The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Dick D. Zigun
Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

George Ferencz
Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Don Scardino
Actor, Director, Producer

Baayork Lee
Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Laurence Luckinbill
Actor, Writer

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

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Ozzie Rodriguez
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Eric Krebs
Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Jackie Jeffries
Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards

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

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Dick D. Zigun Playwright, Director, Founder/Artistic Director Coney Island USA: The Mermaid Parade; Coney Island Side Show; The Coney Island Museum; Burlesque At The Beach

George Ferencz Co-Founder, Co-Producer Impossible Ragtime Theater, Founder Hispanic-American Music Theatre Lab, Resident Director La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

Don Scardino Actor, Director, Producer

Baayork Lee Actress, Dancer, Singer, Director, Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project

Laurence Luckinbill Actor, Writer

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

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Ozzie Rodriguez Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

Eric Krebs Founder and Operator of the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters and the George Street Playhouse, Producer

Jackie Jeffries Producer, Associate Productor, Production Manager, Production Stage Manager: Negro Ensemble Company, National Black Theatre, AUDELCO Awards