The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Janet Reed
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Ron Faber
Actor

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

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

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Brian Murray
Actor, Director

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

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

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

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

Janet Reed Actor, Playwright, Producer, Writer, Editor Co-Founder, Primary Stages, Editorial Director — Educational Division, Scholastic Inc.

Ron Faber Actor

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Marylouse Burke Actress

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

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

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Brian Murray Actor, Director

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

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

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress