The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Amy Saltz
Director

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

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

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Judith Malina
Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Larry Pine
Actor

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Mark Russell
Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

The Harris Family
Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

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 Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Amy Saltz Director

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

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

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

Judith Malina Co-Founder of The Living Theatre, Actress, Director

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Larry Pine Actor

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Mark Russell Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Producing Artistic Director, PS 122, Under The Radar/The Public

The Harris Family Actors, Playwrights, Producers, Musicians, Designers, Stagehands

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Shami Chaikin Actress

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts