The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

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

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

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

John Guare
Playwright

Lori Tan Chinn
Actress

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Elise Stone and Craig Smith
Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Marilyn Chris
Actress

Larry Loonin
Director, Playwright, Actor

John Glover
Actor

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

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

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

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

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

Marylouse Burke Actress

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

John Guare Playwright

Lori Tan Chinn Actress

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Elise Stone and Craig Smith Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Marilyn Chris Actress

Larry Loonin Director, Playwright, Actor

John Glover Actor

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project