The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Jeff Weiss
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

David Rothenberg
Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

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

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Judith Malina
Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

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

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

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

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

Jeff Weiss Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

David Rothenberg Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

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

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Judith Malina Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

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

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST