The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

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

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

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

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

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Richard Seff
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

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

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

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

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

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

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

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Marylouse Burke Actress

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Richard Seff Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company