The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Oz Scott
Director

Lois Smith
Actress

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Elizabeth Ireland McCann
Producer

Dr. Glory Van Scott
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

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

Dorothy Olim
Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Richard Schechner
Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

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

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

Oz Scott Director

Lois Smith Actress

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Elizabeth Ireland McCann Producer

Dr. Glory Van Scott Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

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

Dorothy Olim Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Richard Schechner Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

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

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project