The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Hattie Winston
Actress, Director

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer)
Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Marilyn Roberts
Actress, Director, Playwright

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Rita Gardner
Actress

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

John Glover
Actor

Casey Childs
Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin
Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Vinie Burrows
Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Barbara Garson
Playwright, Author, Activist

Shami Chaikin
Actress

Michael McGrinder
Playwright, Publisher

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

Hattie Winston Actress, Director

Maude Mitchell (and Lee Breuer) Actor, Dramaturge, Adapter, Teacher, Mabou Mines Senior Associate Artist

Marilyn Roberts Actress, Director, Playwright

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Rita Gardner Actress

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

John Glover Actor

Casey Childs Director, Producer, Actor, Founder, Executive Director Primary Stages

Moni Yakim and Mina Yakin Mimes, Actors, Directors, Playwrights

Vinie Burrows Actor, Playwright, Producer, Activist

Barbara Garson Playwright, Author, Activist

Shami Chaikin Actress

Michael McGrinder Playwright, Publisher