The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Lola Pashalinski
Performance Artist, Actor

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

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

David Ives
Playwright

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

George Ferencz
Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Oz Scott
Director

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

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

Terese Hayden
Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Dick D. Zigun
Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

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

Lola Pashalinski Performance Artist, Actor

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

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

David Ives Playwright

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

George Ferencz Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Oz Scott Director

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

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

Terese Hayden Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Dick D. Zigun Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach