Company member Kenneth Lee appears in Classic Stage Company‘s production of Snow in Midsummer by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig. Directed by Zi Alikhan, the work is an adaptation of Guan Hanqing’s Chinese drama The Injustice to Dou Yi That Moved Heaven and Earth. Cowhig’s murder mystery follows a wealthy businesswoman who takes ownership of a factory in a remote town and subsequently learns of a curse placed on the town by an unjustly executed innocent woman.
Rachel Christopher takes over the role of Lady in Red for the final weeks of the new Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange, directed and choreographed by Camille A. Brown. Performances extended through June 5. More information available here.
The new musical adapted from The Karate Kid—the film written by Robert Mark Kamen and inspired by his original, semi-autobiographical story—premieres in St. Louis before heading to Broadway. Company member Michael Mastro is associate director for the production, working alongside director Amon Miyamoto. Music and lyrics by Drew Gasparini with the book by Kamen. John Cardoza, Jovanni Sy, Alan H. Green, and Tony nominee Kate Baldwin star. Performances run through June 26 in St. Louis.
The new film, The Courtroom, featuring company members Kristin Villanueva and Linda Powell premieres at the Tribeca Festival in June as part of the Tribeca Online Premieres series. The film will be screened online beginning Sunday, June 12 at 8:00 p.m. From director Lee Sunday Evans and writer Arian Moayed, adapted verbatim from court transcripts, The Courtroom follows the harrowing journey of Elizabeth Keathley, a Filipina immigrant who mistakenly registers to vote while on a K3 visa, a crime punishable by deportation.
Company members Keith Randolph Smith and Tiffany Villarin appear in the Off-Broadway production of …what the end will be by Mansa Ra with Roundabout Theatre Company. Alongside fellow cast members Ryan Jamaal Swain, Gerald Caesar, Randy Harrison, and Emerson Brooks, the story follows three generations of men who live under one roof and grapple with their own truths of what it means to be Black and gay. It’s an exploration of pride, pain, and patience through the unflinching eyes of fathers and sons. Directed by Margot Bordelon, the production runs through July 10 at the Laura Pels Theatre.
Company member Allison Briner-Dardenne plays Stephen Hopkins in 1776 at the American Repertory Theater, co-directed by Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus and choreographed by Page. The award-winning musical about the founding fathers on the brink of signing the Declaration of Independence receives a new production featuring a cast comprised fully of female, non-binary, and trans performers. Co-presented by A.R.T. and Roundabout Theatre, the show runs in Cambridge, MA through July 24. The production will then come to Broadway in September, and set off on a U.S. tour in February 2023.
Company member Geneva Carr has played Marissa Morgan on the CBS hit show Bull for the past six seasons. The series finale “Goodbye,” airs Thursday, May 26th, bringing Geneva’s 125 episode run to a close. Earlier this spring, Geneva made her TV directorial debut, helming an episode of the show “With These Hands.” In the series finale, Bull and the team head to court one last time to finalize a negligent homicide defense that will change the nature of their company and their lives forever.
Company members Ethan Dubin and Annie Henk appear alongside Jordan Bellow, Mallory Portnoy and Pete Simpson in Trish Harnetiaux’s new play California, which opens Clubbed Thumb’s 25th edition of Summerworks. The production is directed by Will Davis. A family road trip takes an unexpected turn when, in the dark of night, on the plains of eastern Oregon, reality splits. Performances run through May 31 at The Wild Project in the East Village.
Company member Benja Kay Thomas appears in James Ijames’s new, Pulitzer Prize-winning comic tragedy, Fat Ham. Co-produced by the Public and the National Black Theatre, Ijames reinvents Shakespeare’s Hamlet, following queer, Southern college kid, Juicy, as he grapples with identity questions, the ghost of his father, and a supernatural demand for vengeance. The production has extended through July 3rd.
Company member Maechi Aharanwa recently completed a run of The Misanthrope with Molière in the Park, playing the role of Célimène alongside Gabriel Ebert as Alceste. Directed by Lucie Tiberghien, the production was presented in partnership with LeFrak Center at Lakeside and Prospect Park Alliance with free tickets made available to the public. The cast also includes Janie Brookshire, Chris Henry Coffey, Danaya Esperanza, Margaret Ivey, Nate Miller, Kate Siahaan Rigg, and Aline Salloum.