The Actors Center hosts Resonance Room, Edition No. 4—the first sharing of works in process by the 2025-26 Mentorship Cohort. The evening will feature original work by Carson S. Davis, Alyssa James, Rebecca Salzhauer, alongside excerpts from plays by Gracie Gardner and Neil Simon, poetry, and multiple musical numbers. Come join us!
José Zayas, award-winning director and educator, and John Douglas Thompson, celebrated actor and teacher, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company this winter for development workshops exploring the world of Federico Garcia Lorca’s Blood Wedding and William Shakespeare.
The Actors Center hosts a screening of the feature film Brooklyn, Minnesota, written and directed by company member Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank on Monday, February 9th at 7:00pm at Macaulay Honors College. The event is free and open to the public.
The Actors Center is pleased to announced that the Mentorship Program for Emerging Artists is now supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council.
Bill Irwin, celebrated actor, director, writer, and clown, and Will Davis, director, choreographer, and Artistic Director of Rattlestick Theater, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company this winter for development workshops exploring clown, Samuel Beckett, and the world of Sarah Ruhl’s Late: A Cowboy Song.
Beth McGuire, voice and dialect coach and former Yale faculty member, and Fay Simpson, founder of the Lucid Body, intimacy coordinator, and Head of Movement at NYU Grad Acting, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company this fall for development workshops exploring dialects and high-stakes scene work.
The Actors Center is thrilled to introduce our 2025-26 Mentorship Cohort—featuring sixteen early-career actors selected for our eight-month Mentorship Program, now entering its second year.
Orlando Pabotoy, interdisciplinary artist, director, and educator, and Ken Barnett, actor, teacher, and company member, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company this fall for development workshops exploring stilt walking and Dreamwork.
Acclaimed acting teacher, and former Yale, NYU, and Columbia faculty member Ron Van Lieu returns to The Actors Center in November for a teaching residency, exploring scene study with members of the Resident Company.
Andrea Haring, vocal coach, educator, and Executive Director of The Linklater Center for Voice and Language, and Scott Illingworth, director, educator, and faculty member at NYU Grad Acting, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company this fall for development workshops exploring embodied imagery in voice and text and Physical Actioning technique.
Acclaimed director, educator, and founder and co-artistic director of SITI Company Anne Bogart returns to The Actors Center in October for "Where Do I Leave Off and Where Do You Begin?"—a workshop devoted to collaboration.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Company member Joe Tippett returns as Tim in Season 2 of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, from creator Chris Black on Apple TV. The show, which is based on Legendary’s Monsterverse, follows two siblings looking to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch. Season 2 picks up with the fate of Monarch—and the world—hanging in the balance. The dramatic saga reveals buried secrets that reunite the heroes on Kong’s Skull Island, and a new, mysterious village where a mythical Titan rises from the sea. Season 2 premieres February 27, with episodes airing weekly through May 1. Watch trailer here.
Company members Cindy Cheung, Maureen Sebastian, and Liz Wisan are in Meat Suit, or the shitshow of motherhood, written and directed by Aya Ogawa at Second Stage. Performed by mothers for mothers, or those who love mothers, or simply those who have mothers, this play blends bouffon-inspired physicality, sharp satire, original songs, and total absurdity. Beneath the bedlam and humor, Meat Suit confronts a deeper theme: how every birth triggers quiet deaths—the mother’s autonomy, sense of self, and personal desire—and whether anything of the person she was survives. Performances run through March 15 at The Pershing Square Signature Center.
Company member Lizan Mitchell is in Cold War Choir Practice, a play with music by Ro Reddick, directed by Knud Adams and co-produced by MCC Theater, Clubbed Thumb, and Page 73. A young girl is embroiled in intrigue when her estranged uncle, a prominent Black conservative, brings his mysteriously ill wife home for the holidays. An explosion of roller disco, Reaganomics, espionage, and cults—underscored by the cryptic Syracuse, NY chapter of the Seedlings of Peace Children’s Chorus—runs at MCC’s Newman Mills Theater through March 29.
Company member Celeste Arias plays Thea in Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Erin Cressida Wilson, directed by Barry Edelstein at The Old Globe. Katie Holmes brings Hedda Gabler to life in one of the defining masterpieces of world drama. Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon—and the cracks in their marriage are already showing. Bored and restless, Hedda tries to control those around her. But as her schemes tighten, her own world begins to unravel. Performances run through March 15 in San Diego, CA.
Company member Sydney Lemmon plays Lauren Bessette in Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, a new series from creator Connor Hines and the first installment in Ryan Murphy’s Love Story anthology series. John F. Kennedy Jr. was the closest thing to American royalty. Carolyn Bessette was a star in her own right. As their love story unfolded on a national stage, the intense fame and media attention that came along with it threatened to rip them apart. The series charts the complex and heartbreaking journey of a couple whose private love became a national obsession. New episodes air weekly on Thursdays on FX/Hulu. Watch trailer here.
The Actors Center hosts Resonance Room, Edition No. 4—the first sharing of works in process by the 2025-26 Mentorship Cohort. The evening will feature original work by Carson S. Davis, Alyssa James, Rebecca Salzhauer, alongside excerpts from plays by Gracie Gardner and Neil Simon, poetry, and multiple musical numbers. Come join us!
Company member Jennifer Ferrin is in 56 Days, a new thriller series developed by Karyn Usher and Lisa Zwerling, based on the book by Catherine Ryan Howard. After a chance supermarket encounter, Oliver Kennedy and Ciara Wyse embark on an intense relationship. When a savagely murdered corpse is found 56 days later in a luxury apartment linked to the couple, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly must reconstruct their deadly romance and uncover grim secrets. All episodes now available to stream on Amazon Prime. Watch trailer here.
Company members MaYaa Boateng and Alejandro Hernandez are in All My Sons, written by Arthur Miller and directed by David Mendizábal at Berkeley Rep. The American Dream comes at a price. But who truly pays for it? When a father makes a fateful decision to preserve his family’s hard-won success, the aftershocks ripple far beyond his home and community. This powerful revival maintains the original text while sharpening its themes of justice and inequity, revealing a tragedy where the pursuit of prosperity collides with the reality of who America was built to serve. Performances run through March 29 in Berkeley, CA.
Alexandra Neil appears on Law & Order in Season 25, Episode 12 “Never Say Goodbye” on NBC/Peacock.
James Chen appears on the debut episode of CIA, a new spinoff series from the FBI universe on CBS/Paramount+
Company member Eva Kaminsky is in We Had a World, written by Josh Harmon and directed by Keira Fromm, at The Huntington Theatre. A dying woman calls her grandson and asks him to write a play about their family. “But I want you to promise me something,” she says. “Make it as bitter and vitriolic as possible.” In this searing, funny, and deeply personal play, the author of Prayer for the French Republic recreates thirty years of family fights, monstrous behavior, enduring love, and unexpected dishes of home-cooked spaetzle. Performances run through March 15 in Boston, MA.
Company member Perri Gaffney is in the short film Ahoy!, written and directed by Julian Alvarez and produced by company member Jess Gabor. On a planet consumed by the sea, a colony of survivors live out their days on a big, resilient old longshore fishing boat converted to meet their post-apocalyptic needs. On the ship is young boy named Ahoy, who was raised on the sea and dreams of one day visiting a mythical place once known as “land”. The short film had its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival last fall, and is amid a festival run including Ocean City Film Festival, Annapolis Film Festival, Cleveland Film Festival. It will be screened March 1-15 at the 2026 New York Children’s International Film Festival. Watch trailer here.
José Zayas, award-winning director and educator, and John Douglas Thompson, celebrated actor and teacher, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company this winter for development workshops exploring the world of Federico Garcia Lorca’s Blood Wedding and William Shakespeare.