The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

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

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Austin Pendleton
Actor, Director, Playwright

Ramona Ponce
Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Ozzie Rodriguez
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Anne Bogart
Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

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

Theodora Skipitares
Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

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

Jerry Zaks
Director, Actor

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, 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

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

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Austin Pendleton Actor, Director, Playwright

Ramona Ponce Costume Designer, Teacher, Author

Ozzie Rodriguez Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of the Archives + Resident Director - La MaMa

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Anne Bogart Co-Founder of SITI Company, Director

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

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

Theodora Skipitares Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

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

Jerry Zaks Director, Actor

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress