The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

George Morfogen
Actor

Jack Garfein
Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

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

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Ellen Maddow
Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Sheldon Harnick
Lyricist

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, 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

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

George Morfogen Actor

Jack Garfein Director, Actor, Teacher, Producer, Author,Co- Founder and Artistic Director of the Samuel Beckett Theatre and The Harold Clurman Theater

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

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

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Ellen Maddow Composer, Writer, Actor, Mediator, Co-Founder The Talking Band

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Sheldon Harnick Lyricist

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress