The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

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

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

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

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Ozzie Rodriguez
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

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

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

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

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

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

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright

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

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Ozzie Rodriguez Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

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

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway