The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Daryl Roth
Producer

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

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

Richard Frankel
Producer

Rosemary Harris
Actress

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

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

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

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Daryl Roth Producer

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

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

Richard Frankel Producer

Rosemary Harris Actress

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

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer