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The Actors Center is thrilled to open applications for its 2026-27 Mentorship Program for Emerging Artists.

Apply by August 14, 2026. 🔗Link in Bio🔗

This innovative 8-month initiative is designed specifically to support artists who are in the early stages of their acting careers.

The program offers a cohort of 16 participants a unique opportunity to help bridge the crucial gap between their training and a sustainable, fulfilling career by providing artistic development and mentorship from an unparalleled network of seasoned professionals from our esteemed Resident Company.

Participants are paired with mentors from our Resident Company, ensuring individualized guidance that aligns with their artistic goals and interests. Participants also benefit from a robust structure of weekly workshops, panel discussions, and group conversations designed to explore a variety of artistic disciplines and perspectives on topics essential to the life of an actor, ranging from creative and career advice to self-care and the dynamics of the industry. Further artist development workshops from some of our country’s best teachers and practitioners offer a deeper dive on relevant acting techniques.

The program is an exciting opportunity for actors to deepen their understanding of themselves and their artistic point of view, ensuring that they emerge not only as skilled performers, but as thoughtful individuals, generous collaborators, and visionary creatives, primed to shape the future of the arts.

Come join us! by @actorscenternyc

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The Actors Center hosts RESONANCE ROOM, EDITION NO. 6—the final sharing of works in process by the 2025-26 Mentorship Cohort on Monday, June 1, 2026 at 7pm.

🎟 RSVP to Attend. Link in Bio!

The evening will feature excerpts from plays by Anton Chekhov, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Ava Pickett, and Adam Rapp, alongside poetry, musical numbers, and original work by cohort members Ciara Van Buren and Madeline Grace Barbush. Come join us!

The event is free and open to the public—and takes place at Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th Street in the 2nd Floor Ballroom. Wine and beverages will be served.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council. by @actorscenternyc

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The Actors Center hosts RESONANCE ROOM, EDITION NO. 5—the second sharing of works in process by the 2025-26 Mentorship Cohort on Monday, April 13, 2026 at 7pm.

🎟 RSVP to Attend. Link in Bio!

The evening will feature original work by cohort members Saige Larmer, Carson S. Davis, Alyssa James, Madeline Grace Barbush, and Rebecca Salzhauer, alongside scenes, poetry and musical numbers. Come join us!

The event is free and open to the public—and takes place at Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th Street in the 2nd Floor Ballroom. Wine and beverages will be served.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council. by @actorscenternyc

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The Actors Center hosts an evening of short films written by, directed by, or featuring performances by members of our Resident Company on Tuesday, March 24th, 2026, 7:00pm at Macaulay Honors College.

🎟 RSVP to Attend. Link in Bio!

PROGRAM FEATURING:

Honk
Writer: Vivia Font
Director: Francisco Zayas
Cast: Wayne Carr, Vivia Font, Dana Green (voice)

I Want to Go To Moscow
Writer/Director: Sarah Baskin
Cast: Arielle Goldman, Olivia Oguma, Liza Fernandez, Merritt Janson, Karl Bury, Arjun Gupta, Elizabeth Cappuccino, Eve Austin

Last Hope
Writer/Director: Lena Kaminsky
Cast: Patrick Kerr, Marcia DeBonis, Brian Keane

North Star
Writer/Director: P.J. Palmer
Cast: Malcolm Gets, Kevin Bacon, Colman Domingo, Lauren Innes, Audrey Wasilewski, Chris Sheffield

Sweet Refuge
Writer/Director: Maryam Mir
Cast: Laith Nakli, Mahira Kakkar

The screening will be followed by a discussion with the artists. Wine and beverages will be served. by @actorscenternyc

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The Actors Center hosts RESONANCE ROOM, EDITION NO. 4—the first sharing of works in process by the 2025-26 Mentorship Cohort on Monday, March 2, 2026 at 7pm.

🎟 RSVP to Attend. Link in Bio!

The evening will feature original work by Carson S. Davis, Alyssa James, Rebecca Salzhauer, alongside excerpts from plays by Gracie Gardner and Neil Simon, poetry, and multiple musical numbers. Come join us!

The event is free and open to the public—and takes place at Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th Street in the 2nd Floor Ballroom. Wine and beverages will be served. by @actorscenternyc

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Last month, director, choreographer, and Artistic Director of Rattlestick Theater, Will Davis, returned to The Actors Center to lead a play laboratory exploring Sarah Ruhl’s Late: A Cowboy Song with our resident company.

"Oh, as the sun sets
the horses do sleep
the fields they are long
and the crick it is deep..."
— Sarah Ruhl, Late: A Cowboy Song by @actorscenternyc

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Join us for a screening of the feature film Brooklyn, Minnesota, written and directed by company member Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank on Monday, February 9th at 7:00pm at Macaulay Honors College. The film was produced by company member Michael Cuomo and co-written by Han Shan.

🎟 RSVP to Attend. Link in Bio!

When the grandfather she never knew dies, headstrong 14-year-old Maisie and her single artist dad leave their Brooklyn bubble to go back to his childhood home. In Minnesota, channeling the Riot Grrrl spirit of her late mom, Maisie will upend family patterns, fall in love, and force her family to confront each other and themselves.

Wine and beverages will be served. A discussion with the filmmakers and artists will follow the film. by @actorscenternyc

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Last week, celebrated actor, director, writer, and clown Bill Irwin was in residence at The Actors Center for a development workshop combining the world of the Clown and the language of Samuel Beckett.

“He speaks of himself as of another. Himself he devises too for company. Leave it at that.” — Samuel Beckett by @actorscenternyc

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For nearly 30 years, The Actors Center has been a rare creative sanctuary: a place set apart from industry pressures, where the focus is not on the next production, but on inspiration, renewal, and community. In our studios, our resident company of 300 professional actors stretch, take creative risks, and discover new depths in themselves. Here, mentorship flows across generations, traditions are carried forward, and new visions for the art form take shape.

Join us in ensuring that this artistic haven for actors endures—and help cement The Actors Center’s legacy as a cornerstone of the acting community by supporting artists at every stage of their careers.

▶ Donate today via the link in our bio.

Your support gives actors the time, space, and mentorship they need to grow—and keeps The Actors Center alive as a space where they can take risks, collaborate, and create. Every gift matters. Every donation sustains the future of acting. by @actorscenternyc

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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.

The program bridges the crucial gap between training and a sustainable, fulfilling career by providing emerging actors mentorship from our esteemed Resident Company, alongside workshops with leading teachers and artists.

This year’s cohort was selected from among 240 applicants—a testament to the deep need for intergenerational mentorship and early career support in the acting profession.

This year’s cohort includes Madeline Grace Barbush, Jordi Bertrán Ramírez, Carson S. Davis, MarHadoo Effeh, Mark Antony Howard, Nyah Ajeya, Alyssa James, Saige Larmer, Niraj Nair, Giovanni Orozco, Sophia Radix, Rebecca Salzhauer, Jack Teitelbaum, Ciara Van Buren, Isabel Van Natta, and Billie Wyatt.

➡️ Read more about the program. Link in bio. by @actorscenternyc

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9 months ago

Catch up on the latest highlights from our Resident Company! Explore the full lineup of news and updates at theactorscenter.org/news.

Photo Credits: CBS Photo Archive, Theatrely, TFANA, Apple TV+, Joey Moro, Nina Westervelt, Lionsgate, Matthew Sewell, Marc J. Franklin, Jamie McShane by @actorscenternyc

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The Actors Center is thrilled to welcome 32 new members of our Resident Company—a one-of-a-kind, ongoing, creative residency program for a diverse collective of 300 actors and theater artists, leaders in the field who work regularly throughout theatre, film, and television.

New members this year include Tala Ashe, Bre Blair, Charles Browning, Andréa Burns, Baize Buzan, Fala Chen, Anthony Crane, James Cusati-Moyer, Brandon Flynn, Seann Gallagher, Natalie Gold, Blake Hackler, Erik Jensen, Lilli Kay, Ana Cruz Kayne, Sydney Lemmon, Juliana Aidén Martinez, Adepero Oduye, Neil Tyrone Pritchard, Jason Ralph, Haley Rawson, Patrick Sabongui, Stacey Sargeant, Maureen Sebastian, Phillipa Soo, Ryan Spahn, Marilee Talkington, Rachel Ticotin, Joe Tippett, James Udom, Zenzi Williams, and Lana Young.

Read more about the Resident Company at the link in our bio.

@talaashe @brabrabre @charlesdbrowning @theandreaburns @baize.buzan @falachenfala @janthonycrane @jamescusatimoyer @brandonflynn @nataliegold_48 @blakehacklereveryday @ejensen123 @lilllikay @anacruzkayne @sydney_lemmon @julianaaidenmartinez @rasonjalph @haleyrawson @patricksabongui @staceysargeant @momosie @phillipasoo @ryanspahn @marilee.talkington @joetipps @zen_will @actorlanayoung @crownpeace by @actorscenternyc

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