The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

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

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

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

Ping Chong
Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Theodora Skipitares
Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

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

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

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

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

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

Ping Chong Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

Theodora Skipitares Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Arthur Kopit Playwright