The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

June Gable
Actress

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

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin
Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Lois Smith
Actress

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

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

June Gable Actress

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

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Lois Smith Actress

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher