The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Edgar Oliver
Performer, Playwright, Poet

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

George Morfogen
Actor

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

Shepard Sobel
Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company

Larry Pine
Actor

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

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

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Daryl Roth
Producer

Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

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

Edgar Oliver Performer, Playwright, Poet

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

George Morfogen Actor

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

Shepard Sobel Founder and Artistic Director, The Pearl Theatre Company

Larry Pine Actor

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

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

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Daryl Roth Producer

Ming Cho Lee Scenic Designer

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead