The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Daryl Roth
Producer

Robert Kalfin
Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

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

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

Lynn Cohen
Actress

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

George Morfogen
Actor

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Richard Frankel
Producer

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

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

Marilyn Chris
Actress

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

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

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Daryl Roth Producer

Robert Kalfin Founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, Director

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

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

Lynn Cohen Actress

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

George Morfogen Actor

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Richard Frankel Producer

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

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

Marilyn Chris Actress

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