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

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

John Guare
Playwright

Elise Stone and Craig Smith
Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

Christopher Durang
Playwright, Actor

Agosto Machado
Actor, Activist, Witness

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

Terrence McNally
Playwright, Librettist

Gretchen Cryer
ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Robert Walter
Stage Manager

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

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

John Guare Playwright

Elise Stone and Craig Smith Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian

Christopher Durang Playwright, Actor

Agosto Machado Actor, Activist, Witness

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

Terrence McNally Playwright, Librettist

Gretchen Cryer ACTRESS, WRITER, COMPOSER, LYRICIST

Robert Walter Stage Manager