The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

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

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

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

Ron Faber
Actor

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

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

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

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

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

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

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

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

Ron Faber Actor

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

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

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