The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

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

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

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

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Lois Smith
Actress

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

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

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

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Vinie Burrows
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

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

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

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

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

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

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Lois Smith Actress

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

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

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

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Vinie Burrows Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts