The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Terry Schreiber
Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Albert Poland
General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Cathy Roskam
Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Ron Faber
Actor

Margot Harley
Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Ping Chong
Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

David Ives
Playwright

André Bishop
Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

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

Terry Schreiber Director, Teacher, Founder of the T. Schreiber Studio

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Albert Poland General Manager, Producer, Actor, Author - STAGES: A Theater Memoir

Cathy Roskam Actress, Producer, Director and Founder of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company (JJTC), Bishop

Ron Faber Actor

Margot Harley Producer, Artistic Director, Co-Founder The Acting Company

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Ping Chong Theatre Artist, Choreographer, Video Installation Artist

David Ives Playwright

André Bishop Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway