The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

Joe John Battista
Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

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

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Ping Chong
Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

David Ives
Playwright

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

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

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

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

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

Joe John Battista Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

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

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Ping Chong Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

David Ives Playwright

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

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