The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Morgan Jenness
Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Christopher Martin
Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

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

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

June Gable
Actress

Marilyn Chris
Actress

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett
Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

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

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Morgan Jenness Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Christopher Martin Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

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

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

June Gable Actress

Marilyn Chris Actress

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Lynn Cohen Actress

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist