The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Rosemary Harris
Actress

Dick D. Zigun
Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Norman Thomas Marshall
Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

James C. Nicola
Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Tina Howe
Playwright

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Marilyn Chris
Actress

Daryl Roth
Producer

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

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

Rosemary Harris Actress

Dick D. Zigun Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Norman Thomas Marshall Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

James C. Nicola Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Shami Chaikin Actress

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Tina Howe Playwright

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Marilyn Chris Actress

Daryl Roth Producer

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre