The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Ozzie Rodriguez
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

James C. Nicola
Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R)
Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

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

June Gable
Actress

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

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

Shami Chaikin Actress

Ozzie Rodriguez Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

James C. Nicola Director, Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Craig Belknap (a.k.a. Allen R) Actor, Director, Founder Direct Theatre, Inc.

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

June Gable Actress

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company