The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Charles Mee
Playwright, Author

Lynn Cohen
Actress

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Bruce Hoover
Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Magie Dominic
Writer, Actor, Archivist

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Abigail Rosen McGrath
Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Roberta Maxwell
Actress

Oz Scott
Director

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Steve Olsen
Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Graciela Daniele
Dancer, Director, Choreographer

George Morfogen
Actor

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

John Jesurun
Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright

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

Charles Mee Playwright, Author

Lynn Cohen Actress

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

Bruce Hoover Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, Producer

Magie Dominic Writer, Actor, Archivist

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Abigail Rosen McGrath Director, Producer, Playwright, Activist, Co-Founder Off Center Theatre

Roberta Maxwell Actress

Oz Scott Director

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Steve Olsen Founder of the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe, Restaurateur

Graciela Daniele Dancer, Director, Choreographer

George Morfogen Actor

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

John Jesurun Multi-Media Artist, Director, Playwright