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Announcing 2026-27 Mentorship Program, Apply by August 14
June 24, 2026

Resonance Room: Works In Progress, Edition No. 6, June 1
May 19, 2026

The evening will feature excerpts from plays by Anton Chekhov, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Ava Pickett, and Adam Rapp, alongside poetry, musical numbers, and original work by cohort members Ciara Van Buren and Madeline Grace Barbush. Come join us!
Eric Davis and Timothy Douglas in Residence this June
May 18, 2026

Performer and director Eric Davis (aka Red Bastard) and director, actor, and educator Timothy Douglas will join The Actors Center Resident Company this June for workshops devoted to Bouffon and deepening awareness, presence, and authentic expression through spoken text.
John Douglas Thompson in Residence this May
April 15, 2026

John Douglas Thompson, acclaimed actor and teacher, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company this May for a development workshop exploring William Shakespeare.
Bethany Caputo and Jessica Daniels in Residence this May
April 15, 2026

Bethany Caputo, acting teacher, coach, and Artistic Director of Chekhov Studio NYC, and Jessica Daniels, casting director for film and television, join The Actors Center for teaching residencies exploring Michael Chekhov and on-camera audition technique.
Resonance Room: Works In Progress, Edition No. 5, April 13
April 6, 2026

The Actors Center hosts Resonance Room, Edition No. 5 —the second sharing of works in process by the 2025-26 Mentorship Cohort. The evening will feature original work by cohort members Saige Larmer, Carson S. Davis, Alyssa James, Madeline Grace Barbush, and Rebecca Salzhauer, alongside scenes, poetry and musical numbers. Come join us!
Jane Guyer Fujita and Steven Epp in Residence this Spring
April 3, 2026

Jane Guyer Fujita, Head of Voice and Speech at NYU Grad Acting and voice and dialect coach , and Steven Epp, actor, writer, director, and Co-Artistic Director of The Moving Company, join The Actors Center for teaching residencies exploring voice, movement, and creation, and Molière.
Welker White & Damian Young in Residence in April
April 3, 2026

Actors, teachers, and founders of The Moving Frame, Welker White and Damian Young, return to The Actors Center for a teaching residency, exploring key principles in cinematic storytelling.
Peter Jay Fernandez in Residence in March
March 11, 2026

Actor and Columbia faculty member Peter Jay Fernandez returns to The Actors Center for a teaching residency, exploring scene study with members of the Resident Company.
Judy Kuhn and Emmanuelle Delpech in Residence this Spring
March 10, 2026

Judy Kuhn, actor, singer and company member, and Emmanuelle Delpech, physical theatre artist, director, and teacher, will join The Actors Center’s Resident Company this spring for development workshops exploring acting through song and Neutral Mask.
Shorts Spotlight: The Actors Center on Film, March 2026
March 6, 2026

The Actors Center hosts an evening of short films written by, directed by, or featuring work from members of our Resident Company on Tuesday, March 24th at 7:00pm at Macaulay Honors College. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP is required.
Resonance Room: Works In Process, Edition No. 4, March 2
February 19, 2026

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!
Film Screening: Brooklyn, Minnesota, Monday February 9
January 28, 2026

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.
Mentorship Program Receives Funding from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
January 22, 2026

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 and Will Davis in Residence this Winter
January 9, 2026

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.
Introducing our 2025-26 Mentorship Cohort
November 4, 2025

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.
Welcoming 32 New Members of The Actors Center Resident Company
September 12, 2025

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.
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April 9, 2022

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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.

Company member Ellen Adair is in Flawless, written by John J. Wooten and directed by Joe Brancato, presented at Premiere Stages in partnership with Penguin Rep and Shadowland Stages. A writer and an AI software designer engage in a battle of wits to create the next great play in this darkly comic tale about the impending intersection of technology and creativity. Will their flirtation with artificial intelligence lead to theatrical success? Performances run through September 20 at Kean University in Union, New Jersey.

Company member Maureen Sebastian is one of six writers named as part of the inaugural cohort of The Cherry Lane Playwrights Collective, a collaboration between Cherry Lane Theatre and playwright Annie Baker. The nine-month developmental program will meet over ten Sunday evenings at the Cherry Lane, culminating in a series of individual readings from the cohort.