The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Daryl Roth
Producer

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

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

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Daryl Roth Producer

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

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