The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean)
Actress, Director, Producer

Marianne de Pury
Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Lois Smith
Actress

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Charles Weldon
Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

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

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

June Gable
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

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Susan Mills (aka Roberta Lean) Actress, Director, Producer

Marianne de Pury Director, Composer, Translator, Founder, Sante Fe Ensemble

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Lois Smith Actress

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Charles Weldon Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

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

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

June Gable Actress