The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Janet Reed
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Elizabeth Ireland McCann
Producer

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

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

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Christopher Martin
Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

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

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Janet Reed Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Elizabeth Ireland McCann Producer

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

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

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Christopher Martin Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST