The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

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

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

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

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

James Latus
Production Stage Manager

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Shepard Sobel
Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company

Jack Garfein
Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

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

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

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

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

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

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

James Latus Production Stage Manager

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Shepard Sobel Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company

Jack Garfein Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater