The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Daryl Roth
Producer

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Dick D. Zigun
Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Kristin Marting
Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett
Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

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

Daryl Roth Producer

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Dick D. Zigun Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Kristin Marting Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands