The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

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

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

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

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

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

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter