The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett
Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

John Guare
Playwright

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

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Richard Frankel
Producer

Norman Thomas Marshall
Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

Tisa Chang
Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Tina Howe
Playwright

Kristin Marting
Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Caryl Goldsmith
Group Sales Specialist

Robyn Goodman
Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin
Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

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

Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett Moshe Yassur - Director, Actor, Teacher Beate Hein Bennett - Director, Dramaturg, Translator, Teacher

Robert Walter Stage Manager

John Guare Playwright

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

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Richard Frankel Producer

Norman Thomas Marshall Founder of the No Smoking Playhouse, Actor, Playwright

Tisa Chang Founder of Pan Asian Repertory, Director, Actress

Tina Howe Playwright

Kristin Marting Producer, Artistic Director, Curator, Director, Writer

Caryl Goldsmith Group Sales Specialist

Robyn Goodman Actor, Producer, Co-Founder Second Stage, Artistic Consultant, Roundabout Theatre Company, Founding Artistic Producer, Roundabout Underground

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors