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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 Eva Kaminsky is in Paranormal Activity, written by Levi Holloway and directed by Felix Barrett, presented at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway. James and Lou move from Chicago to London for a fresh start. But as the young couple settles into their new home, Lou is certain that something isn’t right, and before long they will both have to grapple with the same truth: places aren’t haunted, people are. An entirely new story inspired by the iconic film series, Paranormal Activity comes to Broadway direct from critically acclaimed runs in Chicago, Los Angeles, and London. Performances run through January 3, 2027.

Company member Ryan Spahn is in An American Daughter, written by Wendy Wasserstein and directed by Sarna Lapine, presented Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center. Set in Washington, D.C., the play focuses on Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes, a health care expert and 40-something daughter of a long-time senator. When the President nominates Lyssa to a cabinet post, an indiscretion from her past is discovered. The media turns it into a scandal, which imperils her confirmation and divides her family and friends. Lyssa is forced to make a decision: continue to pursue the post and face an ugly Senate hearing; or decline the nomination, becoming a sacrificial lamb for the President. Performances run through September 6.

Company member Anthony Crane returns as Chandler Groff in fifth and final season of Outer Banks, the mystery drama series from Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, and Shannon Burke. Set in a coastal town along the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the series follows a tight-knit group of working-class teenagers hunting for legendary lost treasure while navigating fierce class divides and high-stakes danger. Season 5 will be available to stream on Netflix starting August 20. Watch trailer here.

Company member Ivory Aquino is in The Real Ivanov, written by Anton Chekhov and adapted and directed by Laura Strausfeld, Off-Broadway at The Lynn F. Angelson Theater. In the course of a year, Nikolai Ivanov—mid-30s, once charismatic and admired—has become overwhelmed and depressed. Everyone around him thinks they know why. Ivanov isn’t convinced. This faithful, fast-paced adaptation captures the central insight of Chekhov’s first masterpiece: misunderstanding one another is both comic and calamitous. Performances run through September 19.

Company member Welker White is in the feature film Late Fame, directed by Kent Jones and starring Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee. The film follows Ed Saxberger, a postal worker whose former life as a downtown poet in late-70s New York is rediscovered by a young admirer and his “Enthusiasm Society,” a group of 20-somethings with a comically romanticized sense of the past. In the company of his new friends, including the mysterious and mercurial Gloria, Ed has the uncanny feeling of merging with his younger self. Now showing in select theaters. Watch trailer here.

Company member Matthew Rauch is in Lucky, a new series created by Jonathan Tropper, based on the crime novel by Marissa Stapley, and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Timothy Olyphant, and Annett Benning. When a multi-million-dollar heist goes sideways, con artist Lucky is forced to go on the run. Pursued by both the FBI and a ruthless crime boss, she must fight for her life-and a way out. New episodes air Wednesdays through August 19 on Apple TV. Watch trailer here.

Company member Crystal Dickinson was in Best for Baby, written by Sharyn Rothstein and directed by Oliver Butler, presented earlier this summer by the Chautauqua Theater Company. The play takes audiences inside Johnson & Johnson’s decades-long and still evolving baby powder scandal. A Big American Play ripped straight from the headlines, this world premiere is equal parts showbiz spectacle and intimate human storytelling.

Company member Kathryn Markey directed Darker the Night, Brighter the Stars, written by company member John Cariani earlier this month at Opera House Arts in Stonington, Maine. In a certain small town in far Northern Maine, the Perseid Meteor Shower has begun, and shooting stars are streaking across the vast northern night sky. And some young Mainers are wishing on those shooting stars. This interconnected collection of short plays is about identity, love, loss, lack, hope for the future, making wishes, and learning that there’s light even when it’s really, really dark.

Read the recent feature in The New York Times about John Cariani and the play: “This Playwright Says He’s Done With Maine. Let’s Hope Not.”

Company member Haley Rawson is in the feature film The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight, written and directed by Theodore Schafer. Gus Birney stars as Violet, a jaded arcade worker, Sinopia, an upper-class professor bored with her marriage, and Jade, an endlessly cool young woman who decides to help a stranger out of her debt. Meanwhile, a woman with a suitcase moves through the city in search of the doppelganger trying to take over her life. The film premiered this month at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Company member Ka-Ling Cheung is in The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey as part of Rogue Shakespeare—a season add-on that throws the rules out the window and puts the play exactly where it belongs: in the hands of extraordinary actors. With no director shaping the action, the company dives headfirst into Shakespeare’s language, with their imagination fully unleashed. When the boastful Sir John Falstaff attempts to woo two clever, happily married women, he sends them identical love letters—only to discover that Mistress Ford and Mistress Page are far smarter than he expects. Performances run through August 23 in Madison, NJ.

Jason Butler Harner appears on Sugar in Season 2, Episode 1 “Home Away from Home“ on Apple TV.

 

Jill Larson appears on Cape Fear in Season 1, Episode 9 “The Scar”on Apple TV.

Company member Tamilla Woodard directed The House I Live In: Josh White’s America, a world premiere musical by Donnetta Lavinia Grays, presented earlier this summer at South Carolina New Play Festival. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Josh White was the first Black artist to sell a million records, shared stages with Billie Holiday, Woody Guthrie, and Duke Ellington, and became a pioneer of the civil rights movement before the House Un-American Activities Committee tried to silence him. SCNPF commissioned award-winning playwright Donnetta Lavinia Grays and spent three years facilitating original research and interviews with Josh White’s family members, local historians, and Greenville community leaders to create a work rooted in the real voices of the people who knew him and the city that shaped him.