The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Elise Stone and Craig Smith
Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

George Morfogen
Actor

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

Marylouse Burke
Actress

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Daryl Roth
Producer

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

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Elise Stone and Craig Smith Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

George Morfogen Actor

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

Marylouse Burke Actress

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Daryl Roth Producer