The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Judith Malina
Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Joseph Hardy
Director

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

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

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

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

Judith Malina Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Joseph Hardy Director

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

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

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist