Company member Julyana Soelistyo is in Henry VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Stephen Brown-Fried at The Public Theater, presented in collaboration with NAATCO. Condensed into two parts and performed in rep, experience this saga of a nation spinning wildly out of control. Part 1: Foreign Wars kicks off with the funeral of King Henry V, leaving his infant son on the throne and sending the country into decades of spiraling chaos both abroad and at home. Part 2: Civil Strife picks up nearly 30 years later, as nascent domestic feuds rapidly metastasize into the full-blown civil war known as the War of the Roses. Performances run through July 19.
Company members Bhavesh Patel, Clark Jackson, and Maria-Christina Oliveras are in Not Suitable for Work, the new series from creator Mindy Kaling. The series follows five friends who would rather die than fail at their careers. Navigating post-college life in The Big Apple while chasing their own dreams, they learn to find success in ways that are just not suitable for work. Through personal disasters, professional triumphs, and messy encounters, they find their way through the ups and downs of early adulthood. New episodes released on Tuesdays through June 23 on Hulu.
Company member Caitlin Nasema Cassidy is in As You Like It, written by William Shakespeare, choreographed by Kelsey Burns, directed by Emma Rosa Went as part of The Public Theatre’s Mobile Unit. When Duke Frederick exiles her father, Rosalind and her cousin Celia flee to the forest. Disguised as a young man, Rosalind encounters the heart-sick Orlando, who is desperately seeking none other than Rosalind. While the two young lovers role-play their way back into each other’s arms, the forest of Arden is abuzz with lovelorn shepherds, pining jesters, and battling brothers. True lovers, strange capers, and fools in the forest go heart-in-heart in Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy. The Mobile Unit performs at parks and correctional facilities across the city through June 28.
Orlagh Cassidy appears on Chicago Med in Season 11, Episode 19, ”Exit Strategies“ and Episode 21, “Heaven Help Us” on NBC/Peacock.
Angel Desai appears on Your Friends & Neighbors in Season 2, Episode 10, “The Night of the Hunter” on Apple TV.
Company member Mary Bacon is in Eugene Onegin—A Bluegrass Musical, written by Sarah Gancher and directed by Rachel Chavkin at TheatreSquared. A potent mix of original bluegrass and country, barbeque, and feverish young love, Pushkin’s novel and Tchaikovsky’s opera have been completely reimagined. The story is now set in 1940s rural Arkansas, where a girl who dreams of writing songs falls for a dangerously magnetic—but jaded—touring musician. Performances run through June 28 in Fayetteville, AR.
Company member Pernell Walker is in A Story About You, directed by Joseph E. Austin II. The film follows a man’s attempt to love and be loved, as he navigates a week with various love interests and is forced to come to terms with his past. The film premiered at the American Black Film Festival on May 29 in Miami, FL. Watch trailer here.
Sanjit De Silva performs his solo work, The Day The Riots Began, directed by Mei Ann Teo as part of The Judith Champion New Work Series at The Public Theater. Black July, 1983. It was the day Sanjit’s life changed forever. But for the life of him, he can’t remember why. In a zoom call with his parents, memories are rehashed, renewed, and rediscovered, leading to a startling revelation. Told through a captivating solo performance, The Day the Riots Began is a story about memory, migration, and the trauma we carry with us. The Judith Champion New Work Series features public readings of exciting new plays from a dynamic group of visionary playwrights. The free performance will be held on June 15.
Company member Jonathan Gordon is in the short film Smudge, written and directed by Jesse Thurston. After discovering an act of infidelity, a man spends the night wandering through Los Angeles searching for his missing cat. As the city drifts deeper into the early morning hours, strange encounters and unexpected connections force him to confront everything quietly unraveling beneath the surface. Smudge is a surreal journey through heartbreak, loneliness, and the people we meet when life falls apart. The film was a daily pick on Film Shortage last month and is now available to watch on YouTube.
Company member Jeff Hiller is in Season 2 of Don’t Suck, the YouTube web series created by Tyler Isaac Martin. This subversive queer comedy-drama follows a group of friends in New York City navigating identity, ambition, and connection amid the beautiful chaos of growing up. Now, with an expanded ensemble, tangled new romances, and an audacious original musical, Season 2 digs even deeper into the universal ache to be seen—and the truth that growing up is hard, and maybe never really ends. New episodes air on YouTube every Thursday through August 6. Watch trailer here.
Company member June Ballinger is in Outside Mullingar, written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by company member Kathryn Markey, at Opera House Arts. Anthony has spent his entire life on a cattle farm in rural Ireland, a state of affairs that—due to his painful shyness—suits him well. Rosemary lives next door, knowing they are meant for each other, but watching the years slip away. With Anthony’s father threatening to disinherit him and a land feud simmering between their families, Rosemary has every reason to fear romantic catastrophe. In this very Irish story, these yearning, eccentric souls fight their way towards solid ground and happiness. Performances run through June 28 in Stonington, ME.
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.