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Virtual Alumni Spotlight Series Launches July 8

The all-new Alumni Spotlight Series is a free, virtual program of readings and concerts celebrating the multiple talents of our alumni actors and helping us to stay connected during social distancing! Join us this Wednesday, July 15 for the next installment: Words Fail Me by David Manis and featuring Dakin Matthews and Baize Buzan, premiering at 7:30 PM on our YouTube channel.  It premiers on Wednesday, July 15th and will stream through Sunday, July 19th.

Donations are encouraged to support The Acting Company and Covid-19 charity Brooklyn for Life!, founded by alumnus Jeffrey Wright. Learn More>>

General News

A Special Statement

All of us at The Acting Company join in solidarity with our artists, audiences and community to condemn and call for an end to systemic racism and unjust violence against Black Americans. We are angered by the racism and white supremacy that has led to the deaths of countless Black and Brown people. We stand with everyone seeking justice for the murders of Tony McDade, George Floyd, Nina Pop, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed, and all victims of racist violence. Black Lives Matter.
 
We are not innocent of perpetuating systemic racism. As a classical theater, we’ve often told stories by white men that have subjugated people of color and left their stories unheard. Our public platform can and must be used to elevate their perspectives, and our other actions, such as expanding diversity across our organization and in the stories we tell, need to back this up.

Production News

Slant Names Native Son Among Top Productions of 2019

"The Acting Company moved into the Duke on 42nd Street this summer, running Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and Nambi E. Kelley’s adaptation of Richard Wright’s Native Son in repertory... Native Son triumphed. A tense, taut terror ride, directed with careening force by Seret Scott and centered around two major performances—Galen Ryan Kane, seething and sorrowful as Bigger Thomas, and Jason Bowen as the violent spirit of the Black Rat that Bigger feels society pressuring him toward—this production never let up in momentum. Despite the 1940s setting, this adaptation distills the distancing near-century of racial oppression into a shocking 90-minute thriller that felt, in this fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat staging, bracingly immediate." Read Full Article