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Company member John Doman is in Long Bright River, a new limited series written and produced by Nikki Toscano, based on the book by Liz Moore, starring Amanda Seyfried and Nicholas Pinnock. Long Bright River tells the story of Mickey, a police officer who patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case. All episodes are available for streaming on Peacock. Watch the Trailer

Company members Tobias Segal and Andrea Syglowski are in Amerikin, written by Chisa Hutchinson and directed by Jade King Carroll at Primary Stages. In small-town Maryland, Jeff Browning resolves to give his newborn son every possible advantage—by joining a local white supremacist group. When his attempt to join is thwarted by some surprising ancestry test results, the line between “us” and “them” gets incredibly blurry. Jeff scrambles to maintain appearances, but his sanitized story starts to unravel when a prominent Black journalist and his daughter start asking questions. Amerikin explores the lengths we go to protect our own, the lies we tell ourselves, and the cost of division on us all. Performances run through April 13 at 59E59 Theaters.

Company member Neal Bledsoe is in Othello on Broadway, starring Denzel Washington in the title role and Jake Gyllenhaal as Iago. The production is directed by Kenny Leon. Othello, a general in the Venetian army, sees his happy marriage to the beautiful Desdemona destroyed when his seemingly trustworthy ensign, Iago, suggests to him that she may be unfaithful, in William Shakespeare’s tragedy of revenge, jealousy and intrigue. Performances run through June 8 at the Barrymore Theatre.

Company members John Evans Reese and Elizabeth Stahlmann are in Nikolai Gogol’s The Inspector, newly adapted and directed by Yura Kordonsky at Yale Repertory Theatre. An entire town is plunged into chaos as it frantically hides its grift and incompetence from the prying eyes of an undercover inspector. But the cons are about to get conned: the mysterious stranger accepting every bauble, coin, and advance thrown his way is not who he seems to be. Everyone is on the take—or the make—in this outrageously anarchic comedy of errors. The story is a drama of a community desperate for a better life and a farce exposing the absurd lengths to which they go in its pursuit. Performances run through March 29 in New Haven, CT.

Company members Stephen McKinley Henderson and Benjamin Thys are in the feature film, The Dutchman, written and directed by Andre Gaines, based on the play by Amiri Baraka. The film had its world premiere earlier this month at SXSW Film Festival. Clay, a successful but troubled black businessman, attends therapy sessions with his wife, Kaya, in an attempt to salvage their marriage. But their mysterious therapist is not all that he seems and begins to unexpectedly appear to Clay outside of their sessions. On a New York subway train, Clay encounters Lula, a seductive but sinister white stranger, who slowly begins to unravel his life. Clay must discover the truth behind this encounter to get back to his wife, heal his fractured soul, and survive the night. In this modern adaptation of the 1964 award-winning play, The Dutchman brings a contemporary edge to the original, exploring themes of race and identity in America.

Company member Maggie Bofill is in Laughs in Spanish written by Alexis Scheer and directed by Lisa Portes at Hartford Stage. It’s the eve of Art Basel—the major art event in Miami—and gallery director Mari is freaking out. The art has vanished, the phones are ringing off the hook, and her assistant Caro is acting suspicious. Just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse, her famous, often-absent mother Estella arrives in town… baggage in tow. Mother-daughter relationships and questions about art and success are all on the table in this vibrant collage of chaos and cultura. Performances run through March 30 in Hartford, CT.

Company member Daniel K. Isaac is in the feature film Outerlands written and directed by Elena Oxman. The film had its world premiere earlier this month at SXSW Film Festival. Cass juggles jobs as a nanny, restaurant server, and party drug dealer in order to make ends meet and pay for their tiny San Francisco apartment. After a one night stand with Kalli, a co-worker they have a crush on, Cass agrees to watch her 11-year-old daughter, Ari, while she goes out of town. But as days pass without word from Kalli, Cass and Ari form a bond that spirals Cass back to their own difficult childhood and the pain they’ve been running from.

Company member David Manis is in the cast of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts at Lincoln Center Theater as an understudy. Ghosts is a devastating moral thriller in which ideas of love, duty and family are mercilessly put to the test. This new version, written by one of Ireland’s leading playwrights, Mark O’Rowe and directed by Jack O’Brien, stars Lily Rabe, Billy Crudup, Hamish Linklater, and Levon Hawke. After several years abroad, Helena Alving’s son, Oswald, has returned home from Paris, carrying with him an untold burden. As Helena works to build an orphanage in honor of her late husband, whose disreputable past has cast a long shadow over the family, she and Oswald become entangled with Pastor Manders, housemaid Regina, and Regina’s father Engstrand, each guarding their own private deceptions. Performances run through April 26.

Company members Trish Lindström and Benjamin Thys are in the National Tour of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, now playing the Hollywood Pantages in Los Angeles through June 22. Trish plays the role of Ginny Potter and Ben plays Draco Malfoy. Directed by John Tiffany, and based on the original story by J.K. Rowling, the story follows Albus, the son of Harry Potter, as he navigates his first years at Hogwarts and becomes friends with Scorpius Malfoy, the son of his father’s rival, Draco. The tour, which began with an extended run in Chicago, will move to Washington, DC in July.

Heather Alicia Simms appears on The Equalizer in Season 5, Episode 11 “Taken” on CBS/Paramount+

 

Meg Hennessy appears on 1923 in Season 2, Episode 3 “Wrap Thee in Terror” on Paramount+

 

Maggie Siff appears on Law & Order in Season 24, Episode 15 “Crossing Lines” on NBC/Peacock

 

Denise Cormier appears on Law & Order in Season 24, Episode 15 “Crossing Lines” on NBC/Peacock

Company member Elizabeth Stahlmann is in the feature film, The Snare, written and directed by Merlin Camozzi, which had its world premiere at Cinequest in San Jose, CA this month. When a high school student is arrested with a small amount of drugs, the police pressure her to become an informant, forcing her to choose between the people she most loves and the future she’s worked so hard to create. Watch the Trailer.

Company members Pun Bandhu and Julienne Hanzelka Kim, who serve on the steering committee of the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, co-authored the Visibility Report, examining racial representation on NYC stages for the 2021-22 season. It is the only publicly available report of its kind that covers all of Broadway and the 18 largest non-profit theatre companies in the city. The coalition also recently released the AAPAC Theater Practices Toolkit, a reference guide for theatrical institutions for creating an inclusive environment for AAPI/Asian artists.

Company member Lenne Klingaman is in Legacy of Light, written by Karen Zacarías and directed by Sarah Rasmussen, now playing at the McCarter Theatre. What is the science of love? In present-day Princeton, an astrophysicist is discovering new planets while dreaming of starting a family. In 18th century Paris, Émilie du Châtelet, a brilliant physicist whose genius inspired the work of Voltaire and influenced Einstein and his Theory of Relativity, is running out of time before her baby arrives. Across the ages, but under the same star-filled sky, their stories intertwine in this bright and funny play about life, the universe, and the legacy we leave behind. Performances run through April 6 in Princeton, NJ.

Company member Patrick Kerr is in The Huntington’s new production of The Triumph of Love, a classic French comedy by 18th century playwright Pierre Carlet de Marivaux. This new adaptation from Stephen Wadsworth is directed by Loretta Greco. A clever princess is smitten at first sight—but to win her prince, she must woo him in disguise. Mistaken identities, hilarious complications and deeply felt desire collide head on with Rationalist Philosophy—and surprising romantic entanglements ensue. Performances run through April 6 in Boston, MA.

Company members Polly Adams, Perri Gaffney, Annie Henk, Lena Kaminsky, and Kathleen Turco-Lyon are participating in Plays For Us, the reading series co-curated by company members Kathryn Markey and Dee Pelletier. The event, which takes place Thursday, March 20 at 6:30pm at the Pictor Gallery, will feature new short works by Christin Eve Cato, Cheryl L. Davis, Deborah Zoë Laufer, Mildred I. Lewis, Linda Manning, and Suni Reyes, responding to the theme Beautiful Mess. Plays for Us has a mission is to find and highlight substantial acting roles for women+ in middle age and up across the cultural spectrum. Often these roles are written by women+ in middle age and up. RSVP to ddpell@yahoo.com.

Company member Antoinette LaVecchia is in the feature film The Electric State from directors Anthony and Joe Russo, with a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, now streaming on Netflix. Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Simon Stålenhag, the story takes place in a reimagined version of 1997. With humans isolated in their VR helmets and a continuing battle against a strange breed of monstrous drones in the wake of a technological meltdown, a teenage girl named Michelle and a robot travel the West Coast of the U.S. in search of the girl’s missing brother. Watch the Trailer