The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Peter Maloney
Actor, Director, Playwright

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Barbara Kahn
Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

June Gable
Actress

Richard Frankel
Producer

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Tanya Berezin
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Arthur Kopit
Playwright

Geoffrey Johnson
Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Douglas Turner Ward
Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer

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

Peter Maloney Actor, Director, Playwright

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Barbara Kahn Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Director, Historian, Activist

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

June Gable Actress

Richard Frankel Producer

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Tanya Berezin Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Circle Repertory Company, Actress

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Arthur Kopit Playwright

Geoffrey Johnson Casting Director, Johnson-Liff Associates, Trustee, Noel Coward Foundation , US Representative, Noel Coward Estate

Douglas Turner Ward Founder and Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company, Playwright, Director, Actor

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Jennifer von Mayrhauser Costume Designer