Company member Cindy Cheung is in Laowang: A Chinatown King Lear, written by Alex Lin and directed by Joshua Kahan Brody, presented by Primary Stages at 59E59. Don’t mess with a Chinese grandma. When a high-rise developer threatens to buy out A-Poh’s successful Chinatown restaurant, the martyr-complex matriarch gathers her three precious grandchildren from all corners of the country to plan their next mode of attack. There’s just one problem—A-Poh’s memory is rapidly fading. What follows is a chaotic journey through reality, myth, and magic as A-Poh travels through now and the great beyond in a last-ditch effort to preserve what’s left of her family, legacy, and sanity. A caustic and imaginative spin on King Lear that explores the changing face of America’s Chinatowns and the fight to preserve a fading cultural memory. Performances run through December 14.
Company member Amelia Campbell is in The Chair Company, the comedy thriller television series created by Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin. The show tells the story of Ron Trosper, played by Tim Robinson, who, after his office chair breaks during a company-wide presentation, becomes obsessed with tracking down the chair’s manufacturer. This seemingly minor incident spirals into a fanatical hunt to investigate a far-reaching conspiracy, which threatens to derail Ron’s professional and personal life. New episodes are available to stream on HBO Max every Sunday through November 30. Watch trailer here.
Company members James Seol and Ryan Spahn are in Richard II by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Craig Baldwin, with Red Bull Theater. Set in 1980s Manhattan, the neon skyline and shadowy backrooms become an epic battleground of identity and power, where a king’s divine right crumbles beneath the weight of human frailty. Michael Urie’s virtuosic performance and Craig Baldwin’s inventive adaptation make Richard’s tragic descent freshly immediate, staged a stone’s throw from the site of the historic Astor Place Riots, the original American cocktail of politics, insurrection, and Shakespeare. Performances run through November 30 at Astor Place Theatre.
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.
Company member Monica Wyche is in Murdaugh: Death in the Family, the new true crime miniseries from creators Michael D. Fuller and Erin Lee Carr, starring Patricia Arquette and Jason Clarke. Maggie and Alex Murdaugh enjoy a lavish life of privilege as members of one of South Carolina’s most powerful legal dynasties; but when their son Paul is involved in a deadly boat crash, the family is faced with a test unlike any they’ve ever encountered. New episodes available to stream Wednesdays on Hulu. Watch trailer here.
Company member Lizan Mitchell is in Pygmalion, written by George Bernard Shaw and directed by David Staller, presented by Gingold Theatrical Group. A celebrated professor of phonetics makes a wager that he can pass a bedraggled Cockney flower girl off as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party by giving her the tools of education. But, before the lessons are over, she has become his teacher, as well: helping him learn to face his emotional self as an aware human. The play is a sharp lampoon of the rigid British class system of the day and a commentary on women’s independence. Performances run through November 22 at Theatre Row.
Company member Adriana Gaviria is in The Mark of Spice, a short film she co-directed with Jazz Patterson, which screened this month at Atlanta Short Film Festival. Even in a heart of darkness, the heart wants what the heart wants. A stone cold killer with a penchant for gorgeous gourmet gastronomy as his weapon of choice discovers that when it comes to love: If it’s too hot in the kitchen, revenge is always dish best served cold. Watch trailer here.
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.
Company member Irene Sofia Lucio is in Liberation, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Whitney White, now playing on Broadway at the James Earl Jones Theatre. It’s 1970 in Ohio. Lizzie gathers a group of women to talk about changing their lives, and the world. What follows is a necessary, messy, and bitingly funny exploration of what it means to be free, and to be a woman. Fifty years later, Lizzie’s daughter steps into her mother’s memory—into the unfinished revolution she once helped ignite—and searches the past to find the answer for herself. The ensemble cast includes Besty Aidem, Audrey Corsa, Kayla Davion, Susannah Flood, Kristolyn Lloyd, Charlie Thurston, and Adina Verson. Performances run through January 11, 2026.