The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Richard Seff
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

Robert Kalfin
Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

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

Marylouse Burke
Actress

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

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

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Richard Seff Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

Robert Kalfin Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

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

Marylouse Burke Actress

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator