The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Barbara Montgomery
Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

Dana Ivey
Actress

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Morgan Jenness
Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

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

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Barbara Montgomery Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

Dana Ivey Actress

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Morgan Jenness Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director