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23 Jul: Louisa Jacobson and Celia Keenan-Bolger in Season 3 of The Gilded Age

Company members Louisa Jacobson and Celia Keenan-Bolger will reprise their roles in Season 3 of the HBO dramaย The Gilded Age. From creator and writer Julian Fellowes, the period drama centers on two familiesโ€”one old money and one new moneyโ€”as they navigate New York society at a significant turn of the century for which the show is named. In the new season, ambition and scandal collide as the Russell family takes their place at the head of society, while the van Rhijn household is thrown into chaos. The season premiered June 22 with new episodes released every Sunday on HBO Max.ย Watch the trailer.

project yz

20 Jul: Jo Mei Receives Year-Long Residency with Yangtze Repertory Theatre

Company member Jo Mei is one of the newest members of Project YZ, Yangtze Repertory Theatre’s Artist Residency program, which aims to support and build an artistic home for AAPI immigrant artists. The 2025 cohort of recipients will receive grant funding to support their development for one year. During the residency, Yangtze Rep will connect resident artists with other collaborators, offer research support, and facilitate interviews and focus groups. Dramaturgical development and discussion with Yangtzeโ€™s artistic staff will take place throughout the residency. Yangtze Repertory Theatre produces work by, for, and about the AAPI community and the Chinese diaspora, positioning itself at the nexus of ideas from East and West.

recently streaming

18 Jul: Recently Streaming

David Manisย appears onย The Gilded Ageย in Season 3, Episode 4, โ€œMarriage is a Gambleโ€ on HBO Max

 

Myra Lucretia Taylorย appears onย Poker Faceย in Season 2, Episode 9, โ€œA New Lease on Deathโ€ on NBC/Peacock

 

Taylor Schillingย appears onย Poker Faceย in Season 2, Episode 11, โ€œDay of the Iguanaโ€ on NBC/Peacock

 

Kathy McCaffertyย appears onย And Just Like Thatย in Season 3, Episode 4 โ€œApples to Applesโ€ on HBO Max

 

 

billie jean FINAL

18 Jul: Lenne Klingaman and Nancy Lemenager in Billie Jean at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Company members Lenne Klingaman and Nancy Lemenager are the world premiere ofย Billie Jean, an electrifying new play about Billie Jean King, written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Marc Bruni at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Following her path to becoming a sports icon, from her record-breaking victories to her relentless fight for equal pay and equal rights,ย Billie Jeanย explores the cost of public battles and private strugglesโ€”bringing us closer than ever before to a woman whose battle for identity and equality inspired and continues to inspire generations. Performances run through August 10.

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17 Jul: Joe Holt in Untamed on Netflix

Company member Joe Holt is in the new limited seriesย Untamedย from writers and creators Mark L. Smith and Elle Smith and starring Eric Bana, Sam Neill, and Rosemarie DeWitt, now available to stream on Netflix. A woman’s death draws an Investigative Services Branch agent of the National Parks Service into lawless terrain as he hunts for the killerโ€”one who knows the vast expanse Yosemite National Park as well as he does. However, dark secrets lurking in the past may be just as dangerous as the murderer.ย Watch the trailer.

divine comedy

15 Jul: Kathy McCafferty in Sacco and Vanzetti’s Divine Comedy at Wellfleet Habor Actors Theater

Company member Kathy McCafferty is in the world premiere ofย Sacco and Vanzetti’s Divine Comedy, written by Kevin Rice and directed by Tim Habeger at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater in Wellfleet, MA. One of the most controversial trials of the 20th century, the trial and conviction of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti during the United Statesโ€™ first Red Scare led to public protests around the world. In this new dark comedy, the sensationalized trial is served up over three meals featuring a unique Italian recipe seasoned with equal portions of wit, anarchy, slapstick comedy, immigration and capital(ist) punishment. Performances run through July 26.

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15 Jul: Julian Elijah Martinez in Magdalene at CATF

Company member Julian Elijah Martinez is in the world premiere ofย Magdalene, written by Mark St. Germain and directed by Elena Araoz at the Contemporary American Theater Festival. Eighteen years after the crucifixion, Peter reconnects with the banished Mary Magdalene. After casting her out, he now seeks her advice and counsel. Questions erupt as they recall different versions of Jesus, his miracles, and his vision for the faith. Whose memories are closest to the truth? Whose secrets are revealed? Whose stories will stand the test of time? Performances run through August 3 in Shepherdstown, WV.

side effects FINAL

15 Jul: Liza Fernandez in Side Effects May Include… at CATF

Company member Liza Fernandez is inย Side Effects May Includeโ€ฆย written by Lisa Loomer and directed by Meredith McDonough at the Contemporary American Theater Festival. What happens when the trust we place in our medical system actually makes us sicker? After a series of diagnoses, a mother leads us through her sonโ€™s search for wellness, a Kafkaesque journey through the world of psychiatry. Written with humor and fury, the story explores the side effects of fighting through illness with the ones we love. Performances run through August 3 in Shepherdstown, WV.

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14 Jul: Maggie Bofill, Julyana Soelistyo, and Cindy Cheung in New York Stage and Film Summer Season

Company members Maggie Bofill, Julyana Soelistyo, and Cindy Cheung are part of New York Stage and Film’s 40th Summer Season at Marist University.

Company member Maggie Bofill was inย Vidas Privadas, inspired by Private Lives by Noรซl Coward, written by Christina Pumariega, and directed by Eddie Torres. Coward wrote it, but Cubans explode itโ€”rocketing from old world to the new, from the ballot box to the bedroom in a no-holds barred immigrant debate that’s smart, sexy, and uproarious.

Company member Julyana Soelistyo is in Manakin, written by Dave Harris and directed by Taylor Reynolds.ย Manakinย is a raw, lyrical, darkly hilarious piece about intergenerational trauma, love in all its forms, ancient traditions and sacred rituals.

Company member Cindy Cheung is in The Pushover, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley. The Pushover is a play about three badass women who collide and collude at a spa in New Mexico, and a barebones Chinese restaurant in Queens. They speak the language of the outcast, rough and sexual, and fight to survive, and to love.

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14 Jul: Sarah Baskin in A Poem and a Mistake at Edinburgh Fringe

Company member Sarah Baskin will perform inย A Poem and a Mistake, written by Cheri Magid, directed by Michelle Bossy, and presented by Making Strange in association with Fringe Management at Edinburgh Fringe. A grad student’s confrontation with her professor over the fifty sexual assaults in Ovid’s Metamorphoses sparks a magical yet terrifying transformation shattering both their ideas of gender, sexuality and desire. Through seventeen characters and 120 transformations, this show cuts to the duality in all of us: aggressor and victim, teacher and student, god and mortal. Performances run July 31-August 24 in Edinburgh.