Company member Sepideh Moafi is in New Born, written by Ella Hickson and directed by Ian Rickson, presented Off-Broadway at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre. The production also stars Hugh Jackman and Marianna Gailus. A tree surgeon falls in love. A young woman searches for her lost friend on the prairie. A new mother is consumed by an unlikely celebrity friendship. In three monologues, unrelated individuals find their smallest choices ripple into seismic changes that connect them across centuries and continents. Performances run through June 8.
Company member Crystal Dickinson is in Purpose, written by Brandon Jacob Jenkins and directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, at La Jolla Playhouse. For decades, the influential Jasper family of Chicago has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, celebrity pastors and congressmen. When the youngest son Nazareth returns home with an uninvited friend in tow, the family is forced to reckon with decades of secrets and unresolved tensions that threaten to topple their empire. Performances run through June 7 in La Jolla, CA.
Company member Jeff Hiller is in Celebrity Autobiography, presented at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway. The comedy show features a constantly-expanding rotating cast of today’s celebrities from TV, film and stage, sports, and, yes, even politics, acting out OTHER celebrities’ unintentionally hilarious autobiographies. In addition to solo excerpts, the show combines passages from various autobiographies to create unforgettable ensemble “mash-ups” that ping-pong into “he said, she said” scenarios, famous love triangles, and wildly different takes on the same experience. Most stars appear for a week or two at a time, some just for a night or two, and surprise guests can be expected to pop in from time to time. Jeff’s performances run May 20-23.
Company members Mahira Kakkar, Eva Kaminsky, and Patrick Kerr are in Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium, completed by Kirk Lynn and directed by Rob Melrose, presented by Classic Stage Company. More than 75 years in the making, an unfinished work by one of America’s greatest dramatists takes the New York stage at last. Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium unveils the artist’s final play, brought to life through playwright Kirk Lynn’s completion. As a young man journeys through the city and beyond, he encounters a world of wonder, meaning, and the elusive truths of life itself. Wilder’s long-unseen masterpiece is finally ready to be discovered, offering the chance to experience a new work from a legendary voice. Performances run through June 7.
Company member Barzin Akhavan is in The Motion, written by Christopher Chen and directed by Hana S. Sharif, at Arena Stage. What begins as a razor-sharp debate spirals into a world-altering unraveling as four scholars are thrust into a kaleidoscopic odyssey through memory, identity, and the fragile boundaries of belief. As the world around them transforms, they find unexpected solace, love, and companionship. Collectively, they wrestle with profound and unsettling questions about purpose, morality, and what it truly means to be alive. The Motion is a searing, intelligent, and emotionally charged journey into the core of the human condition—where certainty shatters, vulnerability reigns, and no conviction emerges unscathed. Performances run through June 14 in Washington, DC.
Company member Dede Lovejoy is in season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again, the Marvel series from Dario Scardapane, Matt Corman, and Chris Ord. Mayor Wilson Fisk crushes New York City underfoot as he hunts down public enemy number one, the Hell’s Kitchen vigilante known as Daredevil. But beneath the horned mask, Matt Murdock will try to fight back from the shadows to tear down the Kingpin’s corrupt empire and redeem his home. Now streaming on Hulu & Disney+. Watch trailer here.
Heather Alicia Simms appears on Sheriff Country in Season 1, Episode 15 “The Lost Girls of Edgewater County” on CBS/Paramount+.
Angel Desai appears on Law & Order in Season 25, Episode 19, “Accidentally Like a Martyr” on NBC/Peacock.
Sanjit De Silva appears on NCIS in Season 23, Episode 18 “Bad Impressions” on CBS/Paramount+.
Rachel Ticotin appears on Sheriff Country in Season 1, Episode 18 “The Gambler” on CBS/Paramount+.
Company member Lizan Mitchell is in Purlie Victorious, written by Ossie Davis and directed by Psalmayene 24, presented by the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC. Purlie is home on a mission—to buy back his father’s church and liberate the sharecroppers he grew up with from the brutal segregationist who still runs their plantation. The story features a madcap plot, survival techniques forged in the Jim Crow South, and satiric targets that feel as urgent as they did when the play premiered in 1961. Performances run through June 21.
Company members Irene Sofia Lucio and Reynaldo Piniella are in Titans, written by Jesse Jae Hoon and directed by Tara Elliott, presented as part of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks. The ordinary residents of an overrun American city answer the Signal and discover their extraordinary powers. Unfortunately, they must be brave. Performances run May 14-26 at The Wild Project.
Company member David Dean Bottrell is in the feature film Shackled, from director Luke Spears. A white-collar criminal is tethered to a sociopathic gangster with terminal cancer. Both men carry explosive charges surgically implanted in their hearts. If either falters, both die. Shackled is a lean, heart-pounding thriller where freedom is a shared sentence, and trust is the most dangerous gamble of all. The film will have its world premiere at the London International Science Fiction Film Festival on May 16. Watch trailer here.