The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Robert Kalfin
Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

Rosemary Harris
Actress

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Gail Merrifield Papp
Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

Theodora Skipitares
Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

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

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Robert Kalfin Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

A.R. Gurney Playwright

Rosemary Harris Actress

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Gail Merrifield Papp Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

Theodora Skipitares Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist