The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Jennifer Tipton
Lighting

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Ralph Lee
Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Nicky Paraiso
Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

George Morfogen
Actor

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

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Rita Gardner
Actress

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Richard Frankel
Producer

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

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

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Jennifer Tipton Lighting

Shami Chaikin Actress

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Ralph Lee Actor, Designer, Puppeteer

Nicky Paraiso Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

George Morfogen Actor

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

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Rita Gardner Actress

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Richard Frankel Producer

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