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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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Meet our Resident Company of 300 Actors
Leaders Who Work Throughout Theater, Film, and Television

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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 Ken Barnett is in Jerome, written by John J. Caswell, Jr. and directed by Dustin Wills at Playwrights Horizons. Jerome, a ghost town in the secluded Arizona backcountry, is home to Con and Doane, an aging gay couple who’ve built a quiet life far from the chaos of cities and other people—until a stranger arrives, fleeing his damaged past, and falls into their arms. Set at the height of the AIDS epidemic, John J. Caswell, Jr.’s new play is an unexpectedly funny, delicately wrought story of survival, even in the harshest of deserts. The cast includes Stephen Spinella and Jeorge Bennett Watson. Performances run through June 21.

Tina Chilip and Dee Pelletier are in A Woman Among Women, written by Julia May Jonas and directed by Sarah Cameron Hughes at Lincoln Center Theater. It’s a summer day in Northampton, Massachusetts and Cleo, founder of the local women’s wellness center, holds court in her backyard. As friends, family and neighbors pass through, the air hums with a tension that may destroy the community she’s worked so hard to build. Performances run through June 28.

Company members Jennifer Ferrin, Brandon Flynn, and Pamela Dunlap are in Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, a dark comedy series created by David J. Rosen and starring Tatiana Maslany. Newly divorced mom Paula falls down a rabbit hole of blackmail, murder and youth soccer; convinced she witnessed a crime, while struggling through a custody battle and an identity crisis, Paula begins her own investigation. New episodes air Wednesdays through July 15 on Apple TV. Watch trailer here.

Company members Celia Keenan-Bolger, Maureen Sebastian, Andrea Syglowski are in The Terror: Devil in Silver, the new limited series from executive producer Ridley Scott. The series follows Pepper, a man from Queens, wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital. He faces secretive doctors, dangerous patients, grim secrets, and maybe the Devil himself. Freedom means facing what thrives on New Hyde’s pain-but are the worst demons inside him? New episodes air Thursdays through June 11 on AMC+.

Company member Rachel Ticotin is in the feature film Diamond, written, directed, and starring Andy Garcia, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19. A contemporary Noir with period sensibilities set in Los Angeles. Our Protagonist, Joe Diamond, is a man out of time, an urban legend with an emotional traumatic past. He has the uncanny ability to solve crimes, that even the LAPD cannot. Armed only with the savvy and dry humor reminiscent of the gumshoe detectives of that genre. Diamond is a love letter to Los Angeles and a homage to the great noir films of past. The cast includes Brendan Fraser, Dustin Hoffman, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Vicki Krieps, and Bill Murray.

Company members Nathan Darrow, Joe Tippett, and Monica Wyche are in the feature film Happy Hours, written, directed, and starring Katie Holmes. Freshly divorced, photographer Liz finds herself surrounded by happy couples. Walking past a bookstore advertising a talk with travel writer Andrew McCloud, Liz freezes up in recognition of her high school boyfriend. Through a serendipitous gig, Liz photographs Andrew, and the pair of former lovers pick back up where they left off, rekindling their spark, confiding in one another and working through old wounds. As the fantasy of a life with Andrew becomes closer to reality, Liz must decide whether she’s ready to let herself love again. The cast also includes Joshua Jackson, Mary-Louise Parker and Constance Wu. The film will premiere June 6-13 at Tribeca Film Festival.

Company member John Rothman is in the feature film The Accompanist, written and directed by Zach Woods and starring Aubrey Plaza and Susan Sarandon. Emily, a young child who lives with her loving grandfather in New Jersey, is starting to be affected by the advancement of her caretaker’s dementia. When a novice child welfare agent comes to assess the situation, she extracts Emily from her home in a panic and places her in the care of Sylvia, a kind but mischievous old woman. As the two spend more time together, their bond grows deeper, but the mysteries of Sylvia’s past threaten to unravel their future. The film will premiere June 4-12 at Tribeca Film Festival.

Company member Nancy Lemenager is in Eureka Day, written by Jonathan Spector and directed by Margot Bordelon, at The Huntington. The satire asks if parents at a progressive, welcoming private school can uphold their harmonious shared values when Eureka Day faces an outbreak of the mumps. This sharp comedy explores in surprising turns what happens when facts become subjective, when inclusivity turns performative, and a “community activated conversation” turns into an all-out brawl. Performances run May 28-June 28 in Boston, MA.

David Dean Bottrell appears on Widow’s Bay in Season 1, Episode 6, “Our History” on Apple TV.

 

Bob Ari appears on Your Friends and Neighbors in Season 2, Episode 6, “For Everything Else, There Was Bowling” on Apple TV.

 

Barbara Tirrell appears on Your Friends and Neighbors in Season 2, Episode 6, “For Everything Else, There Was Bowling” on Apple TV.

 

Becca Lish appears on Your Friends and Neighbors in Season 2, Episode 6, “For Everything Else, There Was Bowling” on Apple TV.

Company member Mark H. Dold is in Eureka Day, written by Jonathan Spector and directed by Stuart Meltzer at Gable Stage. At the Eureka Day School in Berkeley, scones and militant inclusivity rule the weekly board meeting, and four self-consciously woke parents—led be a Rumi-reciting headmaster—can only act through strict consensus. But when a mumps outbreak forces the community to reconsider the school’s liberal vaccine policy, the board faces its worst nightmare: making a decision that won’t please absolutely everybody. Performances run through June 14 in Coral Gables, FL.

Company member Stacey Sargeant wrote, directed, and stars in the short film Stand Clear ‘ the Closing Doors. When a woman makes a simple request of a fellow NYC subway passenger, an everyday moment turns into a bizarre battle for space, peace, and dignity. The short will have its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival on June 6.

Company member Annie Henk is in Club Kid, a feature film written, directed, and starring Jordan Firstman. The film follows Peter, a washed-up underground party promoter whose life takes an unexpected turn when he is forced to care for Arlo, a 10-year old son he never knew he had. The film had its world premiere on May 15 in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. It was eligible for the Caméra d’Or and was nominated for the Queer Palm.

The evening will feature excerpts from plays by Anton Chekhov, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Ava Pickett, and Adam Rapp, alongside poetry, musical numbers, and original work by cohort members Ciara Van Buren and Madeline Grace Barbush. Come join us!

Company member Julian Elijah Martinez is in the short film For Love, directed by Micah Cyrus. Flustered with his static life in love and career, a mid 30s man takes a chance at romance with an affable beau from Mexico City after putting himself aside for nearly a decade. For Love is an official selection of NewFest Pride’s Black Queer Pride NY Shorts, a showcase that celebrates unapologetic Black LGBTQ+ joy, love, family, and excellence throughout New York City. The short premieres May 31 at NewFest Pride 2026.

Performer and director Eric Davis (aka Red Bastard) and director, actor, and educator Timothy Douglas will join The Actors Center Resident Company this June for workshops devoted to Bouffon and deepening awareness, presence, and authentic expression through spoken text.

Company member Michael Cuomo was interviewed for the documentary IX XI, directed by Sean Wilsey. Told from the perspectives of 12 unrelated strangers, IX XI intertwines their stories to emphasize the human reaction to the shock and devastation of 9/11. From a professional skateboarder to a cartoonist, this documentary’s interviewees share their memories of New York City and the World Trade Center before the attacks, as well as where they were on that fateful day. The documentary will premiere at Tribeca Film Festival June 4-14.