The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

David Rothenberg
Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Robert Moss
Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Marilyn Chris
Actress

Rosemary Harris
Actress

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

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

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

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

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

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

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

David Rothenberg Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Robert Moss Founder and Artistic Director of Playwrights Horizons

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Marilyn Chris Actress

Rosemary Harris Actress

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

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

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

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

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer