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Kathleen Chalfant Stars in World Premiere A WOMAN OF THE WORLD to Kick Off 2019-20 Season

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BY OLIVIA CLEMENT
SEP 03, 2019
 
The Tony nominee will star as Emily Dickinson's posthumous editor, Mabel Loomis Todd, in Rebecca Gilman's A Woman of the World.

59E59 Theaters has unveiled its 2019 fall and winter lineup, a slate that will kick off in October with the world premiere of A Woman of the World, the story of Emily Dickinson's posthumous editor, Mabel Loomis Todd. [In this production from The Acting Company and Miranda Theatre Company,] Kathleen Chalfant will star as Mabel in the new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rebecca Gilman, directed by Valentina Fratti. A Woman of the World will run October 24–November 17. Full Article>>

Production News

Meet Our 2019 Repertory Company

This Acting Company season features our 47th company of young actors recently graduated from the country's top training programs. Meet them starting July 14 as they perform a rotating repertory of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Nambi E. Kelley's Native Son, based on the novel by Richard Wright. 

Measure for Measure Cast

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General News

Acting Company Alumni Recognized During 2019 Awards Season

Andy Grotelueschen (Henry V, The Spy) received his first Tony nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a musical for Tootsie. Past collaborator Michael McElroy will receive a special Tony Honor. Numerous other members of the TAC family are also Tony-nominated, including directors Bartlett Sher and Jack O'Brien, composer Adam Guettel, and designers Fitz Patton, Howell Binkley, Jennifer Tipton, Paul Tazewell, William Ivey Long, and Clint Ramos. 

Alum Patti LuPone has been honored with an Olivier Award for her performance in Company on the West End.