The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

F. Murray Abraham
Actor

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

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Janet Reed
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

George Morfogen
Actor

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

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Jeff Weiss
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

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

Terry Schreiber
Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

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

F. Murray Abraham Actor

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

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

Janet Reed Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

George Morfogen Actor

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

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Jeff Weiss Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder, The Good Medicine & Company

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

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

Terry Schreiber Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio