The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Amy Saltz
Director

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Kristin Marting
Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

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

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

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Ellen Maddow
Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

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

Amy Saltz Director

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Kristin Marting Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

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

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

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Ellen Maddow Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Brian Murray Actor, Director

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands