The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Walter and Georgia Hadler
Actor, Playwright, Director

Rosemary Harris
Actress

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

A.R. Gurney
Playwright

Julian Schlossberg
Producer

Dr. Glory Van Scott
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Morgan Jenness
Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Lola Pashalinski
Performance Artist, Actor

Ted Snowdon
Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Theodora Skipitares
Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Linda and David Laundra
Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Rosalba Rolón
Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Marylouse Burke
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

Walter and Georgia Hadler Actor, Playwright, Director

Rosemary Harris Actress

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

A.R. Gurney Playwright

Julian Schlossberg Producer

Dr. Glory Van Scott Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Producer, Composer, Playwright, Author, Activist

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

Morgan Jenness Dramaturg, Literary Manager, Director of Play Development and Associate Producer New York Shakespeare Festival; Associate New York Theater Workshop

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Lola Pashalinski Performance Artist, Actor

Ted Snowdon Producer, Philanthropist, Activist

Theodora Skipitares Playwright, Visual Artist, Director, Performer

Linda and David Laundra Co-Founders, The Writers Theatre

Rosalba Rolón Co-Founder Pregones Theater, Director, Actor

Marylouse Burke Actress