The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Richard Maltby Jr.
Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

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

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Paul Foster
President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Steve Kaplan
Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Eduardo Machado
Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner
Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Merle Debuskey
Press Agent

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

Julius Novick
Author, Critic

Nicky Paraiso
Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

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

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Richard Maltby Jr. Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

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

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Paul Foster President of La MaMa E.T.C., Playwright

Steve Kaplan Producer, Director, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Actor, Co-Founder Manhattan Punch Line Theatre

Eduardo Machado Playwright, Actor, Artistic Director INTAR

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner Penny Arcade - Performance Artist, Activist, Playwright, Producer, Director, Archivist - - - Steve Zehentner - Designer, Director, Video Producer, Archivist

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Merle Debuskey Press Agent

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

Julius Novick Author, Critic

Nicky Paraiso Actor, Dancer, Musician, Writer, Performance Artist, Producer, Curator, The Club/La Mama

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Robert Walter Stage Manager