The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Nancy Ford
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

John Guare
Playwright

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Kathleen Chalfant
Actress

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

Ned Van Zandt
Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Saundra McClain
Actor, Director, Writer

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

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

Bob McGrath
Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater

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

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Nancy Ford COMPOSER, ARRANGER, WRITER

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

John Guare Playwright

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher

Marylouse Burke Actress

Kathleen Chalfant Actress

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

Ned Van Zandt Actor, Playwright, Co-Founder of La MaMa Hollywood

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Saundra McClain Actor, Director, Writer

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

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

Bob McGrath Director, Producer, Teacher, Founding Member, Pacific Repertory Company, Pink, and Ridge Theater