Erica Fae, director, performer, and faculty at Yale School of Drama, and Justine Wolf Williams, performer, filmmaker, and Yale Drama faculty member, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company this fall for workshops devoted to emotional and physical integration, as well as play and clown.
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The Actors Center is thrilled to welcome 32 new members of our Resident Company—a one-of-a-kind, ongoing, creative residency program for a diverse collective of 300 actors and theater artists, leaders in the field who work regularly throughout theatre, film, and television.
Yura Kordonsky, director, educator, and Associate Chair of Directing at Yale School of Drama, and Fabio Tavares, movement teacher and faculty member at Yale and The Julliard School, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company this fall for development workshops exploring the work of Anton Chekhov and the Alexander Technique.
Carl Cofield, Associate Artistic Director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem and Chair of NYU’s Grad Acting Program, and Evan Yionouls, director and Head of Juilliard’s Drama Division, will join the Resident Company in June to work on Ancient Greek plays and contemporary adaptations, as well as the work of French playwright Molière.
The Actors Center hosts Resonance Room, Edition No. 3—the final sharing of works in process by the 2024-25 Mentorship Cohort. The evening will feature original work by Victoria Lino, alongside singing and excerpts from plays by Matthew Lopez, Lydia R. Diamond, Henrik Ibsen, and Itamar Moses, among others. Come join us!
This past week we held our spring benefit—Rhythm & Revelry—at the home of company member and four-time Tony Nominee Judy Kuhn. It was a spectacular evening celebrating the success of our new Mentorship Program! We wanted to share some of our favorite moments from the night!
Acclaimed acting teacher, and former Yale, NYU, and Columbia faculty member Ron Van Lieu returns to The Actors Center in May for a teaching residency, exploring the plays of Anton Chekhov with members of the Resident Company.
Feldenkrais teacher and Head of Movement at Columbia University, Sita Mani, will join the Resident Company this spring for an artist development workshop focusing on effective listening to the body, enhancing the actor’s instrument, and regulating the nervous system.
Movement director and choreographer, Yasmine Lee, and actor and Columbia faculty member Peter Jay Fernandez will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company this Spring for a series of artist development workshops focused on ensemble creation and contemporary scene work.
The Actors Center hosts Resonance Room, Edition No. 2, a sharing of works in process by the 2024-25 Mentorship Cohort. The evening will feature excerpts from plays by Dominique Morisseau, Cheryl L. West, and Shakespeare, among others, along with dancing and singing. Join us!