The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

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

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Oz Scott
Director

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

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Janet Reed
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

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

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Ping Chong
Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

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

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

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

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Oz Scott Director

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

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Janet Reed Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

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

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Ping Chong Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist