The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

George Morfogen
Actor

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

George Ferencz
Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

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

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Jeff Weiss
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Ping Chong
Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

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

George Morfogen Actor

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

George Ferencz Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

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

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Jeff Weiss Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Ping Chong Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

James Latus Production Stage Manager

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