The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Elinor Renfield
Director, Educator

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Ellen Maddow
Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Ralph B. Peña
Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

David Rothenberg
Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

Tina Shepard
Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

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

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Larry Pine
Actor

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

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

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Elinor Renfield Director, Educator

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Ellen Maddow Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Ralph B. Peña Founding Member Ma-Yi Theatre Group, Director, Playwright, Actor

David Rothenberg Founder of The Fortune Society, Press Agent

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

Tina Shepard Co-Founder, The Talking Band, Actor, Director

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

Marylouse Burke Actress

Larry Pine Actor

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Charles Mee Playwright, Author