The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

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

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

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

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Judith Malina
Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

James C. Nicola
Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Shami Chaikin
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

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

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

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

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

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Judith Malina Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

James C. Nicola Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Shami Chaikin Actress