The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

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

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

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

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Robert LuPone
Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Lola Pashalinski
Performance Artist, Actor

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, 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

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

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

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

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

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Robert LuPone Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Lola Pashalinski Performance Artist, Actor

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor