The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

George Morfogen
Actor

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Marilyn Chris
Actress

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

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

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

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

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

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

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

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

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 Morfogen Actor

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Marilyn Chris Actress

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

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

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

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

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

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

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

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director