The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

George Bartenieff
Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Christopher Martin
Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

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

Arthur French
Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Anita Hollander
Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Larry Pine
Actor

Gail Merrifield Papp
Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

JoAnne Akalaitis
Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Richard Schechner
Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Annie Golden
Actress, Singer, Teacher

Gerard Alessandrini
Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer

Robert Heide and John Gilman
Playwright, Actors, Authors

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

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

George Bartenieff Co-Founder of Theater for the New City, Actor

Christopher Martin Founding Artistic Director, CSC (Classic Stage Company)

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

Arthur French Negro Ensemble Company, Actor, Director

Anita Hollander Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Director, Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer, Activist

Larry Pine Actor

Gail Merrifield Papp Director of Plays and Musicals Development at the New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater

JoAnne Akalaitis Co-Founder of Mabou Mines, Director

Richard Schechner Founder of The Performance Group, Author, Director, Playwright, Professor

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Annie Golden Actress, Singer, Teacher

Gerard Alessandrini Director, Writer, Composer, Satirist, Producer, Forbidden Broadway

Jane Greenwood Costume Designer

Robert Heide and John Gilman Playwright, Actors, Authors

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist