The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

David Ives
Playwright

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

John Glover
Actor

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

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

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

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

David Ives Playwright

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

John Glover Actor

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

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