The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

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

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

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

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

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

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

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

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Terese Hayden
Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

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

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

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

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

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

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

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

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

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

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Terese Hayden Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square