The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Oz Scott
Director

Dana Ivey
Actress

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Amy Saltz
Director

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

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 Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Oz Scott Director

Dana Ivey Actress

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Amy Saltz Director

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director