The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Norman Thomas Marshall
Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

Ron Faber
Actor

Lynn Cohen
Actress

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

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

Theodora Skipitares
Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Joanne Camp (Sobel)
Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R)
Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

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

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Norman Thomas Marshall Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

Ron Faber Actor

Lynn Cohen Actress

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

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

Theodora Skipitares Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Joanne Camp (Sobel) Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R) Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter