The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Ilion Troya
Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Maria DiDia
General Manager, Producer

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Paul Libin
Producer, Managing Director

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Douglas Aibel
Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Richard Seff
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Oz Scott
Director

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

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Everett Quinton
Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

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

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

Ilion Troya Actor, Designer, Writer, Translator, Member of The Living Theatre

Maria DiDia General Manager, Producer

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Paul Libin Producer, Managing Director

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Douglas Aibel Director, Artistic Director, Producer, Casting Director, Vineyard Theatre

Richard Seff Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Novelist, Casting Agent

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Oz Scott Director

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

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Everett Quinton Actor, Producer, Director, Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

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