The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Ozzie Rodriguez
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Christopher Martin
Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Tina Shepard
Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

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

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

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

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

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

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

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

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner
Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

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

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

Ozzie Rodriguez Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Christopher Martin Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Tina Shepard Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

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

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

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

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

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

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

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

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet