The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Barbara Montgomery
Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

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

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Daryl Roth
Producer

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Jack Garfein
Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Richard Frankel
Producer

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

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

Barbara Montgomery Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

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

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Daryl Roth Producer

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Jack Garfein Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Richard Frankel Producer

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Elizabeth Wilson Actress