The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Richard Maltby Jr.
Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Mark Russell
Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

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

Rita Gardner
Actress

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

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

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

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

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

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

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Richard Maltby Jr. Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Mark Russell Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

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

Rita Gardner Actress

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

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

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

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

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