The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Dorothy Olim
Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Dana Ivey
Actress

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Tina Howe
Playwright

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

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Lois Smith
Actress

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Terese Hayden
Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

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

Ron Faber
Actor

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

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

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Dorothy Olim Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Dana Ivey Actress

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Tina Howe Playwright

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

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Lois Smith Actress

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Terese Hayden Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

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

Ron Faber Actor

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor