The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

David Ives
Playwright

Richard Seff
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

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

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

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

Rosemary Harris
Actress

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

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

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

David Ives Playwright

Richard Seff Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

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

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

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

Rosemary Harris Actress

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks