The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin
Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Morgan Jenness
Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Elise Stone and Craig Smith
Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Marshall W. Mason
Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Elizabeth Ireland McCann
Producer

Norman Thomas Marshall
Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

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

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Morgan Jenness Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Elise Stone and Craig Smith Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Marshall W. Mason Founder and Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Elizabeth Ireland McCann Producer

Norman Thomas Marshall Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright