Primary Stages was founded in 1984 by Casey Childs as an Off-Broadway not-for-profit theater company. In 2004, Primary Stages moved from its 99-seat home of 17 years at 354 West 45th Street to the 199-seat theater at

59E59 Theaters 59E59 Theaters is a venue presenting a year-round curated program of live theater. The three theater building is located in New York City. It shows both off-Broadway (in Theater A) and off-off-Broadway plays (in Theaters B and C). The complex is ...

. In 2014, the company moved to The Duke on 42nd Street until 2016, when the

Cherry Lane Theatre The Cherry Lane Theatre is the oldest continuously running off-Broadway theater in New York City. The theater is located at 38 Commerce Street between Barrow and Bedford Streets in the West Village neighborhood of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, ...

became the home for all Primary Stages productions.

History

For over 30 years, Primary Stages has put on more than 130 new plays by writers such as

Horton Foote Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and the film, '' ...

, A.R. Gurney, Tanya Saracho, Romulus Linney,

Dan O'Brien Daniel Dion O'Brien (born July 18, 1966) is an American former decathlete and Olympic gold medalist. He won the Olympic title in 1996, three consecutive world championships (1991, 1993, 1995), and set the world record in 1992. Early life ...

Donald Margulies Donald Margulies (born September 2, 1954) is an American playwright and academic. In 2000, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play '' Dinner with Friends''. Background and education Margulies attended John Dewey High School in Brookly ...

Kate Hamill Kate Hamill is an American actress and playwright. Hamill is known for writing and acting in innovative, contemporary adaptations of classic novels for the stage, including Jane Austen’s ''Sense and Sensibility'', '' Emma'', and ''Pride and Pr ...

Christopher Durang Christopher Ferdinand Durang (January 2, 1949 – April 2, 2024) was an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s, though his career seemed to get a second wind in th ...

Terrence McNally Terrence McNally (November 3, 1938 – March 24, 2020) was an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. Described as "the bard of American theater" and "one of the greatest contemporary playwrights the theater world has yet produced," M ...

Danai Gurira Danai Jekesai Gurira (; born February 14, 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress, playwright, and activist. She is known for her starring roles as Michonne in the AMC horror drama franchise '' The Walking Dead'' and Okoye in Marvel Cinematic U ...

Nikkole Salter Nikkole Salter is an American actress, playwright, and advocate known for her work on the Obie Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize nominated play ''In the Continuum''. Salter co-wrote and co-starred in ''In the Continuum'' with Danai Gurira. The ...

John Patrick Shanley John Patrick Shanley (born October 13, 1950) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film ''Moonstruck''. His play, '' Doubt: A Parable'', won the 2005 Pulitzer Pri ...

Mac Wellman John McDowell Wellman (born March 7, 1945), is an American playwright, author, and poet.Mac Wellman pape ...

, Sharon Washington,

Lee Blessing Lee Knowlton Blessing (born October 4, 1949) is an American playwright best known for his 1988 work, '' A Walk in the Woods''. A lifelong Midwesterner, Blessing continued to work in regional theaters in and around his hometown of Minneapolis thro ...

, and

David Ives David Ives (born July 11, 1950) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is perhaps best known for his comic one-act plays; ''The New York Times'' in 1997 referred to him as the "maestro of the short form". Ives has also written ...

. Primary Stages 9th season included the world premiere of ''

All in the Timing ''All in the Timing'' is a collection of one-act plays by the American playwright David Ives, written between 1987 and 1993. It had its premiere Off-Broadway in 1993 at Primary Stages, and was revived at Primary Stages in 2013. It was first pub ...

'' by David Ives, the most produced play in the United States during the 1995/96 season. Primary Stages supports playwrights and develops new works through commissions, workshops, readings and two flagship programs: The Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, and The Marvin and Anne Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA).

Education

Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group Primary Stages is host to the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, which brings together six to eight emerging playwrights each season to create new plays for the American theater. These playwrights attend weekly meetings in the fall and spring, where they bring new pages to each session and receive feedback on their works in progress. At the end of the season, Primary Stages presents the first public reading of these plays in The Dorothy Strelsin Fresh Ink Readings Series. Since its inception, over 45 full-length plays have been written in the group, many of which have been produced by prominent local and national theaters including

Long Wharf Theatre Long Wharf Theatre is a nonprofit institution in New Haven, Connecticut, a pioneer in the not-for-profit regional theatre movement, the originator of several prominent plays, and a venue where many internationally known actors have appeared. Fo ...

, Blue Light,

South Coast Repertory South Coast Repertory (SCR) is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California. South Coast Repertory was founded in 1964. It has three stages and presents plays from all eras. SCR producers new plays, Theatre for Young Audiences ...

The New Group The New Group, is a New York City Off-Broadway theatrical troupe founded by Artistic Director Scott Elliott, that produced its first play, Mike Leigh's '' Ecstasy'', in 1995. The New Group is run by founding Artistic Director, Scott Elliott, an ...

, New York Stage and Film,

, and Primary Stages. 2018/19 members: *Kevin Artigue *Hilary Bettis *Eleanor Burgess *Chisa Hutchinson *Elizabeth Irwin *Jon Kern *Matthew Minnicino *Erica Saleh *Jordan Seavey *Charly Evon Simpson Past members: * David Lindsay Abaire * Sofia Alvarez * Tanya Barfield *Courtney Baron *Neena Beber *Alex Beech *

Brooke Berman Brooke Berman (born 1969/1970) is an American playwright and author. Her play ''Hunting and Gathering'', which premiered at Primary Stages, directed by Leigh Silverman, was named one of the Ten Best of 2008 by ''New York'' magazine. Her memoir, ...

*Darren Canady *Jon Caren *Andrew Case *

Cusi Cram Cusi Cram (born September 22, 1967) is an American playwright, screenwriter, actress, model, director, educator, and advocate for women in the arts. Early life Cusi Cram was born in Manhattan, New York, on September 22, 1967, to Lady Jeanne Camp ...

*Janis Astor del Valle *Bruce Faulk *Josh Fox * Jessica Goldberg *Daniel Goldfarb *

Rinne Groff Rinne Groff (aka Rinne Becker Groff) is an American playwright and performer. Biography Groff was trained at Yale University and New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where she currently teaches. A founding member of Elevator Repair Serv ...

Stephen Adly Guirgis Stephen Adly Guirgis (born 1965) is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor. He is a member and a former co-artistic director of New York City's LAByrinth Theater Company. His plays have been produced both Off-Broadway and on ...

Katori Hall Katori Hall (born May 10, 1981) is an American playwright and screenwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. Hall's best known works include the hit television series ''P-Valley'', the Tony-nominated ''Tina (musical), Tina: The Tina Turner Musical'', and p ...

*Jerome Hairston * Rolin Jones * Julia Jordan *Ryan King *Josh Koenigsberg *Paola Lazaro *Josh Levine *Cheri Magid *Rogelio Martínez *Molly Smith Metzler * Janine Nabers *

*Matthew Paul Olmos *Edwin Sanchez *Julian Sheppard *Mat Smart *Susan Soon He Stanton * Lucy Thurber *

Sheri Wilner Sheri Wilner (born January 22, 1969) is an American playwright. Her works have been produced at the Humana Festival of New American Plays, the Guthrie Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA), ...

* Leah Nanako Winkler

Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA) The Primary Stages Theater, Primary Stages Marvin and Anne Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA) is an interdisciplinary institution in New York City that offers courses in Acting, Writing and Directing. History ESPA developed from a collectio ...

ESPA is open to all artists, in all stages of their careers. ESPA offers a series of intensive classes in acting, playwriting, and directing taught by industry professionals that include PS staff members along with working professionals such as: Joshua Harmon,

Winter Miller Winter Miller (born 1973) is an American playwright and journalist. In the summer of 2007, a reading (directed by Joanna Settle) of Miller's play ''In Darfur'' was at the Delacorte Theater in New York City. Miller was formerly the assistant t ...

, Richard Topol,

Judy Gold Judy Gold (born November 15, 1962) is an American stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorpora ...

, Rogelio Martínez, Edwin Sanchez, and Morgan Jenness. Previous faculty members include Lucy Thurber, Julia Jordan, Brooke Berman,

Sarah Ruhl Sarah Ruhl (born January 24, 1974) is an American playwright, poet, professor, and essayist. Among her most popular plays are ''Eurydice'' (2003), '' The Clean House'' (2004), and '' In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)'' (2009). She has been ...

Jessica Hecht Jessica Hecht (born June 28, 1965) is an American actress known for her roles as Gretchen Schwartz on ''Breaking Bad'', Susan Bunch on ''Friends'', Carol Mannheim on '' The Boys'', and Karen on ''Special''. She is also known for her expansive ...

, Tanya Barfield, Cusi Cram, and

Judith Light Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. She made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of ''A Doll's House''. Her breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap oper ...

. The school is run by the Primary Stages Associate Director of Education, Sarah Matteucci.

Notable actors who have appeared with Primary Stages

Jane Alexander Jane Alexander (née Quigley; born October 28, 1939) is an American-Canadian actress and author. She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and nominations for four Academy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. From 1993 ...

Amy Aquino Amy Aquino McCoy (born March 20, 1957) is an American television, film, and stage actress. She has appeared in television series such as ''Brooklyn Bridge'', '' ER'', and ''Being Human'', and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her ...

Elizabeth Ashley Elizabeth Ann Cole (born August 30, 1939), known professionally as Elizabeth Ashley, is an American actress of theatre, film, and television. She has been nominated for three Tony Awards, winning once in 1962 for '' Take Her, She's Mine''. Ash ...

Mark Blum Mark Blum (May 14, 1950 – March 25, 2020) was an American actor who worked in theater, film, and television. He found success with a lead role in the 1985 film '' Desperately Seeking Susan,'' which he followed up the next year with a supporting ...

Charles Busch Charles Louis Busch (born August 23, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and drag queen, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and television. He wrote and starred in his early plays off-off- ...

* Kerry Butler * L. Scott Caldwell *

Nell Campbell Laura Elizabeth Campbell (born 24 May 1953), better known as Nell Campbell or by her stage name Little Nell, is an Australian actress, singer, and former club owner. She is best known for her role as Columbia in the 1975 film ''The Rocky Horror ...

Lynn Cohen Lynn Harriette Cohen (née Kay; August 10, 1933 – February 14, 2020) was an American actress known for her roles in film, television and theater. She was particularly known for her role as Magda in the HBO series ''Sex and the City'', which sh ...

Michael Cristofer Michael Cristofer (born January 22, 1945) is an American actor, playwright, and filmmaker. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for '' The Shadow Box'' in 1977. From 2015 to 2019, he played the role of Phillip ...

* Brian Cox *

Michael Cumpsty Michael Cumpsty is an English actor. He is known for his work in Broadway plays such as '' Artist Descending a Staircase'' (1989), '' Racing Demon'' (1995), ''Copenhagen'' (2000), ''Democracy'' (2004), and '' Machinal'' (2014). Cumpsty's film ...

Tim Daly James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom '' Wings'' and his recurring role as drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on ''The Sopranos.'' He starred as Pete ...

Tyne Daly Ellen Tyne Daly (; born February 21, 1946) is an American actress whose six-decade career included many leading roles in movies and theater. She has won six Emmy Awards for her television work, a Tony Award, and is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of ...

* Daniel Davis *

Sandy Duncan Sandra Kay Duncan (born February 20, 1946) is an American actress, comedian, dancer and singer. She is known for her performances in the Broadway revival of ''Peter Pan'', the sitcom '' The Hogan Family'', and the Disney films '' The Million D ...

Gregg Edelman Gregg Edelman (born September 12, 1958) is an American actor. He has starred in numerous Broadway productions earning four Tony Award nominations for his roles in '' City of Angels'' (1990), '' Anna Karenina'' (1993), ''1776'' (1998), and ''Into ...

Vera Farmiga Vera Ann Farmiga ( ; born August 6, 1973) is an American actress. Farmiga began her professional acting career on stage in the original Broadway production of '' Taking Sides'' (1996). After expanding to television and film, her breakthrough ...

Calista Flockhart Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11, 1964) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying the title character on the Fox television series '' Ally McBeal'' (1997–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe Award in 1998 and w ...

* Hallie Foote * Arthur French *

Penny Fuller Penny Fuller is an American actress. She received two Tony Award nominations for her performances on Broadway stage: for '' Applause'' (1970), and ''The Dinner Party'' (2001). For her television performances, Fuller received six Emmy Award nomin ...

Jack Gilpin John Mitchell Gilpin (born May 31, 1951) is an American actor. He has portrayed Church the Butler in HBO's historical drama series '' The Gilded Age'' since 2020. He is the father of actress Betty Gilpin. Early life Gilpin was born on May 31, ...

Joanna Gleason Joanna Gleason (née Hall; born June 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American actress and singer, known for her performances in theatrical musicals and plays, and on film and television. In theatre, Gleason originated the role of the Baker's Wife in Ste ...

* John Glover *

Randy Graff Randy Graff (born May 23, 1955) is an American actress and singer. Early years Born in Brooklyn, New York on May 23, 1955, Graff was part of a musically oriented family. Her grandmother "was the lead soprano in temple", and her uncle sang with, ...

* David Greenspan *

Charles Grodin Charles Sidney Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021) was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host. Known for his deadpan delivery and often cast as a put-upon straight man, Grodin became familiar as a supporting acto ...

Mamie Gummer Mary Willa "Mamie" Gummer (born August 3, 1983) is an American actress. She starred in the title role of The CW series '' Emily Owens, M.D.'' (2012–2013), and played the recurring role of Nancy Crozier on ''The Good Wife'' (2010–2015) and its ...

* Edward W. Hardy * Harriet Harris * Randy Harrison *

Jayne Houdyshell Jayne Houdyshell (born September 25, 1953) is an American actress. Known for being a prolific character actor in theater, film, and television, Houdyshell has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award, two Obie Awards, and a Drama Des ...

* Julie Halston *

Amy Irving Amy Irving (born September 10, 1953) is an American actress and singer, who has worked in film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Obie Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. Born in Palo Alto, Cali ...

Allison Janney Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress. Known for her performances across the screen and stage, she has received List of awards and nominations received by Allison Janney, various accolades, including an Academy A ...

Charles Kimbrough Charles Mayberry Kimbrough (May 23, 1936 – January 11, 2023) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as the straight-faced anchorman Jim Dial on ''Murphy Brown''. In 1990, his performance in the role earned him a nomination for ...

* T.R. Knight *

Christine Lahti Christine Ann Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress and filmmaker. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1984 film '' Swing Shift''. Her other film roles include '' ...And Justice for All'' (197 ...

Nathan Lane Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor. Since 1975, he has been Nathan Lane on screen and stage, on stage and screen in both comedic and dramatic roles. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Na ...

Adriane Lenox Adriane Lenox is an American actress, best known for her performances in Broadway theatre. Her performance in the play '' Doubt: A Parable'' garnered her the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2005. She received another Tony Award ...

David Margulies David Joseph Margulies (February 19, 1937 – January 11, 2016) was an American actor. He is known for his role as Lenny Clotch, the Mayor of New York City in ''Ghostbusters'' (1984) and ''Ghostbusters II'' (1989), and his recurring role as Neil ...

Carolyn McCormick Carolyn McCormick is an American actress who played Dr. Elizabeth Olivet in the ''Law & Order'' franchise. Life and career McCormick has worked in television, movies, theatre, and voice acting. Her breakthrough role was in '' Enemy Mine'', ...

* Ellen McLaughlin *

John McMartin John Francis McMartin (August 21, 1929 – July 6, 2016) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. He made his off-Broadway debut in '' Little Mary Sunshine'' in 1959, and acted on Broadway for more than 50 years. He won a Theatre W ...

Gerald McRaney Gerald Lee McRaney (born August 19, 1947) is an American television and film actor. McRaney is best known as one of the stars of the television shows ''Simon & Simon'', '' Major Dad'', ''Promised Land'' and '' House of Cards''. He most recently s ...

S. Epatha Merkerson S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson; November 28, 1952) is an American actress. She has received accolades for her work, including an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, four NAACP Image Awards, two Obie ...

Estelle Parsons Estelle Parsons (born November 20, 1927) is an American actress. After studying law, Parsons became a singer before deciding to pursue a career in acting. She worked for the television program '' Today'' and made her stage debut in 1961. Durin ...

* Pamela Payton-Wright *

Larry Pine Larry Pine (born March 3, 1945) is an American actor. A veteran of the Broadway stage, he began his career playing the role of Fop in the 1968 production of ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. He has since starred in film and television, with recurring role ...

* Billy Porter *

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Kyra Sedgwick Kyra Minturn Sedgwick ( ; born August 19, 1965) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the crime drama ''The Closer'' (2005–2012), for which she won a Golden ...

Marian Seldes Marian Hall Seldes (August 23, 1928 – October 6, 2014) was an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for '' A Delicate Balance'' in 1967, and received subsequent nominations ...

John Wesley Shipp John Wesley Shipp (born January 22, 1955) is an American actor known for his various television roles. He played the lead Barry Allen on CBS's superhero series ''The Flash'' from 1990 to 1991, and Mitch Leery, the title character's father, on ...

Susan Sullivan Susan Sullivan (born 1942) is an American actress known for her roles as Lenore Curtin Delaney on the NBC daytime soap opera '' Another World'' (1971–76), as Lois Adams on the ABC sitcom ''It's a Living'' (1980–81), as Maggie Gioberti Chan ...

* Will Swenson *

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Production history

*Final Follies ( A.R. Gurney) *Downstairs (

Theresa Rebeck Theresa Rebeck (born February 19, 1958) is an American playwright, television writer, and novelist. Her work has appeared on the Broadway and Off-Broadway stage, in film, and on television. Among her awards are the Mystery Writers of America's ...

) *Feeding the Dragon ( Sharon Washington) *A Walk with Mr. Heifetz ( James Inverne) *Pride and Prejudice (

) *The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord ( Scott Carter) *Daniel's Husband ( Michael McKeever) *Fade ( Tanya Saracho) *The Roads to Home (

) *Exit Strategy (

Ike Holter Ike Holter (born 1985) is an American playwright.

) *The Body of and American (

) *Perfect Arrangement ( Topher Payne) *Informed Consent ( Deborah Zoe Laufer) *Lives of the Saints (

) *While I Yet Live ( Billy Porter) *Poor Behavior (

) *The Tribute Artist (

) *The Model Apartment (

) *Bronx Bombers (

Eric Simonson Eric Simonson (born June 27, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American writer and director in theatre, film and opera. He is a member of Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, and the author of plays '' Lombardi'', ''Fake'', ''Honest'', ''Magic/B ...

) *Harbor (

Chad Beguelin Chad Beguelin (born September 24, 1969) is an American playwright and lyricist. He wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the book for '' The Prom''. He also wrote the book for Disney's ''Aladdin'', as well as additional lyrics for the score. He was nomi ...

) *The Call ( Tanya Barfield) *All in the Timing (

) *Him (Daisy Foote) *Harrison, TX: Three plays by Harton Foote (

) *The Morini Strad ( Willy Holtzman) *Rx (

Kate Fodor Kate Fodor is an American playwright and television writer. Her debut play, ''Hannah and Martin'', opened Off-Broadway on March 20, 2004 by the Epic Theatre Ensemble. The play, based on the relationship between political theorist Hannah Arendt and ...

) *Olive and the Bitter Herbs (

) *Motherhood Out Loud ( Leslie Ayvazian,

David Cale David Cale (born David Egleton) is an English-American playwright, actor, and songwriter, best known for his solo performance works. Early life Cale was born in England in 1958 or 1959 and grew up in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire. He failed ...

, Jessica Goldberg,

Beth Henley Elizabeth Becker Henley (born May 8, 1952) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actress. Her play '' Crimes of the Heart'' won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 1981 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, and ...

, Lameece Issaq, Claire LaZebnik,

Lisa Loomer Lisa Loomer (born 1950) is an American playwright and screenwriter who has also worked as an actress and stand-up comic. She is best known for her play ''The Waiting Room'' (1994), in which three women from different time periods meet in a modern ...

, Michele Lowe,

Marco Pennette Marco Pennette (born July 9, 1966) is an American television writer and producer. Early life Pennette was born in Greenwich, Connecticut where he grew up loving theatre: "I want to go into theatre; TV sort of lured me away." He attended New Yor ...

Luanne Rice Luanne Rice (born September 25, 1955) is an American novelist. Her 36 novels have been translated into 26 languages. She often writes about nature and the sea, and many of her novels deal with love and family. She is the author of ''The Lemon Orc ...

, Annie Weisman & Cheryl L. West) *Secrets of the Trade (Jonathon Tolins) *In Transit (

Kristen Anderson-Lopez Kristen Anderson-Lopez (born March 21, 1972) is an American songwriter. She is known for co-writing the songs for the 2013 animated musical film '' Frozen'' and its 2019 sequel '' Frozen II'' with her husband Robert Lopez. The couple won the Aca ...

, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and

Sara Wordsworth Sara Wordsworth is a Broadway lyricist-librettist. She is a co-writer on Broadway's first a capella musical, ''In Transit,'' and a co-producer of the Broadway cast recording. Additionally, she has worked for many years as a show creator with Disney ...

) *Black Tie ( A.R. Gurney) *A Lifetime Burning (

) *The Night Watcher (

Charlayne Woodard Charlaine "Charlayne" Woodard (born December 29, 1953) is an American playwright and actress. She is a two-time Obie Award winner as well as a Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee. She was a series regular on the hit FX TV series '' Pose''. She pl ...

) *Happy Now? (Lucinda Cox) *Buffalo Gal ( A.R. Gurney) *A Body of Water (

) *Love Child ( Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton) *Shipwrecked! An Entertainment (

) *Chasing Manet (

Tina Howe Mabel Davis "Tina" Howe (November 21, 1937 – August 28, 2023) was an American playwright. In a career that spanned more than four decades, Howe's best-known works include ''Museum'', '' The Art of Dining'', '' Painting Churches'', '' Coastal Di ...

) *Opus ( Michael Hollinger) *Dividing the Estate (

) *Hunting and Gathering (Brooke Berman) *Something You Did ( Willy Holtzman) *Indian Blood ( A.R. Gurney) *Southern Comforts ( Kathleen Clark) *Adrift in Macao (

) *Exits and Entrances (

Athol Fugard Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (; 11 June 19328 March 2025) was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director. Widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright and acclaimed as "the greatest active playwright in the English-speaki ...

) *Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams (

) *In The Continuum (

and

) *The Right Kind of People (

) *A Safe Harbor for Elizabeth Bishop (Marta Goes) *'' The Day Emily Married'' (

) *String of Pearls (Michele Lowe) *Sabina ( Willy Holtzman) *Going To St. Ives (

) *Strictly Academic ( A. R. Gurney) *The Stendhal Syndrome (

) *Boy ( Julia Jordan) *Call The Children Home (

Thomas Babe Thomas Babe (March 13, 1941 – December 6, 2000) was an American playwright, "one of Joseph Papp's most prolific resident playwrights at the New York Shakespeare Festival," with seven of his plays premiered at the Public Theatre. His work ...

) *The Fourth Wall ( A.R. Gurney) *One Million Butterflies (

Stephen Belber Stephen Belber (born March 3, 1967) is an American playwright, screenwriter and film director. His plays have been produced on Broadway and in over 50 countries. He directed the film adaptation of his Broadway play ''Match'', starring Patrick St ...

) *Romola & Nijinsky (Lynne Alvarez) *An Immaculate Misconception (

Carl Djerassi Carl Djerassi (October 29, 1923 – January 30, 2015) was an Austrian-born Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist, novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Program with Diane Wood Middlebrook. He is best known for his ...

) *One Shot, One Kill (

Richard Vetere Richard Vetere (born January 15, 1952, in New York City) is an American playwright, screenwriter, television writer, poet and actor. Career Born in 1952, Vetere grew up in Maspeth, Queens, a setting that appears in a number of his plays. He ...

) *Straight As a Line (

Luis Alfaro Luis Alfaro (born 1963 in Los Angeles) is a Chicano performance artist, writer, theater director, and social activist. He grew up in the Pico Union district near downtown Los Angeles and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in East Los An ...

) *Krisit (Y York) *No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs (John Henry Redwood) *Byrd's Boy (Bruce J. Robinson) *Barefoot Boy with Shoes On ( Edwin Sanchez) *Elsa Edgar (Bob Kingdom with Neil Bartlett) *An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Bouef ( Michael Hollinger) *When They Speak of Rita (Daisy B. Foote) *The Old Settler (John Henry Redwood) *High Life ( Lee MacDougall) *The Turn of the Screw (

Jeffrey Hatcher Jeffrey Hatcher is a much-produced American playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the stage play ''Compleat Female Stage Beauty'', which he later adapted into a screenplay, shortened to just '' Stage Beauty'' (2004). He also co-wrote the stage a ...

from the story by Henry James) *Lips ( Constance Congdon) *This Lime Tree Bower (

Conor McPherson Conor McPherson (born 6 August 1971) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and director of stage and film. In recognition of his contribution to world theatre, McPherson was awarded an honorary doctorate of literature in June 2013 by University C ...

) *Brutality of Fact (

Keith Reddin Keith Reddin (born July 7, 1956) is an American actor and playwright. He received his B.S. in 1978 from Northwestern University and then went on to attend Yale School of Drama until he received his M.A. in 1981. Reddin grew up in Englewood, Ne ...

) *Scotland Road (

) *St. Nicholas (

) *Nasty Little Secrets (Lanie Robertson) *Missing/Kissing (

) *Second-Hand Smoke (

Mac Wellman John McDowell Wellman (born March 7, 1945), is an American playwright, author, and poet.Mac Wellman pape ...

) *Not Waving (Gen LeRoy) *Hate Mail (

Bill Corbett William Daniel Corbett (born March 30, 1960) is an American writer and performer for television, film and theatre. He was a writer and performer on the cult television show ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (''MST3K''), for which he voiced Crow ...

and Kira Obolensky) *Mere Mortals (

) *The Model Apartment (

) *The Preservation Society (William S. Leavengood) *Virgins & Other Myths (Colin Martin) *Sabina ( Willy Holtzman) *Ancient History and English Made Simple (

) *Laughing Matters ( Nick Ullett) *You Should Be So Lucky (

) *I Sent a Letter to My Love (

Melissa Manchester Melissa Manchester (born February 15, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Since the 1970s, her songs have been played by adult contemporary radio stations. She has also appeared on television, in films, and on stage. Early li ...

, Jeffrey Sweet) *Don Juan in Chicago (

) *"2" Goering at Nuremberg ( Romulus Linney) *Breaking Up (

) *Crackdancing (Joseph Hindy) *The Hyacinth Macaw (

Mac Wellman John McDowell Wellman (born March 7, 1945), is an American playwright, author, and poet.Mac Wellman pape ...

) *The Dolphin Position (Percy Granger) *Bargains (Jack Heifner) *Washington Square Moves (Matthew Witten) *How She Played the Game (Cynthia L. Cooper) *Olivia's Opus (Nora Cole) *Joy Solution (Stuart Duckworth) *Making Book (Janet Reed) *A Murder of Crows (

Mac Wellman John McDowell Wellman (born March 7, 1945), is an American playwright, author, and poet.Mac Wellman pape ...

) *Lusting After Pepino's Wife (Sam Henry Kass) *Better Days (

Richard Dresser Richard Dresser (born 1951) is an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and teacher whose work has been performed in New York, leading regional theaters, and all over Europe. His first dystopian fiction novel, ''It Happened Here,'' was relea ...

) *Hollywood Scheherazade (Charlie Peters) *Black Market ( Joe Sutton) *Bovver Boys ( Willy Holtzman) *Swim Visit (Wesley Moore) *Sketchbook Series - Late Night Shows: Babel Stories; Matthew Maguire, The Traveling Squirrel ( Robert Lord), The Secret Sits in the Middle (Lisa Maria Radano) *At the Still Point ( Jordan Roberts *Nasty Little Secrets (Lanie Robertson) *Algerian Romance (Kres Mersky) *Cellophane (

Mac Wellman John McDowell Wellman (born March 7, 1945), is an American playwright, author, and poet.Mac Wellman pape ...

) *China Wars ( Robert Lord) *Ancient History (

) *Sketchbook Series - Late Night Political Comedy Sketches: The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Debate (

Joe DiPietro Joe DiPietro (born 1961) is an American playwright, lyricist and author. He is best known for the Tony Award-winning musical '' Memphis'', for which he won the Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score as well as for writi ...

, Stephen Fife, Kathy Giamo and Mark Michaels) *Stopping the Desert (Glen Merzer) *The Wedding of the Siamese Twins (Burton Cohen) *Angel Face ( Laura Harrington) *An Evening of Four One Acts: *The Time I Died ( Ron Carlson) *Madame Zelena Finally Comes Clean ( Ron Carlson) *Lone Deer (Donald Wollner) *Splitsville (Richard Dresser) *Beyond Bloomingdale's (Diane Heles and Janet Reed) *Florida Girls (Nancy Fitz-Hasty) *Heavy Breathing (Scott Carter) *Free Fall ( Laura Harrington) *Hidden Parts (Lynne Alvarez) *Late One Afternoon in Okabena (Marjorie Mahle) *In September Woods (David Hill) *Bertrano or Hats Don't Lie (Charlie Peters)

Broadway Transfers

Primary Stages has seen three Broadway transfers with its productions of In Transit in 2016, Bronx Bombers in 2014, and Dividing the Estate in 2008.

References

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