The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Christopher Martin
Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

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

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

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett
Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Amy Saltz
Director

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

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

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Christopher Martin Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

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

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

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Amy Saltz Director

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