The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Richard Schechner
Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Christopher Martin
Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Barbara Montgomery
Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

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

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

John Guare
Playwright

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center 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

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

Richard Schechner Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Christopher Martin Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Barbara Montgomery Co-Founder of Black Women in Theater, Inc., Actress, Director

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

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

Lynn Cohen Actress

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

John Guare Playwright

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater