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Through our creative residency programs, artist development workshops, advanced training opportunities, and mentorship, we are a leading advocate for the highest levels of excellence in the craft of acting and the theatre, film, and television industries.

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Working with almost every major non-profit theatre in NYC, including the Public Theater, Roundabout, Vineyard, Signature, Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Theatre for a New Audience, New York Theatre Workshop, and Classic Stage Company.

Including Liberation, Waiting for Godot, Dead Outlaw, Othello, Gypsy, English, Cult of Love, Swept Away, Moulin Rouge, Mother Play, Purlie Victorious, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Between Riverside and Crazy, Fat Ham, Life of Pi, Leopoldstadt, Funny Girl, The Piano Lesson, A Beautiful Noise, A Strange Loop, Slave Play, and many more.

Including top shows from every network, such as The Gilded Age, The Pitt, Poker Face, Paradise, Elsbeth, Ghosts, Somebody Somewhere, Untamed, The Fall of the House of Usher, Long Bright River, Zero Day, Abbott Elementary, Succession, Ozark, Atlanta, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Billions.

Including Materialists, Relay, Lost & Found in Cleveland, A Complete Unknown, Christy, Ballad of a Small Player, Civil War, Maestro, American Fiction, The Holdovers, Snow White, Dune, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and working with directors Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Ava Duvernay, and Denzel Washington.

Teaching at training programs across the country including Juilliard, Yale, NYU, Brown, Columbia, USC, A.C.T., Purchase, among others, as well as independent studios and public school programs.

Working at regional theaters and national tours in 40 of 50 states including at the Guthrie, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Arena Stage, Huntington, Yale Rep, Trinity Rep, PlayMakers Rep, Seattle Rep, La Jolla, and Cincinnati Playhouse.

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Company member Joe Tippett returns as Tim in Season 2 of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, from creator Chris Black on Apple TV. The show, which is based on Legendary’s Monsterverse, follows two siblings looking to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch. Season 2 picks up with the fate of Monarch—and the world—hanging in the balance. The dramatic saga reveals buried secrets that reunite the heroes on Kong’s Skull Island, and a new, mysterious village where a mythical Titan rises from the sea. Season 2 premieres February 27, with episodes airing weekly through May 1. Watch trailer here.

Company members Cindy Cheung, Maureen Sebastian, and Liz Wisan are in Meat Suit, or the shitshow of motherhood, written and directed by Aya Ogawa at Second Stage. Performed by mothers for mothers, or those who love mothers, or simply those who have mothers, this play blends bouffon-inspired physicality, sharp satire, original songs, and total absurdity. Beneath the bedlam and humor, Meat Suit confronts a deeper theme: how every birth triggers quiet deaths—the mother’s autonomy, sense of self, and personal desire—and whether anything of the person she was survives. Performances run through March 15 at The Pershing Square Signature Center.

Company member Lizan Mitchell is in Cold War Choir Practice, a play with music by Ro Reddick, directed by Knud Adams and co-produced by MCC Theater, Clubbed Thumb, and Page 73. A young girl is embroiled in intrigue when her estranged uncle, a prominent Black conservative, brings his mysteriously ill wife home for the holidays. An explosion of roller disco, Reaganomics, espionage, and cults—underscored by the cryptic Syracuse, NY chapter of the Seedlings of Peace Children’s Chorus—runs at MCC’s Newman Mills Theater through March 29.

Company member Celeste Arias plays Thea in Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Erin Cressida Wilson, directed by Barry Edelstein at The Old Globe. Katie Holmes brings Hedda Gabler to life in one of the defining masterpieces of world drama. Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon—and the cracks in their marriage are already showing. Bored and restless, Hedda tries to control those around her. But as her schemes tighten, her own world begins to unravel. Performances run through March 15 in San Diego, CA.

Company member Sydney Lemmon plays Lauren Bessette in Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, a new series from creator Connor Hines and the first installment in Ryan Murphy’s Love Story anthology series. John F. Kennedy Jr. was the closest thing to American royalty. Carolyn Bessette was a star in her own right. As their love story unfolded on a national stage, the intense fame and media attention that came along with it threatened to rip them apart. The series charts the complex and heartbreaking journey of a couple whose private love became a national obsession. New episodes air weekly on Thursdays on FX/Hulu. Watch trailer here.

The Actors Center hosts Resonance Room, Edition No. 4—the first sharing of works in process by the 2025-26 Mentorship Cohort. The evening will feature original work by Carson S. Davis, Alyssa James, Rebecca Salzhauer, alongside excerpts from plays by Gracie Gardner and Neil Simon, poetry, and multiple musical numbers. Come join us!

Company member Jennifer Ferrin is in 56 Days, a new thriller series developed by Karyn Usher and Lisa Zwerling, based on the book by Catherine Ryan Howard. After a chance supermarket encounter, Oliver Kennedy and Ciara Wyse embark on an intense relationship. When a savagely murdered corpse is found 56 days later in a luxury apartment linked to the couple, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly must reconstruct their deadly romance and uncover grim secrets. All episodes now available to stream on Amazon Prime. Watch trailer here.

Company members MaYaa Boateng and Alejandro Hernandez are in All My Sons, written by Arthur Miller and directed by David Mendizábal at Berkeley Rep. The American Dream comes at a price. But who truly pays for it? When a father makes a fateful decision to preserve his family’s hard-won success, the aftershocks ripple far beyond his home and community. This powerful revival maintains the original text while sharpening its themes of justice and inequity, revealing a tragedy where the pursuit of prosperity collides with the reality of who America was built to serve. Performances run through March 29 in Berkeley, CA.

Alexandra Neil appears on Law & Order in Season 25, Episode 12 “Never Say Goodbye” on NBC/Peacock.

 

 

James Chen appears on the debut episode of CIA, a new spinoff series from the FBI universe on CBS/Paramount+

Company member Eva Kaminsky is in We Had a World, written by Josh Harmon and directed by Keira Fromm, at The Huntington Theatre. A dying woman calls her grandson and asks him to write a play about their family. “But I want you to promise me something,” she says. “Make it as bitter and vitriolic as possible.” In this searing, funny, and deeply personal play, the author of Prayer for the French Republic recreates thirty years of family fights, monstrous behavior, enduring love, and unexpected dishes of home-cooked spaetzle. Performances run through March 15 in Boston, MA.

Company member Perri Gaffney is in the short film Ahoy!, written and directed by Julian Alvarez and produced by company member Jess Gabor. On a planet consumed by the sea, a colony of survivors live out their days on a big, resilient old longshore fishing boat converted to meet their post-apocalyptic needs. On the ship is young boy named Ahoy, who was raised on the sea and dreams of one day visiting a mythical place once known as “land”. The short film had its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival last fall, and is amid a festival run including Ocean City Film Festival, Annapolis Film Festival, Cleveland Film Festival. It will be screened March 1-15 at the 2026 New York Children’s International Film Festival. Watch trailer here.

José Zayas, award-winning director and educator, and John Douglas Thompson, celebrated actor and teacher, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company this winter for development workshops exploring the world of Federico Garcia Lorca’s Blood Wedding and William Shakespeare.

Company member Heidi Armbruster’s play Mrs. Christie will be presented by Cincinnati Playhouse and Milwaukee Rep this spring, directed by Joanie Schultz. In 1926, famed author Agatha Christie vanished for 11 days, reappearing without explanation. The real-life case of the “Missing Mrs. Christie” became a tabloid sensation, but the reasons behind her disappearance remain unknown. Now, 100 years later, a devoted superfan stumbles upon the clues that could finally crack the case, launching a coming-of-age journey of memory and self-discovery—with the thrill of a good old-fashioned mystery. Performances run February 28-March 29 in Cincinnati, OH and April 14-May 10 in Milwaukee, WI.

Company members Caroline Aaron and Heidi Armbruster are in The Reservoir, written by Jake Brasch and directed by Shelley Butler at Atlantic Theater Company, co-produced with Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Josh’s life is a mess. He’s moved home to Denver to get sober, but after years of drinking, the fog in his brain won’t lift. Struggling with memory loss, confusion, and shame he finds himself strangely in step with his four aging grandparents. The Reservoir is a funny, human play about memory, recovery, and the joys of cross-generational connection. Performances run through March 15.

Company member Maggie Siff is in Shadowlands, written by William Nicholson and directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, now playing in the West End. Maggie plays the spirited American poet Joy Davidman whose unexpected love transforms the orderly academic life of C.S Lewis, the celebrated author of The Chronicles of Narnia, played by Hugh Bonneville. What begins as a meeting of minds becomes an uplifting and powerful journey of love and the fragile beauty of life. Performances run through May 9 at the Aldwych Theatre in London, UK.

Company member Phillipa Soo is in High Spirits, with music, lyrics, and book by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray and directed by Jessica Stone, now playing as part of New York City Center’s Encores! series.. Phillipa and her real-life husband Steven Pasquale play on-stage spouses Ruth and Charles in this madcap musical comedy full of haunted hijinks. What happens when eccentric medium Madame Arcati accidentally summons Elvira, the ghost of Charles’s ex-wife? Based on Noël Coward’s beloved play, Blithe Spirit, this musical combines his classic dry, witty humor with a delightfully brassy and whimsical score. The cast also includes Rachel Dratch, Katrina Lenk, and Andrea Martin. Performances run through February 15.