The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

Joanne Camp (Sobel)
Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

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

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Larry Pine
Actor

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

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

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

Joanne Camp (Sobel) Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

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

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Larry Pine Actor

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor