The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

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

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club