The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

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

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

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

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

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

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor