The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Dick D. Zigun
Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Ellen Maddow
Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Ron Faber
Actor

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R)
Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Kristin Marting
Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Theodora Skipitares
Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Dr. Glory Van Scott
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

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

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Dick D. Zigun Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Marylouse Burke Actress

Ellen Maddow Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Ron Faber Actor

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R) Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Kristin Marting Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Theodora Skipitares Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Dr. Glory Van Scott Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist