The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Gigi Gibson Bolt
Actor; Director, Theatre Program, New York State Council on the Arts; Director, Theatre and Musical, National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, DC); Interim Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group, NYC; Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

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

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

John Guare
Playwright

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Richard Seff
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Ron Faber
Actor

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

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

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Gigi Gibson Bolt Actor; Director, Theatre Program, New York State Council on the Arts; Director, Theatre and Musical, National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, DC); Interim Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group, NYC; Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

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

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

John Guare Playwright

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Richard Seff Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Ron Faber Actor

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer