The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Richard Frankel
Producer

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

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

June Gable
Actress

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Lorcan Otway
Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

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

Richard Frankel Producer

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

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

June Gable Actress

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Lorcan Otway Theater Owner, Producer, Theatre 80 St. Marks

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre