Company member Jonathan Gordon is in the short film Smudge, written and directed by Jesse Thurston. After discovering an act of infidelity, a man spends the night wandering through Los Angeles searching for his missing cat. As the city drifts deeper into the early morning hours, strange encounters and unexpected connections force him to confront everything quietly unraveling beneath the surface. Smudge is a surreal journey through heartbreak, loneliness, and the people we meet when life falls apart. The film was a daily pick on Film Shortage last month and is now available to watch on YouTube.
Company member Jeff Hiller is in Season 2 of Don’t Suck, the YouTube web series created by Tyler Isaac Martin. This subversive queer comedy-drama follows a group of friends in New York City navigating identity, ambition, and connection amid the beautiful chaos of growing up. Now, with an expanded ensemble, tangled new romances, and an audacious original musical, Season 2 digs even deeper into the universal ache to be seen—and the truth that growing up is hard, and maybe never really ends. New episodes air on YouTube every Thursday through August 6. Watch trailer here.
Company member June Ballinger is in Outside Mullingar, written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by company member Kathryn Markey, at Opera House Arts. Anthony has spent his entire life on a cattle farm in rural Ireland, a state of affairs that—due to his painful shyness—suits him well. Rosemary lives next door, knowing they are meant for each other, but watching the years slip away. With Anthony’s father threatening to disinherit him and a land feud simmering between their families, Rosemary has every reason to fear romantic catastrophe. In this very Irish story, these yearning, eccentric souls fight their way towards solid ground and happiness. Performances run through June 28 in Stonington, ME.
Company member Ken Barnett is in Jerome, written by John J. Caswell, Jr. and directed by Dustin Wills at Playwrights Horizons. Jerome, a ghost town in the secluded Arizona backcountry, is home to Con and Doane, an aging gay couple who’ve built a quiet life far from the chaos of cities and other people—until a stranger arrives, fleeing his damaged past, and falls into their arms. Set at the height of the AIDS epidemic, John J. Caswell, Jr.’s new play is an unexpectedly funny, delicately wrought story of survival, even in the harshest of deserts. The cast includes Stephen Spinella and Jeorge Bennett Watson. Performances run through June 21.
Tina Chilip and Dee Pelletier are in A Woman Among Women, written by Julia May Jonas and directed by Sarah Cameron Hughes at Lincoln Center Theater. It’s a summer day in Northampton, Massachusetts and Cleo, founder of the local women’s wellness center, holds court in her backyard. As friends, family and neighbors pass through, the air hums with a tension that may destroy the community she’s worked so hard to build. Performances run through June 28.
Company members Jennifer Ferrin, Brandon Flynn, and Pamela Dunlap are in Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, a dark comedy series created by David J. Rosen and starring Tatiana Maslany. Newly divorced mom Paula falls down a rabbit hole of blackmail, murder and youth soccer; convinced she witnessed a crime, while struggling through a custody battle and an identity crisis, Paula begins her own investigation. New episodes air Wednesdays through July 15 on Apple TV. Watch trailer here.
Company members Celia Keenan-Bolger, Maureen Sebastian, Andrea Syglowski are in The Terror: Devil in Silver, the new limited series from executive producer Ridley Scott. The series follows Pepper, a man from Queens, wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital. He faces secretive doctors, dangerous patients, grim secrets, and maybe the Devil himself. Freedom means facing what thrives on New Hyde’s pain-but are the worst demons inside him? New episodes air Thursdays through June 11 on AMC+.
Company member Rachel Ticotin is in the feature film Diamond, written, directed, and starring Andy Garcia, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19. A contemporary Noir with period sensibilities set in Los Angeles. Our Protagonist, Joe Diamond, is a man out of time, an urban legend with an emotional traumatic past. He has the uncanny ability to solve crimes, that even the LAPD cannot. Armed only with the savvy and dry humor reminiscent of the gumshoe detectives of that genre. Diamond is a love letter to Los Angeles and a homage to the great noir films of past. The cast includes Brendan Fraser, Dustin Hoffman, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Vicki Krieps, and Bill Murray.
Company members Nathan Darrow, Joe Tippett, and Monica Wyche are in the feature film Happy Hours, written, directed, and starring Katie Holmes. Freshly divorced, photographer Liz finds herself surrounded by happy couples. Walking past a bookstore advertising a talk with travel writer Andrew McCloud, Liz freezes up in recognition of her high school boyfriend. Through a serendipitous gig, Liz photographs Andrew, and the pair of former lovers pick back up where they left off, rekindling their spark, confiding in one another and working through old wounds. As the fantasy of a life with Andrew becomes closer to reality, Liz must decide whether she’s ready to let herself love again. The cast also includes Joshua Jackson, Mary-Louise Parker and Constance Wu. The film will premiere June 6-13 at Tribeca Film Festival.
Company member John Rothman is in the feature film The Accompanist, written and directed by Zach Woods and starring Aubrey Plaza and Susan Sarandon. Emily, a young child who lives with her loving grandfather in New Jersey, is starting to be affected by the advancement of her caretaker’s dementia. When a novice child welfare agent comes to assess the situation, she extracts Emily from her home in a panic and places her in the care of Sylvia, a kind but mischievous old woman. As the two spend more time together, their bond grows deeper, but the mysteries of Sylvia’s past threaten to unravel their future. The film will premiere June 4-12 at Tribeca Film Festival.