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.
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!
Join us for an intimate evening at the home of Judy Kuhn, four-time Tony Nominee and member of our Resident Company on Monday, May 5 as Judy and special guests gather around the piano in her living room. The event will benefit our Mentorship Program.
Justine Wolf Williams—actor-creator, director, and Yale faculty member—and Bethany Caputo— acting teacher, coach, and Artistic Director of Chekhov Studio NYC, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company in April for a series of artist development workshops focused on play, clown, and the Michael Chekhov technique.
The Actors Center hosts an evening of short films written by, directed by, or featuring work from members of our Resident Company on Tuesday, April 15th, 2025 at 7:00pm at Macaulay Honors College.
Actors, teachers, and founders of The Moving Frame, Welker White and Damian Young, will join the Resident Company this winter for an artist development workshop focusing on cinematic storytelling and relationship with the camera.
A film screening and immersive discussion of Heather Raffo’s new film, Nine Parts. Torn by her father’s death and a divided nation, an Iraqi American woman attempts to grieve at the site of the oldest Iraqi Church in North America.
Award-winning actress, filmmaker, and teacher Tonya Pinkins will join the Resident Company this winter for an artist development workshop, Radical Authenticity in Your Life and Art.
Actor and comedian Jeff Hiller and acting teacher Kenneth Noel Mitchell will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company for the first time this winter for a series of artist development workshops focused on improvisation and scene work.
Actor and educator Crystal Dickinson and actor, director, and NYU faculty member Brandon Dirden, are in residence this February, leading creative development workshops with The Actors Center's Resident Company focusing on the work of August Wilson.
Join us in this next chapter of The Actors Center’s growth, as we broaden our impact and ensure the legacy of our craft by paying it forward to the next generation. With a a gift to The Actors Center, you can help us build a bridge between generations of artists.
Acclaimed director, educator, and founder and co-artistic director of SITI Company, Anne Bogart, joins actor and teacher Gian-Murray Gianino for an evening of conversation about her life and influences, her three decades leading SITI Company, exploring her creative process and training philosophy, and the unique relationship between actor and director.
The Actors Center is thrilled to introduce sixteen early career actors who are part of our inaugural 2024-25 Mentorship Cohort. The program offers an opportunity to help bridge the crucial gap between training and a sustainable, fulfilling career with mentorship from our esteemed Resident Company, alongside workshops with leading teachers and artists.
Tony nominee Ato Blankson-Wood speaks about the importance of the Resident Company at The Actors Center: “I think in a lot of spaces where actors commune there's a sense of the business. But what The Actors Center community offers is: How can I deepen my craft? How can I be a better human? How can...
Twenty-five years ago, our founder Michael Miller invited the incomparable Olympia Dukakis to give an inaugural address at The Actors Center's first annual symposium. Listen to Olympia's speech.
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.
Company member Keith Randolph Smith is in Bust, a play written by Zora Howard and directed Lileana Blain-Cruz. Retta and Reggie are enjoying their usual evening on the porch when a longtime neighbor is pulled over by the police just before turning into his driveway. Everything goes as expected—until the unexpected happens. Humor, suspense, and surrealism converge in this gripping interrogation of what it costs to be Black and free. The production premiered earlier this spring at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, before moving to Chicago. Performances run through May 18.
Company members Jeb Brown and Ken Marks are in the musical Dead Outlaw, now running on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. With music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, book by Itamar Moses, and directed by David Cromer, the award-winning production was presented off-Broadway last year by Audible Theater at Minetta Lane Theatre. How did the preserved body of an Old West train robber from Oklahoma wind up hanging in a Southern California amusement park ride in 1976? Dead Outlaw tells the unbelievable true story of Elmer McCurdy, a man who had twice as many adventures in death as in life, and whose long, strange odyssey spanned a continent and a century. The production is currently in previews and opens April 27.
Company members Jacob Ming-Trent and Elizabeth Stahlmann have been nominated for Lucille Lortel Awards, alongside four productions featuring company members. Jacob was nominated as Outstanding Performer in a Musical for Medea: Re-Versed with Red Bull Theater. Elizabeth Stahlamann was nominated for Outstanding Ensemble, along with the entire cast of Here There are Blueberries with Tectonic Theater Project and New York Theatre Workshop. The Antiquities (with Cindy Cheung), Liberation (with Irene Sofia Lucio), Sumo (with Paco Tolson) and Here There Are Blueberries (with Elizabeth Stahlmann) also received nominations for Best Play. Congratulations to all!
Company members Stephanie Kurtzuba and Matthew Rauch are in the new Apple TV series Your Friends and Neighbors created by best-selling author Jonathan Tropper, who serves as showrunner and executive producer. The series stars Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet, and Olivia Munn, among others. Andrew “Coop” Cooper is coming to terms with his divorce. He’s also a hedge fund manager who’s recently been fired in disgrace from his job. In order to maintain his lifestyle, Coop resorts to stealing from the homes of his neighbors in the exceedingly affluent Westmont Village; only to discover that the secrets and affairs hidden behind those wealthy facades might be more dangerous than he ever imagined. The series debuted this month with new episodes available for streaming on Fridays. Watch the trailer.
Company members Eva Kaminsky and Gerardo Rodriguez play Lord and Lady Capulet in Romeo & Juliet, written by William Shakespeare and directed by Melia Bensussen. An intoxicating blend of tragedy and hope, the spark of young love is ignited in Romeo and Juliet. They believe that their love will protect them, but ultimately rivalry, familial duty, and impossible choices doom their future together. Rife with lush romanticism, thrilling sword fights, and Shakespeare’s famously beautiful language, this captivating production will enthrall even the most seasoned fan of the Bard. Performances run through May 18 in Hartford, CT.
Company member Carey Cox returns as Rose Blaine in the sixth and final season of The Handmaid’s Tale created by Bruce Miller and starring Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, and Ann Dowd. A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. This final chapter of June’s journey highlights the importance of hope, courage, solidarity, and resilience in the pursuit of justice and freedom. New episodes available for streaming on Tuesdays on Hulu. Watch the trailer.
Company member Damian Young is in The Luckiest Man in America, a feature film from director Samir Oliveros and written by Maggie Briggs and Oliveros. It’s 1984 and Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio, steps onto the game show Press Your Luck harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak gets threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations. The film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last year and can now be seen in selected theaters nationwide. Watch the trailer.
Company member John Cariani’s play Not Quite Almost receives a production with Portland Stage. Near the Canadian Border, the Perseid Meteor Showers are about to start, but the residents of a certain small town can’t decide if they’re a bad omen or a good luck charm. Not Quite Almost is an interconnected collection of short plays about young love, hope for the future, making wishes, and what it means to be truly understood. Performances run through May 4 in Portland, ME.
Company member Orlagh Cassidy is in the cast of Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.—four short plays written by Caryl Churchill and directed by James MacDonald, presented by The Public Theater. A girl made of glass. Gods and murders. A pack of ghosts. And a secret in a bottle. A kaleidoscope of stories, each play is a testament to how playwright Caryl Churchill has “remade the landscape of contemporary drama—and earned herself a place among the greats” (The Guardian). The Public Theater’s production marks the first time all four plays will be presented together. Performances run through May 11.
Company member De’Lon Grant is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent. Delve into a forbidden forest on the outskirts of Athens. Can you escape your father’s tyrannical command? Will you find your secret lover? Could you finally land the leading role? Or might you discover something… darker? Join the Bard’s most colorful cast of characters as they flit, frolic, and stumble their way through the woods, aided by moonlight and magic. Inspired by the club culture of late ‘90s and early ‘00s New York City. Performances run through May 4 in Watertown, MA.
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.