The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

James C. Nicola
Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

David Rothenberg
Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Joseph Hardy
Director

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

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

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Marylouse Burke Actress

Roberta Maxwell Actress

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

James C. Nicola Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

David Rothenberg Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Joseph Hardy Director

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines