The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

June Gable
Actress

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Joan MacIntosh
Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

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

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Marilyn Chris
Actress

Larry Pine
Actor

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, 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

Marylouse Burke Actress

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

June Gable Actress

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

Joan MacIntosh Co-Founder of The Performance Group, Actress, Director

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

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

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Marilyn Chris Actress

Larry Pine Actor

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST