The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

Richard Seff
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

June Gable
Actress

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

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

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

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

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

Richard Seff Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

June Gable Actress

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

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

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist