The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Marilyn Chris
Actress

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

Daryl Roth
Producer

Rosemary Harris
Actress

Joanne Camp (Sobel)
Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

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

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

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Dr. Glory Van Scott
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

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

Marilyn Chris Actress

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

Daryl Roth Producer

Rosemary Harris Actress

Joanne Camp (Sobel) Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

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

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

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Dr. Glory Van Scott Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist