The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Joseph Hardy
Director

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

Janet Reed
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Christina (Chryse) Maile
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

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

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Joseph Hardy Director

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

Janet Reed Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Christina (Chryse) Maile Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club