The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Michael Feingold
Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Paul Zimet
Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Amy Saltz
Director

Daryl Roth
Producer

Rita Gardner
Actress

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Ruby Lynn Reyner
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Elizabeth Wilson
Actress

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Nancy Gabor
Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Sharon Washington
Actor, Playwright

Estelle Parsons
Actress, Director

Roberta Maxwell
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

Michael Feingold Playwright, Translator, Theatre Critic at The Village Voice, Chairman of the Obie Awards (Judges Panel)

Paul Zimet Founder of The Talking Band, Actor, Director, Playwright

Amy Saltz Director

Daryl Roth Producer

Rita Gardner Actress

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Ruby Lynn Reyner Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Playwright, Director

Elizabeth Wilson Actress

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Nancy Gabor Actor, Director, Acting Teacher, co-founder Het Collectief, Amsterdam

Sharon Washington Actor, Playwright

Estelle Parsons Actress, Director

Roberta Maxwell Actress