The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

June Gable
Actress

George Morfogen
Actor

James Rocco
Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

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

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Christopher Martin
Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

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

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

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Tina Howe
Playwright

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

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

June Gable Actress

George Morfogen Actor

James Rocco Director, Choreographer, Writer, Actor, Singer, Founder Thirty Saints Music Licensing and Thirty Saints Productions

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

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Christopher Martin Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

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

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

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Tina Howe Playwright