The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Robert LuPone
Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Dr. Glory Van Scott
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Amy Saltz
Director

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Lynn Cohen
Actress

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

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Joseph Hardy
Director

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

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

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

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

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

Robert LuPone Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Dr. Glory Van Scott Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

Amy Saltz Director

A.R. Gurney Playwright

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Lynn Cohen Actress

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

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Joseph Hardy Director

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

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

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director