Company member Maddie Wise is currently starring in So Help Me Todd on CBS. She appears alongside Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin, a Mother and son working toward mending their dysfunctional relationship. New episodes on Thursdays on CBS.
Company member Barbara Tirrell is understudying the roles of Mrs. Brice, Mrs. Strakosh, and Mrs. Meeker in Funny Girl on Broadway. Barbara made her debut one day after being hired as an off stage cover. Directed by Michael Mayer and currently playing at the August Wilson Theatre.
Company member Kelly AuCoin appears in Unworthy, a new short film from writer/director Adam R. Perlman. Kelly plays Warren Frye, who thirty years ago committed a crime that changed his life and millions of others: He shot the President of the United States. Now he’s been released from a mental hospital into the care of his 80-year-old mother. They say he’s better. He hopes he is. But when he’s confronted by the same pressures that once led him to do the unthinkable, we hope for redemption, brace for tragedy, and live in the space between. The film also stars Mary Beth Peil and Antonique Smith. The film has so far appeared at HollyShorts, Catalina, and Flickers’ Rhode Island festivals. Watch the trailer online.
The Conch Shell International Film Festival, founded and directed by company member Magaly Colimon-Christopher, returns for its second year, August 26-28, 2022. The 3-day online festival showcases the creative voices of indie and student film directors and writers of the Caribbean Diaspora and the Caribbean whose work inspires social change. The festival features on-demand screenings, panels, artist chats, and masterclasses designed to broaden the perspectives of all who attend. See the full schedule of festival events, or learn more about this year’s official selections and watch trailers. Festival passes available for purchase online.
Company member Mia Dillon plays Vera in a new production of 4000 Miles, the Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award-winning play from Amy Herzog, now running at the Westport Country Playhouse. After completing a cross-country bicycle trip from the west coast, 21-year-old Leo crashes at the Greenwich Village apartment of his feisty 91-year-old grandmother. Although these unlikely roommates are not always in harmony on issues of age, family, love, sex, and politics, they find an emotional connection that gives each a purpose. Directed by David Kennedy, the cast also includes Clay Singer, Lea DiMarchi, and Phoebe Holden. Performances run through September 4 in Westport, CT.
Company member Kathy McCafferty appears in the world premiere of Thirst, a witty drama from Irish-American playwright Ronán Noone, now playing at the Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont. The production is directed by award-winning writer and director Theresa Rebeck. Thirst is set during Eugene O’Neill’s classic Long Day’s Journey Into Night, during which failure, denial, and passion roil as two Irish servants and an American chauffeur pass the day in the kitchen of the Tyrone family’s residence in 1912. As tensions rise and the past rears its head, a search for love and belonging becomes the search for “home.” Joining Kathy in the cast are David Mason and Meg Hennessy. Performances run through September 3.
Company members Reynaldo Piniella, Heather Alicia Simms, and Benja Kay Thomas participated in the 11th Annual 48Hours in… Harlem Festival, presented by the collaborative producing organization Harlem9. A twist on the traditional 24-hours play festival, 48Hours invites 6 playwrights, 6 directors, and 18 actors to envision the future with six 10-minute raw impressions of Afro-Futuristic works. Reynaldo was among this year’s playwrights with his play Astro Black, while Heather and Benja were directors in the festival.