The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Marianne de Pury
Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

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

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

June Gable
Actress

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

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

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Joseph Hardy
Director

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

John Glover
Actor

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

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Marianne de Pury Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

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

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

June Gable Actress

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

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

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Joseph Hardy Director

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

John Glover Actor