The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Mark Russell
Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Gloria Miguel
Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Marianne de Pury
Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

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

Daryl Roth
Producer

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

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Mark Russell Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

Gloria Miguel Actor, Playwright, Director, Choreographer Co-Founder Spiderwoman Theater

Marianne de Pury Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

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

Daryl Roth Producer