The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

George Ferencz
Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Ron Faber
Actor

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

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

George Ferencz Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Lynn Cohen Actress

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Ron Faber Actor

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Lynne Meadow Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

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