The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Oz Scott
Director

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

Richard Schechner
Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

John Glover
Actor

Mark Russell
Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

David Ives
Playwright

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

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

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

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

Oz Scott Director

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

Richard Schechner Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

John Glover Actor

Mark Russell Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

David Ives Playwright

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

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

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer