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

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

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Oz Scott Director

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Rosemary Harris Actress