The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Rosemary Harris
Actress

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

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Joseph Hardy
Director

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Dick D. Zigun
Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, 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

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Rosemary Harris Actress

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

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Joseph Hardy Director

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Dick D. Zigun Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

A.R. Gurney Playwright

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress