The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R)
Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Jack Garfein
Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

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

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R) Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Jack Garfein Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Shami Chaikin Actress

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Lynn Cohen Actress

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor