The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

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

Clinton Turner Davis
Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Theodora Skipitares
Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

David Ives
Playwright

George Ferencz
Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Oz Scott
Director

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

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

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

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

Clinton Turner Davis Director, Dramaturg, Educator, Production Supervisor, Consultant, Playwright, Writer

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Theodora Skipitares Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

David Ives Playwright

George Ferencz Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Oz Scott Director

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre