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Acclaimed acting teacher, and former Yale, NYU, and Columbia faculty member Ron Van Lieu returns to The Actors Center in April for a teaching residency working with members of the Resident Company.

Company member Michele Shay stars as Mama in Zora Howard’s Stew, directed by Stori Ayers at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. The play, a 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist, tells a captivating, funny and intimate story about the relationship between mothers, daughters and the realities that bind them together. Three generations of Black women gather in Mama’s kitchen to cook an important meal—and things are about to boil over. As they take turns preparing a stew, closely held details of their lives rise slowly to the surface. But time is running short to prepare the meal, and the truths they try to keep from one another threaten to reveal themselves. A heady combination of secrets, knowingness and even violence hangs thick in the air before the day reaches an unforgettable climax. The production runs through April 7 in Cincinnati, OH.

Company member Tonya Pinkins is in the world premiere of Windows, a new play by Tawni O’Dell. Directed by Mitchell Maxwell and presented by Out of the Box Theatrics, the play receives a limited engagement of five performances at the Town Hall, March 25-27. Windows is adapted from the podcast Closing the Distance, an episodic series performed and recorded by celebrated actors during the early days of the pandemic. The play brings to light the enormous changes that have washed over everyone since the pandemic of 2020 forced us to change from the inside out. The cast also features Avantika, Craig Bierko, Tony Danza, Erin Darke, Jeffrey Donovan, Tovah Feldshuh, Adam Kantor, Carolyn McCormick, and Jesse Nager.

Company member LaTonya Borsay is in Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill, directed by Liz Diamond at Yale Repertory Theatre with a cast that includes Mary Lou Rosato, Sandra Shipley, and Rita Wolf. Escaped Alone follows three old friends and a neighbor in a verdant backyard on a summer afternoon. The convention-defying play sets in comic and devastating counterpoint the consolations of a good chat and the looming weight of disasters both intimate and global. The production runs through March 30 in New Haven, CT.

Company members Kelley Rae O’Donnell and Angel Desai are in lolita lolita, produced by LABryinth Theater Company as part of its LAB: STRIPPED series, featuring works in progressWritten by Elizabeth Narciso and directed by Alfredo Narciso, the play is a time-traveling joyride through the history of the patriarchy! Helen of Troy, Salome, and Lolita employ all the powers at their disposal: poetry, pop culture, and cherry cake to set the record straight. The production stars Molly Collier, Biko Eisen-Martin, Sarah Nina Hayon, Ani Mesa, Kohl Sudduth, and Viviana Valeria and runs at 59E59 Theaters through March 24.

Company member Julia Gibson plays Helen Hubbard in Murder on the Orient Express at Playmakers Repertory Theatre. A luxurious train ride comes to a halt when a passenger is found dead. With a murderer on the loose, the passengers of the Orient Express must band together before the body count goes up. Tracy Bersley directs this fast-paced ride inspired by Agatha Christie’s classic novel, adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig. Now on stage through March 24 in Chapel Hill, NC.

Company member Gillian Glasco joins the cast of Doubt on Broadway as an understudy for Mrs. Muller, marking her Broadway debut. The production of John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, directed by Scott Ellis, stars Liev Schreiber and Amy Ryan and is presented by Roundabout Theatre Company. Sister Aloysius, the prickly principal of a Catholic school in a working-class part of the Bronx, is feared by students and colleagues alike. But when she suspects nefarious relations between the charismatic priest Father Flynn and a student, she’s forced to wrestle with what’s fact, what’s fiction, and how much she’ll risk to expose the difference—all the while wrestling with her own bone-deep doubts. The production is scheduled to run through April 21 at the Todd Haimes Theatre.

Company member Megan Loomis is the standby for Madame Morrible in Wicked on Broadway. Megan was previously in the National Tour cast. This marks her Broadway debut. Company member William Youmans currently plays Dr. Dillamond in the production, which recently welcomed Donna McKechnie, Mary Kate Morrissey, and Alexandra Socha to the cast at the Gershwin Theatre.