The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Gilbert Parker
Literary Agent

Ron Faber
Actor

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

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

Charlotte Moore
Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Dolores Deane Walker
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Patricia Birch
Director, Choreographer

Wynn Handman
Founder of The American Place Theatre

James Morgan
Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Gwendolyn Gunn
Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

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

Gilbert Parker Literary Agent

Ron Faber Actor

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

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

Charlotte Moore Co-Founder, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Artistic Director, Director, Producer, Actor, Playwright

Dolores Deane Walker Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

Patricia Birch Director, Choreographer

Wynn Handman Founder of The American Place Theatre

James Morgan Producing Artistic Director of York Theatre, Scenic Designer

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Gwendolyn Gunn Co-Founder Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter