The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

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

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

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

Kristin Marting
Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

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

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

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

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

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

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

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

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

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

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

Kristin Marting Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

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

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

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

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

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands