The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Lola Pashalinski
Performance Artist, Actor

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

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

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

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

David Ives
Playwright

Richard Frankel
Producer

Shami Chaikin
Actress

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

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Lola Pashalinski Performance Artist, Actor

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

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

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

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

David Ives Playwright

Richard Frankel Producer

Shami Chaikin Actress