The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

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

Mary Louise Wilson
Actor, Playwright, Writer

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Susan Yankowitz
Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager

Oz Scott
Director

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan)
Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Lawrence Kornfeld
Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

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

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

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

Dorothy Olim
Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

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

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

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

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

Mary Louise Wilson Actor, Playwright, Writer

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Susan Yankowitz Playwright, Librettist, Novelist

Buzz Cohen Stage Manager

Oz Scott Director

Steve Zuckerman (with Darlene Kaplan) Steve Zuckerman - Director, Darlene Kaplan - Producer, Talent Manager

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Lawrence Kornfeld Director, Educator, General Manager/Assistant Director The Living Theatre, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Judson Poets’ Theater, Co-Founder/Artistic Director Theater for the New City, Director of the Theatre Program New York State Council of the Arts

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

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

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

Dorothy Olim Producer, General Manager, Operating Officer of ATPAM, K/O Management, Inc., K/O Advertising, Inc.

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