Company member Heather Alicia Simms is in the Broadway production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, written by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Whitney White, presented at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Becoming Miss Ghana 1986 would mean fame, fortune, and prosperity. At least, that’s what Paulina—the queen bee of Aburi Girls Boarding School—believes. When the pageant recruiter comes to school, Paulina and her crew pull out all the stops. But to their surprise, a new transfer student from America kicks the competition into a higher, far more personal gear. The cast includes Denée Benton, Patina Miller, and Jasmine Amy Rogers. Performances run through November 1.

Company member Fala Chen wrote and directed the short film Bloodline, premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. Rooted in the history of systemic erasure and oppression of Chinese-American communities, the short follows two siblings in 1952 Utah on a mission to find their family treasure. The short, produced by Colin Farrell, will debut as part of the Short Cuts Programme on September 14 in Toronto, ON. Watch the trailer.

Company member Sepideh Moafi is in the short film Flesh Impact, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Ellen Burstyn, Dakota Johnson, and Peter Sarsgaard. Dedicated to Marilyn Monroe on the centenary of her birth, Johnson portrays Monroe at the height of her fame, while Burstyn stars as a version of Marilyn the world never got the chance to see. Flesh Impact takes its title from a phrase once used to describe Marilyn Monroe’s aura – that she looked so real and luminous on camera that viewers felt they could touch her through the screen. The short premiered Out of Competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival this month.

Company member Antoinette LaVecchia is in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, written by Edward Albee and directed by Nisi Sturgis at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Over one volatile night, two couples collide in a darkly comic, brutally honest reckoning that peels back the myths we tell ourselves to survive. Audacious, intimate, and unforgettable, this landmark American drama remains as urgent, unsettling, and electrifying today as when it first shocked audiences. Performances run through September 27 in Madison, NJ.

Company member Tamilla Woodard directs creation stories and all the important importants, a new play by Mfoniso Udofia, at Lincoln Center Theater. Centering on a midlife Black woman pulled between her many selves—child, future daughter, artist, possible mother—the play pulses with longing as its heroine races against the clock and the limits of her own body. Moving across time and space, from ancestor to AI, from dream cycle to IVF cycle, through music and ritual, Udofia weaves her own surprising folktale on the cost of creation and the impossible work of becoming. Performances run September 15-November 1.

Company member Joshua David Robinson is in Lean-To, written by Stephen Sheffer and directed by Jesse Jou, at 59E59 Theaters. An overprepared hiker and a not-so-prepared couple are forced to share a rustic lean-to shelter in the woods. Bonding over Britney Spears, shared supplies, and the desire to escape city life for a weekend, these strangers experience a rare moment of authentic connection. But as they come together around the warmth of the campfire, a different type of kindling threatens to combust. Performances run through October 10.

Company members Mary Bacon, Neal Bledsoe, Lindsay Brill, and Johnny Sanchez are in Dirty Bird, a new adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull from writer and director Whit Flint, presented by TwentySomethings Productions at ErF Gallery. A forensic examination of the transcendence and violence of desire, the insatiable need to discover new forms of human expression and the brutal aches that shape us… a traverse to endure amongst the moments of neon lightening and jagged wounds. Performances run through September 20.

Company member Jason Kravits plays Max Bialystock in The Producers, the musical by Mel Brooks, with original direction and choreography by Susan Stroman recreated by James Gray, now at Ogunquit Playhouse. A theatrical producer realizes the road to his financial redemption lies in producing the worst musical ever written, raising 25,000% of the capital, and pocketing it all when the show is a one-night-only disaster. Aided and abetted by a nebbish accountant, he options the rights to a “gay romp with Adolf and Eva.” Of course, if the show, by some insane stretch of credulity, were to become a hit, the two of them would be thrown in jail. And that’s exactly what happens. Performances run through September 26 in Ogunquit, ME.

Company member Ben Beckley is in Merrily We Roll Along, written by Stephen Sondheim and directed by Matthew Gardiner at Signature Theatre. Told in reverse chronological order, the musical follows three longtime friends as they navigate idealism, loyalty and disappointment over the course of twenty years. The successes and failures of their adulthoods unwind as the cynicism of age erases back to the glowing optimism of youth. Performances run through November 1 in Arlington, VA.

Company member Blake Hackler is in the world premiere of Reykjavik86, written by Gabe McKinley and directed by Jaime Castañeda at Dallas Theater Center. This gripping Cold War thriller brings the 1986 nuclear summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev to life on stage. With the fate of humanity in the balance, two vastly different leaders search for common ground while wrestling ideology, history and the human cost of power. The play delves into diplomacy in a divisive world, revealing the enduring impact of choices made and not made. Performances run through September 27 in Dallas, TX.