The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Oz Scott
Director

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

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

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Joseph Hardy
Director

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

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

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

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

Roberta Maxwell
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

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Oz Scott Director

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

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

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Joseph Hardy Director

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

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

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

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

Roberta Maxwell Actress