Company members Marjan Neshat and Jeb Brown have been nominated for Tony Awards, while company member Celia Keenan-Bolger has been announced as the recipient of this year’s Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her advocacy work.

Marjan Neshat was nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Marjan in the Pulitzer prize winning play English by Sanaz Toossi. The production received five nominations including Best Play and Best Direction.

Jeb Brown was nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for playing Bandleader and Walter Jarrett in Dead Outlaws, directed by David Cromer, with book by Itamar Moses and music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna. The production received seven nominations including Best Musical, Best Book for a Musical, and Best Direction.

Celia Keenan-Bolger has also been announced as the recipient of the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her humanitarian service and commitment to advocacy and community engagement through the arts. Celia has devoted more than a decade to causes including civic engagement, LGBTQ+ rights, public health and arts education. She served on the advisory board of Broadway Impact, an organization that advocated for marriage equality. Her ongoing work includes her position as an artist-ambassador for the New York Civil Liberties Union, from which she received the inaugural Michael Friedman Freedom Award in 2019.

In addition, Gypsy, featuring company member Jacob Ming-Trent was nominated for Best Revival of a Musical. This year’s celebration will take place on Sunday, June 8. Congratulations to all!

Company member Irene Sofia Lucio and the cast of Liberation received a Special Ensemble Drama Desk Award and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble Performance for their portrayal of the women staring across the social battle lines of the 1970s in Bess Wohl’s new play, directed by Whitney White.

Company member Caroline Aaron was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play for her portrayal of Maria in Conversations with Mother, written by Matthew Lombardo and directed by Noah Himmelstein.

Company member Maria-Christina Oliveras was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play for her portrayal of Queen and Belarius in Cymbeline by William Shakespeare, adapted by Andrea Thom, and directed by Stephen Brown-Fried, presented by NAATCO. The production was also nominated for an Outstanding Adaptation Drama Desk Award.

In addition, six productions featuring company members were recognized. Nominated for Drama Desk Awards: The Wind and the Rain: A Story About Sunny’s Bar (featuring Paco Tolson) was nominated for Unique Theatrical Experience and Gypsy (featuring Jacob Ming-Trent) was nominated for Outstanding Revival of a Musical. Nominated for Outer Critics Circle Awards: The Antiquities (featuring Cindy Cheung), Here There Are Blueberries (featuring Elizabeth Stahlmann) and Liberation (featuring Irene Sofia Lucio) were nominated for Outstanding New Off Broadway Play. Gypsy was also nominated for Outstanding Revival of a Musical.

Company member Mary Bacon is in Molière in the Park’s production of The Imaginary Invalid, written by Molière and directed and translated by Lucie Tiberghien. Argan is ill. But is he? Argan is dying. But aren’t we all? Argan wants absolute control. But is that ever achievable? After a series of upside down attempts to snap him out of it, a solution is found. But will it save him? The production includes choreography by Cal Hunt and music by cellist Johnathan Moore and runs through May 25 at the LeFrak Center at Lakeside, Prospect Park.

Company member Madeline Wise is in Five Models in Ruins, 1981 a new play by Caitlin Saylor Stephens and directed by Morgan Green at Lincoln Center Theatre. Roberta, a visionary fashion photographer, lands the gig of a lifetime—the cover of Vogue—but quickly learns it could be her downfall. Location is a nightmare. The models are vicious. Hair and makeup is MIA. And the cigarette supply is running dangerously low. As chaos escalates, Roberta must summon her strength and find the perfect light to capture a moment of beauty in a brutal world. Set against the backdrop of a crumbling European estate in the aftermath of Princess Diana’s wedding, Five Models in Ruins, 1981 is a darkly comedic exploration of a woman grappling with the power of her own gaze. Performances run through June 1 at the Claire Tow Theater.

Company member Heather Raffo writes and stars in the film Nine Parts, directed by Mike Mosallam and produced by Nilou Safinya. Torn by her father’s death and a divided nation, an Iraqi American woman attempts to grieve at the site of the oldest Iraqi Church in North America. What starts in isolation becomes communal as Iraqi women—ordinary and extraordinary—come to and through her with her personal stories of love and resilience. A first of-its-kind bridge between the Midwest and the Middle East, Nine Parts offers a unique celebration of the Iraqi female experience. Now streaming on PBS. Watch Here.

Bhavesh Patel appears on Your Friends & Neighbors in Season 1, Episode 1, “This Is What Happens” on AppleTV+

Jeff Hiller appears on Will Trent in Season 3, Episode 15, “The Most Beautiful, Fierce, Smart, Powerful Creature in the Entire World” on ABC/Hulu

Ethan Dubin appears on Elsbeth, Season 2, Episode 18, “I Know What You Did Thirty-Three Summers Ago” on CBS/Paramount+

Geoffrey Allen Murphy appears on Elsbeth, Season 2, Episode 20, “Ramen Holiday” on CBS/Paramount+

Pun Bandhu appears on Elsbeth in Season 2 , Episode 18, “I Know What You Did Thirty-Three Summers Ago” on CBS/Paramount+

Maulik Pancholy appears on Leverage Redemption in Season 3, Episode 6, “The Swipe Right Job” on Amazon Prime

Lizan Mitchell appears on Dying for Sex in Season 1, Episode 3, “Feelings Can Become Amplified” on Disney+

Orlagh Cassidy appears on Chicago Med in Season 10, Episode 9, “The Stories We Tell Ourselves” on NBC/Peacock

Angel Desai appears on FBI in Season 7, Episode 20, “Start up” on CBS/Paramount+

Liza Fernandez appears on Law & Order: SVU in Season 26, Episode 19, “Play with Fire Part 2” on NBC/Peacock

Company member Tina Chilip is in the short film Myself When I Am Real, written and directed by Angeline Gragrasin. Set in the year 2000, a single mother and her teenage daughter struggle to make friends and find belonging at a Filipino Christmas party in suburban Wisconsin. The film won Best Short Narrative Fiction in 2024 at the San Deigo Asian Film Festival. Recent screenings include the Los Angeles Pacific Film Festival, CAAMFest in San Francisco, and upcoming at the Asian American Showcase in Chicago on May 18. Watch the trailer.

After a four year production journey, company member Rutanya Alda has completed her film Land of the Mustaches. The film is an autobiographical story about growing up in the Displaced Persons refugee camps with her mother and grandmother after World War Two left them starving and stateless, as well as her father’s disappearance into Stalin’s notorious Gulag labor camps in Siberia with only what he was wearing the day he was abducted. These two hard paths parallel each other until they finally merge into one story in an ultimate celebration of resilience and human spirit. Land of the Mustaches is premiering in June at AmiCorti Film Festival in Italy and is award-nominated at a dozen others across Europe and the United States so far, including this year’s debut East Village Film Festival. Watch the trailer.

Company member Benja Kay Thomas is in My First Ex-Husband, a play by Joy Behar and directed by Randal Myler. The play is a bold and heartfelt adaptation of true stories. With razor-sharp wit and no filters, Behar explores the messy, hilarious truths of love, sex, and relationships. Whether you’re happily coupled, cautiously committed, or considering changing the locks, relationships are complicated—and universally relatable. A rotating cast changes every four weeks. Benja will be performing through May 18 with Marilu Henner, Julia Sweeney, and Marsha Mason.

Company member Jason Kravits is in the feature film On Swift Horses, directed by Daniel Minahan and written by Bryce Kass, based on the book by Shannon Pufahl. Muriel and her husband Lee are beginning a bright new life in California when he returns from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius, a wayward gambler with a secret past. A dangerous love triangle quickly forms. When Julius takes off in search of the young card cheat he’s fallen for, Muriel’s longing for something more propels her into a secret life of her own, gambling on racehorses and exploring a love she never dreamed possible. The film is available in select theaters nationwide. Watch the trailer.

Company member Max Wolkowitz is in The Shark is Broken, a play by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon, directed by Peter Flynn at George Street Playhouse. What happens when three Hollywood legends are stranded in the middle of the ocean? Chaos. As the making of one of the greatest American films hits rough waters, it’s not the shark that’s the problem—it’s the actors themselves. The play brings the legendary actors of Jaws—Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, and Richard Dreyfuss—face-to-face with their most absurd challenges during the filming of this iconic blockbuster. With a broken shark and tempers running high, this comedy dives into the hilarious behind-the-scenes drama of a movie shoot that goes anything but smoothly. Performances run through May 18 in New Brunswick, NJ. Watch the trailer.

Company member Emma Ramos is in La más fan or “The Biggest Fan,” a feature film written and directed by Maria Torres, now released on Netflix. Disgraced actress Lana Cruz, who has been canceled by Hollywood, heads back to Mexico to work in a film to prove that she’s still a star. But she is not prepared for Polly, her biggest fan and worst nightmare. The cast includes Kate del Castillo, Diana Bovio, and Hugo Catalán.

Company member Deirdre Lovejoy is in the feature film Lilly, directed by Rachel Feldman and starring Patricia Clarkson, John Benjamin Hickey and Thomas Sadoski, now in theaters nationwide. Based on the remarkable true story of working-class hero Lilly Ledbetter, a hard-working Alabama tire factory supervisor whose singular goal is to lift her family into the middle class. Having grown up in poverty, she endures a work environment plagued by pervasive harassment. As retirement approaches, Lilly discovers that the system has been cheating her, paying her close to half of what the men with the same jobs are earning. Outraged, Lilly fights this injustice to the Supreme Court, the corridors of Congress and eventually The White House all while powerful forces try to shut her down. Watch the trailer.

Company member David Dean Bottrell will be touring his show Teenage Wasteland: Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen this summer. Following the success of his previous show, The Death of Me Yet, David has announced tour dates for his new show for May and June in New York City, Palm Springs, Los Angles, San Francisco, Cotuit, and Nantucket.

Company member Keith Randolph Smith is in Bust, a play written by Zora Howard and directed Lileana Blain-Cruz. Retta and Reggie are enjoying their usual evening on the porch when a longtime neighbor is pulled over by the police just before turning into his driveway. Everything goes as expected—until the unexpected happens. Humor, suspense, and surrealism converge in this gripping interrogation of what it costs to be Black and free. The production premiered earlier this spring at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, before moving to Chicago. Performances run through May 18.