The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Tina Shepard
Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

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

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

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

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

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

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

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Tina Shepard Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

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

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

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

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

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer