The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

David Ives
Playwright

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Lola Pashalinski
Performance Artist, Actor

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

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

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Jack Garfein
Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

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

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Oz Scott
Director

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

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

David Ives Playwright

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Lola Pashalinski Performance Artist, Actor

Willa Kim Costume Designer

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

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Jack Garfein Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

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

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Oz Scott Director

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer