The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Terese Hayden
Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Bill Cwikowski
Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

John Glover
Actor

Joanne Camp (Sobel)
Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Elizabeth Ireland McCann
Producer

Kristin Marting
Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Patricia Conolly
Actor, Director

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Eleanor Reissa
Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Donald & Anne Farber
Theatrical Lawyer and Producers

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

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Terese Hayden Founder of Equity Library Theatre and Player’s Guide, Teacher at Circle in the Square

Bill Cwikowski Founding Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

John Glover Actor

Joanne Camp (Sobel) Company Member, The Pearl Theatre Company

Elizabeth Ireland McCann Producer

Kristin Marting Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Patricia Conolly Actor, Director

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Eleanor Reissa Actor, Singer, Director, Playwright, Choreographer

Donald & Anne Farber Theatrical Lawyer and Producers