The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Terry Schreiber
Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

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

Theodora Skipitares
Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

Dorothy Olim
Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

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

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Terry Schreiber Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

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

Theodora Skipitares Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

Dorothy Olim Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective