The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Mark Russell
Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Gigi Gibson Bolt
Actor; Director, Theatre Program, New York State Council on the Arts; Director, Theatre and Musical, National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, DC); Interim Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group, NYC; Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts

Amy Saltz
Director

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

Marshall W. Mason
Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

Robert Kalfin
Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

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

Morgan Jenness
Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

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

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Mark Russell Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Gigi Gibson Bolt Actor; Director, Theatre Program, New York State Council on the Arts; Director, Theatre and Musical, National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, DC); Interim Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group, NYC; Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts

Amy Saltz Director

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

Marshall W. Mason Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

Robert Kalfin Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

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

Morgan Jenness Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop