The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Janet Reed
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Ozzie Rodriguez
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

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

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

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Janet Reed Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Ozzie Rodriguez Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright