The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Christina (Chryse) Maile
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

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

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

Barbara Montgomery
Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

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

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Ellen Maddow
Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

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

Nicky Paraiso
Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Richard Frankel
Producer

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

Marylouse Burke Actress

Christina (Chryse) Maile Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

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

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

Barbara Montgomery Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

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

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Ellen Maddow Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

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

Nicky Paraiso Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Richard Frankel Producer