The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Dana Ivey
Actress

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

Lola Pashalinski
Performance Artist, Actor

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

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

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

Richard Foreman
Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

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

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Robert Walter Stage Manager

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Dana Ivey Actress

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

Lola Pashalinski Performance Artist, Actor

Arthur Kopit Playwright

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

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

Richard Foreman Founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Playwright, Director

Lynn Cohen Actress

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright