The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Lois Smith
Actress

Norman Thomas Marshall
Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

Amy Saltz
Director

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Tina Howe
Playwright

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner
Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

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

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

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Lois Smith Actress

Norman Thomas Marshall Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

Amy Saltz Director

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Tina Howe Playwright

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

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