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Barbara Linton is featured in Episode 3 of Season 5 of THE FOOD THAT BUILT AMERICA.

Ginger Grace appears as Eleanor Roosevelt for the Jewish Theatre Circle’s CELEBRATING JEWISH WOMEN IN HISTORY AND MORE at the 14th Street Y on March 19.

Quinn M. Johnson understudies for Public Theater’s JORDANS. Performance runs Apr 11–May 5.

Burak Tatar is the newest Co-Chair of Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU)’s Young Professionals and Artists Circle (YPAC). Established in 1992 by Bob Ost, TRU is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting producers in their productions, fostering the growth of emerging theater companies, and providing valuable insights for all theater professionals to navigate the business successfully. As part of TRU’s commitment to community engagement, Burak will be one of the speakers at the organization’s upcoming Zoom gathering, titled “The Challenges of Young Professionals Trying to Kickstart a Career in Theater.” Scheduled for Friday, March 1st at 5pm, this event offers aspiring theater professionals an opportunity to gain valuable insights and guidance as they embark on their careers.

John L. Payne performs in AMERICAN ROT directed by Estelle Parsons. Performs at La MaMa and runs Mar 14–31.

JNK Enzo directs the reading of CADILLAC CREW at Miller Branch Library in Jersey City on Mar 30. This reading of Cadillac Crew is for the Community Awareness Series for their Women’s History Month event at Miller Branch Library.

Michael Leigh Cook performs in THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA at Signature Theatre’s Irene Diamond Stage, alongside Austin Pendleton, Tim Daly, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Lea DeLaria, directed by Emily Mann. Performances run thru Feb 25.

Burak Tatar directs GISELLE LOVES MAMBO by Edward J. Fee, as part of the Queens Short Play Festival at Secret Theatre—a friendly competition where the audience votes! When Giselle’s dance partner is unexpectedly injured the day before the regional dance competition, her boyfriend, Manuel, becomes the backup dancer, but his stage fright kicks in. Limited Performances run Feb 28–Mar 15.

Ginger Grace plays Emily Dickinson in her interactive performance piece, INSIDE EMILY DICKINSON: HER POETRY & HER LIFE! at the Cultural Arts Coalition, Brewster, NY March 2; and in “Change Makers! Women Activate!” Festival for the Queens, NY Library System); along with Libraries throughout Westchester and Connecticut for Women’s HIstory Month.

John Druzba plays Ben Franklin in HOME OF THE BRAVE, as part of the Queens Short Play Festival at Secret Theatre—a friendly competition where the audience votes! PROGRAM G. Limited performances runs Feb 27–Mar 24.

Burak Tatar directs FRANKIE & FRANKIE, written by Fran Sisco, as part of the Queens Short Play Festival at Secret Theatre—a friendly competition where the audience votes! Two mischieves 10-year-old best friends who grapple differently with the aftermath of stealing from their church’s poor boxes, on Easter. Features Michael Donaldson and Jay Laghi. Limited Performances run Feb 23–Mar 16.

Thomas Vorsteg performs in GONE MISSING, a documentary musical created by The Civilians at Vivid Stages. Runs Feb 22–Mar 3.​

Anthony O’Connell plays Darren in the short film, DEVILS THREESOME, written by Michal Kosciarz and Eric Maus, directed by Eric Maus.

Rachel Petitte plays Ruth Scott in the short film, THEY DON’T LEAVE.

Kevin Cheng performs in a multilingual adaptation of Chekhov’s THE CHERRY ORCHARD at Under St Marks with The Frigid. Runs Jan 20–27.

Kevin Cheng performs in IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY at Fiction Bar on Dec 16 at 7pm.

John L Payne performs in KING LEAR at Saint Clement’s Theater. Runs Jan 26–Feb 18, 2024.

Chris Jaymes is featured in Season 4 of FOR ALL MANKIND, streaming on Apple+, playing the role of Nick Jennings, an English astronaut working on a space station in Mar’s.

Ginger Grace perform in Faith Cailin’s THE CHANGE YOU WANTED at Jefferson Market Library, Nov 28 at 6pm.

Theatre Prometheus, Washington, D.C. hosts a free virtual reading of Robin Berl’s new work DUA: THE MONSTER’S STORY on Nov 18 at 8pm. This bold retelling of the Medusa story will include presentations by our design team so that audiences can more fully visualize Dua’s world and also get a sneak peek at our 2024 production.

Kkuumba Siegell performs in EARTH TO VENUS in the New York Theater Festival at Later Theater. Runs Nov 13–18.

Barak Tatar‘s stage play adapted to the screen PRIME REAL ESTATE is having its East Coast Premiere at the Bowery Film Festival in New York on Nov 8. Features Pat Clune and James Fordyce.

John Joseph Trujillo is playing Maurice in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at John W. Engeman Theatre. Runs begins Nov 16.

Micaela Presa Patten stars as Regina George in MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL in Humboldt’s Theatre in Lima, Peru.

Nancy Redman play and performance in A SÉANCE WITH MOM, directed by Austin Pendleton is a 2023 United Solo Special Award Nominee.

Burak Tatar produced and directed, BUST, a multi-award winning short film by Burak Tatar, starring Bobby Soto (Flamin’ Hot, A Million Miles Away, Tax Collector), the film will be screened in East LA Civic Center on  OCT 28TH as official selection.

Ginger Grace appears in Joan Ross Sorkin’s HAMLET IN BENSONHURST at the Scarsdale Public Library, Scarsdale, NY, performance is on Oct 30th.

Andrew G. Matthews performs in MANTRA at Catskill International Film Festival at The Paramount Theater in Middletown, New York.

Amber Ettinger performs in EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN….an evening of short plays by Richard Thomas Henle and D.S. Burrows. 7 Short Plays in this special two hour event. Runs Oct 20–22 at The Producer’s Club.

Jeffrey Adam Baxt performs the role of Kafka in ALL IN THE TIMING at Skinner Studio at Plays & Players. Runs Nov 9–19.

Pat Dwyer stars in eVIL SUBLET, a horror comedy written & directed by Allan Piper & featuring Sally Struthers. The Film will play the New York City Horror Film Festival at the Look Dine-In Cinemas for one showing ONLY on Dec 10 @ 2pm.

Lluvia Almanza performs in a HERE, BETWEEN AND BEYOND – AN EVENING OF HAUNTING ONE ACTS by Orlando Rodriguez at Kraine Theatre. Runs Oct 21-23.

Burak Tatar has two short films screenings in New York:
UN-EQUAL, starring Ayse Eldek, is an official selection of International Film Festival of Manhattan will be screened at the new Dine-IN Look Cinema’s.
CONCIERGE SERVICE, a short film, for 48 Hour Film Project, premieres at the Quad Cinema on Oct 12, Group A Screening 5 to 7pm.

J.B. Alexander performs in THE BURIAL AT THEBES at All Saints Church in Sunnyside, Queens. Runs Oct 13-29.

Kathleen Files performs in PRIVATE LIVES at Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown, NY. Runs Nov 10-26.

Erich Rausch, Music Theater Accompanist and student of Karen Leslie-Lyttle, is performing in the sold-out run of KrymovLabNYC’s BIG TRIP at La Mama. He also featured in the role of Bertrand in GOOD FAITH at the San Francisco Short Film Festival. He voiced the main interviewee in translation for the podcast, RUSSIAN RESISTANCE with Paper Support.

Charly Wenzel directs a reading of PIGEONHOLE at Dramatists Guild – Mary Rodgers Room. Featuring: Katie May Porter, Debra Zane, Leyla Hadi-K, and Mike Faccioli. Performs on Oct 15.

Ginger Grace appears in Joan Ross Sorkin’s HAMLET IN BENSONHURST at the Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library Oct 7.

Jesse Regis‘s book F*CK IT, I’M BUYING A CABIN, is a short and funny illustrated book for adults about a millennial who decides to ditch the city and head for the hills in search of a simpler, more satisfying life. The book is NOW AVAILABLE at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Books-a-Million, and wherever books are sold.

Charly Wenzel performs THE INCOMPLETE COLLECTION at Culture Lab LIC. Runs Sept 9-Nov 19.

Pat Dwyer stars in E. VIL SUBLET, a horror comedy written & directed by Allan Piper & featuring Sally Struthers. The Film will play the Haunted House Fest at The Midnight Theatre. One night only, Oct 6 at 7PM.

Andrew G. Matthews appears in twos films featured at Northeast Film Festival: LOVE LOCK and OATH OF INJUSTICE.

Xavier Reyes performs in CLYDES at Playmakers Repertory Theatre Company. Runs Sept 5-24.

Adele Batchelder performs in WATER, WATER EVERWHERE, a site-specific contemporary adaptation of the epic lyrical ballad, THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, by Samuel Taylor Coleridgeat. Runs Aug 10-20 at WoodenBoat, Brooklin, Maine.

Thomas Vorsteg performs as Paco in MISS ABIGAIL’S GUIDE TO DATING, MATING AND MARRIAGE at The Theater Project in Maplewood, NJ. Runs Aug 17-27.

Nancy Redman performs her solo play “A SÉANCE WITH MOM”, directed by Austin Pendleton at Chain Studio Theatre. Runs Aug. 21 – Sept. 3, 2023.

Tatiana Korinfsky directs and her written adaptation of SHOSTAKOVICH IN NEW YORK at The ACC (Amateur Comedy Club) 150 E. 36 St, New York. Features Eric Kuzmuk, Jeannie Dalton, David Scharf. Runs Aug 17-19. Contact ezen@gol.com for more info and reservations.

Burak Tatar‘s short film, PRIME REAL ESTATE, starring Pat Clune and James Fordyce is an official selection of Pictures’s Up Film Festival, by the Jury President John Patrick Shanley. Film Festival, taking place August 25th-27th, 2023 at The Lee Strasberg Theater in Hollywood, CA.

Youlim Nam is an Artist In Residency with El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109, where she will performs in a reading of her own play NEW YEAR’S DAY (SAE HAE) on July 31.

Katherine O’Sullivan performs in Shakespeare in the Parking Lot’s THE COMEDY OF ERRORS at CSV Parking Lot (114 Norfolk Street).

Xavier Reyes performs in NEXT TO NORMAL at Greenbrier Valley Theatre. Runs July 21–30.

Jesse Regis‘s book F*CK IT, I’M BUYING A CABIN, is a short and funny illustrated book for adults about a millennial who decides to ditch the city and head for the hills in search of a simpler, more satisfying life. The book is now available for preorder via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, and Books-a-Million.

Darina Eid and Atila Carmona perform in LA TRAICIÓN EN LA AMISTAD at Repertorio Español. June 30–July 9

Karen Christie-Ward is featured in Season 3 of I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE on Netflix.

Maïza Dubhé performs in the reading of TEARS OF THE WATER at The Assembly Theatre.

Andrew Heinze‘s full-length comedy THE RIMSKY-FOGELMAN will have a public reading presented by the Road Theatre Company, Los Angeles, on July 7, 2023.

Jane Henzerling performs in RICHARD III at ISC at the New Mexico Actor’s Lab. Runs July 14–23.

Jennifer Stepanyk co-stars as Lena in MANIFEST, Season 4, Episode 19 on Netflix.

Moshe Henderson performs in ART & MONEY at Teatro LATEA (as part of the New York Theater Festival). Written by Barbara Bloemink and directed by Eduardo Machado. A passionate art museum director confronts the realities of the contemporary art world in this shocking, intimate, drama inspired by true events that questions the importance of art and museums. Features HB Community Members: Barbara Bloemink (Playwright), Eduardo Machado (Director), Fareeda Pyracha Ahmed, Ellis Charles Hoffmeister, Moshe Henderson, Sarah Jordan Hupper. Runs June 12–17.

Suzy Brack performs in Richard Lyons Conlon’s play IS, WAS, ISN’T with New York’s Greenhouse Ensemble.

Jeffrey Adam Baxt writes and performs in his first podcast, GRIM TALES FROM THE JOB FOREST, which features original fictional stories about the “dark side” of the job market.

Bill Corry and faculty member, John Bowen, performs in A MUSICAL ROMP WITH NOEL AND COLE at St. Ann and The Holy Trinity on June 17.

Andrew Heinze‘s full-length comedy THE RIMSKY-FOGELMAN was honored as a Finalist for the 2023 Todd McNerney Playwriting Award (College of Charleston). His full-length play SHYLOCK THE FIRST was honored (retroactively due to Covid) as a Finalist for the 2021 Todd McNerney Playwriting Award (College of Charleston).

Nancy Redman performs her solo play A SÉANCE WITH MOM, directed by Austin Pendleton at Chain Studio Theatre. Runs May 24 –June 4.

Lorna Courtney is nominated for a Tony for Lead Actress in a Musical in & JULIET!

Katharine Cullison co-stars as Carl’s Mom in HBO’s FANTASMAS, written/directed by Julio Torres.

John L Payne co-stars as Whelan’s Father in NBC’s LAW AND ORDER ORGANIZED CRIME, EPISODE 323.

Ginger Grace appears in her interactive performance piece THE FIRST LADIES COALITION, directed by Austin Pendleton at the Mahopac Library Performance Space, Mahopac, NY, May 13th.

George Pappas performs as Robert Moses in WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING at Morningside Players. Runs May 16–21.

Lluvia Almanza performs in a reading of SAVE ME, TOÑO ROBENS! by Denisse Mendoza at The Vino Theatre. Directed by Orlando Rodriguez and features Camilo Ramirez, Raquel Gomez, Klarissa Robles. Runs May 15–20.

Gwendolyn Phair‘s play 16,000 PSI is playing at Teatro Latea, featuring Gwendolyn Phair, Gavin McDonough, Charles Dinstuhl. Runs May 15–21. The story focuses on several women as they navigate through the inherent pressures in, family dynamics, sexual politics, addiction, ambition, regrets, and redemption.

Steven J. Harris‘s play THE DEVIL AND THE PLAYWRIGHT is performing at Theater for the New City, Community Space Theater Apr 26–30. The cast features: Sarah Hupper, Ellis Hoffmeister, Flo Maier.

Nick Thomas performs in THE BRUTES at the Player’s Club. Two night run, Apr 19 & 20.

James Meneses is producing MUSE at The Tank Theater, featuring Reanna Armellino, Robert Hickey, Anne Fizzard, and directed by HB Alumni Hazen Cuyler. Runs Apr 16–30.

Adele Batchelder performs in KNOCK KNOCK at LATEA Theater. Runs Apr 24–30.

Richard Lear is understudying the male roles in GOD OF CARNAGE at Theater Breaking Through Barriers. Runs Apr 18–May 20.

Nancy Redman performs in her play A SÉANCE WITH MOM, directed by Austin Pendleton at Chain Studio Theatre. Runs Apr 20–23.

Ellis Vizcarra is featured in a CRICKET WIRELESS NATIONAL COMMERCIAL CAMPAIGN in Spanish.

Anne Fizzard performs in MUSE at The Tank. Runs Apr 16–30.

Ginger Grace plays Emily Dickinson in her interactive performance piece, EMILY DICKINSON! HER POETRY & HER LIFE! at Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, the Kimberly Clark Theater, Apr 18.

Youlim Nam performs in a reading of her play, A CONNECTED PLACE, at The Dramatists Guild’s Mary Rogers Room. Directed by Three-time Emmy Award-Winning Actress Cady McClain, and featuring alongside, Tom Ryan and Allegra Venturi.

Suzy Brack performs in Amy Crider’s play HEALER with Chicago’s Ubiquitous Players on April 15, 2023.

Ellis Vizcarra co-stars in WU-TANG, Season 3, Episode 5 on Hulu.

Sandra V. Weldon performs in SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT at Don’t Tell Mama on Mar 16.

Debra Lass performs in THE “N” TRIAL at TADA! Theater (15 W. 28th St., 2nd Fl) on Mar 18. The N Trial is America’s efforts to grapple with social intolerance and politically inspired violence in the year 2023 result in the arrest of a young black man, pursuant to a newly enacted “Hate Speech” law and his trial for “provocative and malicious use” of one of the most offensive words in the English language.

Ginger Grace appears in her interactive performance piece THE FIRST LADIES COALITION, directed by Austin Pendleton at libraries throughout New York, Mar 5–May 14.

Ginger Grace and Charles Black appear in Alisa Matlovsky’s 474 DAYS at La Mama, Mar 12.

Micaela Presa Patten is filming a tv series/soap opera, SOLAMENTE MILAGROS, in Peru. The show is set air this July.

Andrew Heinze‘s full-length comedy THE RIMSKY-FOGELMAN has been named a Semi-Finalist for the 2023 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. Also, his full-length play LEONARDO’S VIRGIN will be excerpted in THE BEST MEN’S STAGE MONOLOGUES, 2023 (Smith & Kraus).

Xavier Reyes performs in CLYDE’S at George Street Playhouse. Runs Feb 1–19.

Lluvia Almanza performs in PROUD at 14th Street Y. Runs Feb 10–26.

Charly Wenzel is directing two one-acts for the Queens One Act Festival at the Secret Theatre. Her play, BY YOUR SIDE, featuring Nya Yeanafehn and Steven J.Harris runs in Program C. WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND featuring Steven J. Harris runs in Program F.

Adele Batchelder performs in A DELICATE BALANCE at ActorsNET of Bucks County. Runs Jan 27–Feb 12.

Robert James Hickey performs in MUSE by award-winning Playwright, Frank Tangredi at The Tank. Runs Apr 16–30.

Connie Kirk performs in the reading of THAT SATURDAY THING at Stomping Grounds Arthouse on Jan 21.

Nicholas Thomas performs in spit&vigor’s BLOOD COUNTESS at The Players Theatre runs Jan 5–Feb 6. A gory, high-energy dark comedy about alleged serial killer Elizabeth Bathory. Countess Elizabeth Bathory was alleged to have killed between 60-600 of her servants and bathed in her blood. She was tried and punished for her crimes. The rest we must suppose.

Adele Batchelder performs in a reading of her own play FROM UTERUS: a fundraiser for NJ Abortion Access Fun at Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. in New Jersey on Jan 15.

JNK Enzo directs, choreographs, and performs in WORDS OF THE PROPHET at Cell Theatre. The show will run the weekend of Apr 21-23.

Erich Rausch is performing in A GOOD DAY (Actors Temple, Nov/Dec), XIMER.LIVE (American Theatre of Actors, Oct/Dec), ARI-O (Actors Temple, Feb 19 & 20), THE AMERICANS (La MaMa, Nov 19 & 20), THE CLOWNS in Maryland & Illinois (Nov 19–Jan 20), RUSSIAN/UKRAINIAN CONCERTS (Virtual, Jan 4–11), and RUSSIAN RESISTANCE: FINAL EPISODE SEASON ONE (Podcast, Oct 1–Feb 1).

Suzy Brack performs in Richard Lyons Conlon’s play MONSTER OF FINE ARTS with Chicago’s Ubiquitous Players on Jan 7.

Georgia Buchanan plays the Manager in OFFAL ENDINGS at Studio Theatre, Theatre Row. Runs Jan 12–29.

Ginou ‘Gigi’ Gilles performs in COLOR HIM SON.

Johanna Griesé is featured as a co-star in Showtime’s ZIWE.

Adele Batchelder performs in the A DELICATE BALANCE at ActorsNET of Bucks County. Runs Jan 27–Feb 12.

J.B. Alexander‘s play @VANEK.CZ has been nominated for three awards at the NYTF: Best Production, Best Actress (Marcie Henderson), Best Actor (Alexander Chilton).

Katherine O’Sullivan performs in a virtual reading of SEX. Cast lineup includes: Aaron Alexander, Susan Case, Beth Griffith, Laura Kaye, Roger Lipson, Laurel Lockhart, Eric R. Moreland, Jim Mullins, Ken Raboy, Mary Sheridan.

Diana Craig performs in the touring production of MY FAIR LADY, until May 25, 2023.

Zach Wegner performs in FLIGHT DELAY at The Tank, runs Dec 1-18

Adrian Wattenmaker is Associate Director, alongside Austin Pendleton, on BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY by Stephen Adly Guirgis, running on Broadway at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater.

Jeffrey Baxt performs in the staged reading of CODEX, new play to be produced by Azuka Theatre in Philadelphia.

Jonah Mendelsohn performs his solo adapted play, LOVE ALONE: ELEGIES FOR ROG – A PLAY FOR WORLD AIDS DAY, a true story of love persisting in a time of crisis, adapted from the poetry of Paul Monette. Runs Dec 3–5 at The Tank. Jonah is joined by Hisa Viscovich, and Juan Guajardo and Ben Mehl, as rehearsal coach.

Saule Gelcyte‘s performs in his co-written play, NO SHADOW WITHOUT SUN, a play inspired by a real story—in 1934 two sisters employed as maids killed their Mistress after 7 years of service performs at Theater for the New City. Runs Dec 1–18.

Jo Anne Sellers performs in the reading of THE STRETCH OF MONTPELIER with New Perspectives Theatre Company on November 17.

Ginger Grace appears in FLIGHT DELAY by Peter Anderegg, directed by Kelly Morgan with at THE TANK, December 1-18.

Ellis Vizcarra is featured in a NATIONAL CRICKET WIRELESS COMMERCIAL. This commercial will air during all 2023 on TV, social, streaming, print—All

Jo Anne Sellers performs in the reading of MRS. MINIVER at The Chain Theatre.

Richard Sacher performs in the FALLING at Don’t Tell Mama.

Nicolás Torres performs in the official adaptation of IN THE HEIGHTS in Vacunatorio Lo Barnechea, Santiago of Chile.

Lluvia Almanza is featured in a Commercial for WIZER Training Videos.

Inés Chouciño Storani is performing in INÉS MARTINA LIVE at Rockwood Music Hall on November 11, 2022.

Adele Batchelder performs the role of Virginia in NATIVE GARDENS with Langhorne Players.

Hugh Heckman plays the role of Max Siegel in James Lapine’s ACT ONE, based on Moss Hart’s autobiography with The Heights Players, Brooklyn.

Elizabeth Bluhm’s executive produced, directed, and stars in her short film, RAT PARK, in Association wih two time Emmy Winner, Scott Buckler.

Jonah Mendelsohn performs his show LOVE ALONE: ELEGIES FOR ROG at The Tank.

Youlim Nam performs in NEVER THE SINNER at Bethany Arts Community. Directed by Three-time Emmy Award-Winning Actress Cady McClain.

Moshe Henderson directs E.G.G. – A NEW PLAY by Emile Lacheny at Teatro LATEA (as part of the New York Theater Festival) with fellow HB Artists: KiYonna Carr (as Virgile), Melisa Kucevic (Lighting Designer). In an apocalyptic future, four survivors find themselves in a cave to survive. There, they find something impossible: a little girl protecting a gigantic egg that she claims contains the future of humanity. How will they react to such news where all seems lost? Will they believe? Doubt? Or worse…

Moshe Henderson directs PRAIRIE FIRE: A NEW PLAY at Teatro LATEA (as part of the New York Theater Festival) with fellow HB Artists: Megan McLain, Emma Terese, Justin Masters, Michael Tyrell, Randal McHaney (HB Playwright). In Prairie Fire Randal McHaney explores the intersection between two teenage boys and the self-delusion of a spiritual leader in a small West Texas town. The trajectory quickly becomes deadly for Doug, who is just at the beginning of self-discovery. Jimmy, his best friend, and Jimmy’s mother Darlene and Bea an older woman with her own demons all defend him against the town, but at what cost.

Lluvia Almanza performs in a reading of ANGUSTIAS at the Kraine Theatre for the Frigid Festival.

Fernando Rockenbach performs in SAUCY JACK AND THE SPACE VIXENS at duCret School of Art.

maxemillian corkum booked their first commercial in The Netherlands, an advertisement for the US market.

Barbara Bleier with Austin Pendleton perform their show AUSTIN AND BARBARA SING RODGERS AND… at Pangea (178 2nd Ave.).

Ginger Grace appears in her interactive performance piece THE FIRST LADIES COALITION, directed by Austin Pendleton, at the Port Washington Library Theater, October 23rd; the Budarz Theatre at the Ossining Public Library, November 3rd & the Woodbury Senior Community Center, November 19.

Darina Eid is featured in THE REDEEMER, play at Angelika Theater, East Village Cinema during SOHO Film Festival.

Kristin Eliasberg is featured in URANIA LEILUS for the 20th Annual Festival International Signes des Nuit (Signs of the Night) in Paris, France. The film was also 1 of 6 films to be nominated for the Free Speech Award at the Free Speech Film Festival in Philadelphia, PA.

Robert Hickey performs in TROOPER featuring in the Short of the Week—jump off to film festivals like Tribeca, Sundance etc.

Barbara Linton is featured on NBC’s LAW & ORDER playing Alice Meade in this upcoming season’s 5th episode.

Rosary O’Neill is a Resident Fellow at the Irish Cultural Center in Paris, to do research on her book and screenplay about Edgar Degas.

Scott Ellis is to direct Roundabout’s one-night-only THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE CONCERT on Broadway on October 17.

Kelley Lord performs in BURBANK at the Wild Project. Runs Sept 6–18.

Jeffrey Adam Baxt feature in SABATES EYE CENTERS has been renewed.

Tatiana Korinfsky wrote and directs the play DEAR ANTON! DEAR OLGA! performing at Theatre 71. Featuring HB Actors: Rachel Marcus and Dave Konig. Runs Sept 10–11.

Georgia Buchanan is featured in THE EQUALIZER as Billie Peters, along side Queen Latifah on CBS.

Xavier Reyes performs in SCAPIN at Pioneer Theatre Company.

Micaela Presa Patten performs in LABERINTO DE MONSTRUOS in Microtheatre in Lima, Perú.

Jacqueline Masrgolis performs in GENERATION WOMEN at Joe’s Pub.

J.B. Alexander‘s play @VANEK.CZ will be performed New York Theater Festival. Runs Oct 27, 29 & 30, 2022.

John L. Payne performs in AS YOU LIKE IT at Theatre 71.

Zach Wegner performs in COMPLICITY at The New Ohio Theater.

Inés Martina performs with her band at Pete ‘s Candy Store and Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1.

Kimberly Milburn, Mezzo-soprano, will be appearing as Ericlea and covering Giunone in IL RITORNO D’ULISSE IN PATRIA and covering Rafaela in the professional premiere of JUANA with the Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble at the Rose Nagelberg Theatre Aug. 13-27.

Debra Lass performs in the reading of THE N TRIAL at the K/Q Short Play Fest.

Ginger Grace appears in her interactive performance piece THE FIRST LADIES COALITION, directed by Austin Pendleton, at the Open Eye Theater, August 27th.

Polly McKie performs in THE BUTCHER BOY at the Irish Repertory Theatre. Runs July 21 – Sept 11, 2022.

Cynthia Granville directs AT THE THERAPIST at Fifth Avenue Theater.

Joan La Barbara‘s composed music will be featured in BANG ON A CAN MUSIC SERIES: IVA CASIAN LAKOS PLAYS MUSIC BY JOAN LA BARBARA at Noguchi Museum Garden on Sunday, July 17, 2022

Xavier Reyes performs in ANNA IN THE TROPICS at Barrington Stage.

Jason Dietz performs in PERFECT CRIME. Playing Detective James Ascher in Perfect Crime, the longest running play on or off-Broadway.

Albert Insinnia performs in HEISENBERG by Simon Stephens, directed by Austin Pendleton, with Irene Glezos at TheatreLab on July 13.

Ellis Charles Hoffmeister performs in DEAD MAN WALKING in Program #8 and Program #11 of the Chain Theatre Play Festival 2022.

Mateo Lamuño stars in the international campaign THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE CHROME for Google.

Megan McLain‘s multi-award winning screenplay, NOW HEAR THIS, has set September to beginning shooting. Megan will also be directing. The film will star HB faculty, Marsha Mason, as well as current and former students: Andrew Warner, and Victor Rodriquez.

Xavier Reyes performs in TRADING PLACES with Alliance Theatre in Georgia.

Sarah Rose Kearns is organizing an online panel discussion: JANE AUSTEN, DRAMATIZED: discussing Jane Austen’s place in the theatrical canon and the many, varied representations of her novels on stage . . . past, present, and future. Panelists: Playwright Kate Hamill, scholar Devoney Looser, and blogger-librarian Tabrizia Jones.

Richard Lear performs in Theater Breaking Through Barriers 3rd Playmakers’ REDUX: OUT OF THE BOX, a short play series.

Jane Henzerling performs in THE WINTER’S TALE & PERICLES at International Shakespeare Center at New Mexico Actors Lab.

Andrew Matthews directs and performs in JIM’S STORY at Black Theater Fringe Festival of South Florida.

Erich Rausch performs in THE CATHEDRAL which is being featured at New Directors/New Films {Film at Lincoln Center/MOMA). Indie filmmaker Ricky D’Ambrose’s 2nd feature finishes its festival run on the heels of acclaim at Venice and Sundance.

Erich Rausch performs in a reading A MARKET PLACE at HungaryLive! Festival at HERE. Janos Mohacsi brings from Budapest his acclaimed adaptation of the prize-winning Pal Zavada novel about the aftermath of the Holocaust.

Lluvia Almanza performs in SMOKING IS BAD FOR YOU! by Meny Beriro at The Player’s Theatre on June 16-19. This is a part of the Short Play Festival.

Juana Zavalia performs in REMINISCENCE at Italytime Cultural Center on June 10 & 11.

Charly Wenzel directs his play BY YOUR SIDE at LUNGS Summer Theater Festival – Garden 6B on June 11. Featuring Nya Yeanafehn, Kevin Hobaichan, Fernando Rockenbach.

Ellis Vizcarra co-stars in Season 3 of WU-TANG: AN AMERICAN SAGA which you can stream on Hulu.

Albert Insinnia performs in HEISENBERG with Irene Glezos. Directed by Austin Pendleton. Runs June 7–23.

Franco Pistritto performs in FIVE BY TENN by Tennessee Williams at the Bernie Wohl Center.

Suzy Brack portrays award-winning author Fern Schumer Chapman in the world-premiere of her play MOTHERLAND based on her best-selling memoir for Chicago Writers’ Bloc 30th Anniversary & New Play Festival on May 23, 24, 25, and 26, 2022.

Robin Berl‘s 10-Minute Play A RIGHT WAY TO FOLD A FITTED SHEET will have its world premiere as part of the Eight 10’s in Tucson ONLINE Play Festival streaming through the end of June. Robin wrote this play in Julie McKee’s Playwriting Technique class in 2021!

Katherine O’Sullivan performs in THE PILGRIM SOUL at Theatre Row. The show performs after HIS HOLINESS and is in repertory with DOUBLE BLIND. Directed by Siobhan Dunne. Runs May 26 to June 12.

Kae Fujisawa directs the play DESIRÉE AND HER DESIRES (written by Sarah Myers) from Japan via Zoom. Performances take place at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at P. N. Symphony Space in NYC. Produced by Nicole Gut.

Suzy Brack performs in playwright Selma Hazouri’s CAT!, a parody of Tennessee Williams’ “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” with Chicago’s Ubiquitous Players on May 21.

Connie Kirk performs in the staged reading of LUCKY LABRADOR at Stomping Grounds Arthouse Playwright’s Night on May 20.

Suzy Brack performs as Grace in William Inge’s BUS STOP with Chicago’s Ubiquitous Players on May 14.

Scott Ellis was nominated for an Outer Critic’s Circle “Outstanding Director of a Play” Award for TAKE ME OUT on Broadway.

Stefan Diethelm‘s play NEUTRALITY – A REBUTTAL is being performed as part of the New York Theater Festival’s “Summerfest” 2022. Starring Christian Miranda. Performs May 9th and May 11 at 9pm; and May 14 at 6:45pm at Teatro LATEA.

Suzy Brack performs in Tasmin Jahan’s play IT’S CRACKED OPEN: BITTER BLOOD; BITTER DOORSTEP; DISTURBING SECRET for Chicago’s Ubiquitous Players on May 7.

Megan McLain‘s short film script, NOW HEAR THIS has been making the rounds on the festival circuit this spring. Megan and her script have won awards, so far, at sixteen festivals. Awards include multiple wins for both Best Script/Screenplay and Best First Time Screenwriter.

Reynaldo Romero performs in LA BREVE Y MARAVILLOSA VIDA DE ÓSCAR WAO at Repertorio Español Theater.

Brandon Caban performs in the Hawai’i Premiere of CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND at Manoa Valley Theatre.

Craig Perkins performs in DREAMS AND CHOICES at New York Summerfest on May 29.

Jeffrey Adam Baxt performs in SABATES EYE CENTERS which you can catch on TV, and has been renewed for 2022.

Maiza Dubhé‘s film 8×8 is screening at the Museum Ludwig in Koln, as part of the Moovy Tanz film Festival on April 24.

JNK Enzo is directing a MFA Live Performance of Smear Campaign & Bridges4Life’s VISIONS OF HOME at Abrons Arts Center on May 14, 2022.

Frank Nicholas Poon is the Line Producer on WAR STORIES by Marthe Rachel Gold, directed by Christina Roussos. Runs May 20–June 15, 2022 at The Tank.

Kristin Eliasberg features in the short film, URANIA LEILUS, directed by Andrew Serban, at Regal Cinema Times Square as part of the Katra Series Film Festival on April 19, 2022.

Reynaldo Romero performs in Repertorio Español Theater’s production of LA BREVE Y MARAVILLOSA VIDA DE ÓSCAR WAO, runs April 8–22, 2022.

Adina Taubman presents the World Premiere of her new solo performance, THE ROAD BACK: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY FROM DEPRESSION TO RECOVERY at the Chain Theatre. Runs April 21–May 15, 2022. USE CODE: HB10 for $10 Tickets.

Kelley Lord performs in Third Wing’s THE UNITED NATIONS at Wild Project. Runs April 5–17, 2022.

Lluvia Alamanza performs in SABOR with Schapiro Studio on April 9, 2022.

Zach Wegner performs in Theater Row’s production of SATAN & GOD, from April 7–24, 2022.

Hugh Heckman performs as Jo Stengel in DINNER AT EIGHT, premiering at the Heights Players in Brooklyn, NY on April 1, 2022.

Micaela Presa Patten performs in JUNTA DE VECINOS on the Latino TV platform America TvGo, filmed in Lima-Perú.

Suzy Brack performs as Miss Cornelia Scott in Tennessee Williams’ play SOMETHING UNSPOKEN for Chicago’s Ubiquitous Players on March 26, 2022.

Xiaoxiao Sun portrays the main antagonist in the new play, THE WOMAN AND THE BANANA TREE at Morris A. Schapiro Hall on March 19, 2022.

A. Enzo is performing their MFA Thesis at VISIONS OF HOME, an immersive installation and performance for the Black & POC TGNC sex worker community, at Abrons Arts Center on May 14, 2022.

Ginger Grace appears in her interactive performance piece INSIDE EMILY DICKINSON: HER POETRY & HER LIFE in libraries throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, March 19 – April 24.

Barbara Bleier performs in a Cabaret with Austin Pendleton in AUSTIN & BARBARA SING STEVE & OSCAR at Don’t Tell Mama on April 3, 2022.

Cynthia Granville directs the MIS(S)COMMUNICATION web series.

Charly Wenzel performs in BY YOUR SIDE with TADA! Youth Theatre for the Emerging Artists Theatre New Work Series. Featuring: Nya Yeanafehn, Kevin Hobaichan, Fernando Rockenbach.

Andrew Heinze‘s play THE BAR MITZVAH OF JESUS GOLDFARB gets published by Heuer Publishing.

Albert Insinnia performs as Elia Kazan in THE UNAMERICAN at the Theater for the New City a compelling look at The House UnAmerican Activities Committee.

Eric Roffman is speaking at ONLINE THEATRE RESOURCES UNLIMITED (TRU) on how extended reality (XR) provides creative new opportunities for theater and vice versa. This is an opportunity to hear the latest information about how Theater & new technology (next gen web, the “Metaverse”, NFT’s, AI, & more) need each other!

Natalie Bates‘s play FINDING THE WAY performs at Dorset Theater in Vermont on March 6, 2022. Featuring Lynne Marcus.

Cynthia Granville performs in L’ODGE D’OOR OR ALL THINGS WITH EYES MUST SLEEP which premieres at the Santa Fe Film Festival.

Carolyn Boriss-Krimsky‘s play CALL ME will perform at Gallery Players Blackbox New Play Festival. Featuring Annette Fox and Clare Louise Frost.

Justin Linville is featured in WELCOME TO FLATCH on Fox.

Suzy Brack performs in Richard Lyons Conlon’s play LOVE AND DAMAGE with Diane Dorsey, Jodi Kingsley, Elliot Mitchell, and James Leo Ryan for Chicago’s Ubiquitous Players on February 5, 2022.

Georgia Buchanan is featured in HELLO TOMORROW as the Operator in Episode 105, streaming on Apple+ TV.

Joan La Barbara performs in her CONCERT in Germany’s Neue Berliner Kunstverein.

Victor Rodriguez performs in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Arden Theatre. Runs January 18–February 13.

Xiaoxiao Sun performs in THE EMPEROR’S NIGHTINGALE with Pan Asian Repertory Theatre at Theatre Row. Runs January 15–30.

Barbara Bloemink performs in SWEAT with Ghostlight Productions at Richmond Hall.

Polly McKie will be in Irish Repertory Theatres’ THE STREETS OF NEW YORK on January 30th, 2022. Followed by Mint Theater Company’s THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW which runs thru March 20, 2022.

Connie Kirk plays Senator Mae Rae Thibodeaux in PLEDGE: THE MUSICAL at the Fertile Ground Festival 2022.

Ginger Grace appears in WEDDING MARCH, California Women’s Film Festival, Short Script Finalist, January 7-9.

Cliff LoBrutto stars in A GOOD COP on NTD TV. Episodes can be seen until February 5, 2022.

Barbara Bleier & Austin Pendleton‘s HOLIDAY HANGOVER performs on January 11, 2022.

Mark Gorham‘s one-act play, “BONNE CHANCE!”, received 3 award nominations (including Best Short Play) at the New York Theater Festival – Fall/Winterfest 2021 at Latea Theatre, Soho.

Suzy Brack performs in Selma Hazouri’s play STAND-UP with Tony Dobrowolski, James Leo Ryan, Shariba Rivers, and Susan Gosdick for Chicago’s Ubiquitous Players on January 15, 2022.

Amanda Enzo performs in an interactive installation of INTERNET NOSTALGIA in Hot Bed Philly.

Jason Dietz is featured in THE TANNERY which is being featured in Film Festivals.

Suzy Brack performed in the world-premiere of Sheryl Mylan’s play WAR ON WALGREENS with John S. Green and Gerald Cole for Chicago Writers’ Bloc Fest on December 16, 2021. WAR ON WALGREENS was awarded Best Play in the fest from a tabulation of votes from professionals and audience members.

James Gavin performs in CHASING JACK at the Actors Temple Theatre.

Moshe Henderson was nominated for Best Director and Ronan Colfer was nominated for Best Play for A FORAY IN INNOCENCE at the New York Theater Festival.

Andrew Heinze‘s full-length play SHYLOCK THE FIRST will be published in The Best Women’s Stage Monologues 2022 and The Best Men’s Stage Monologues 2022 (Smith & Kraus).

David Nash appears in FBI: MOST WANTED on CBS, Season 3 Episode 6, which aired Nov 9, 2021.

Richa Chandra appears in the film INDIA SWEETS AND SPICES, which opened in US theaters Nov 21, 2021.

Jeffrey Adam Baxt performs in a reading of SATURPLAY. An event for the whole family, featuring eight short plays written by Philadelphia-area students.

John L. Payne performs in WHO IS CHRISTMAS EVE? on the Bounce Channel.

Cliff LoBrutto stars in A GOOD COP on NTD TV.

Aarti Tiwari performs the role of Paulina in musical adaptation of THE WINTER’S TALE at Cornish Playhouse in Seattle Washington. Directed by Desdemona Chiang. Runs until December 19, 2021.

Mark Gorham‘s one-act play, “BONNE CHANCE!” is performing at the New York Theater Festival – Winterfest at Latea Theatre, Soho on December 4, 2021.

Polly McKie performs in THE STREETS OF NEW YORK at Irish Repertory Theatre. Runs until January 30, 2022.

Ginger Grace is featured in the short film, WEDDING MARCH, awarded Best Indie Film at the Amsterdam International Short Film Festival November – December.

Jason Dietz guest stars along side Jimmy Buffett in BLUE BLOODS (CBS) and is also in the sketch Almost Veteran’s Day on THE DAILY SHOW (Comedy Central).

Kate Fuglei performs in ANIMATE at Mixed Blood Theater in Minneapolis, MN. A site specific play performed live at the Como Zoo. And released a book, THE EMBRACE OF HOPE: A Novel Based on the Life of Frank Capra, which you can find on Amazon.

Eric Roffman is featured in NYXR, StoryCode, StoryForward Online Meetup Event: BIG ADVANCES IN XR 2021 & A LOOK FORWARD AT 2022.

Erik Mueller is featured in a Capital One Commercial. What’s in your wallet?

Amanda Enzo performs in an interactive installation of INTERNET NOSTALGIA by Arty Kopiscke in Hot Bed Philly.

Elaine Yudkovitz performs and produces in a zoom production of SHUT IN BUT NOT SHUT DOWN , PART 2. Featuring Elaine Yudkovitz, Jason Hart, Jason Dietz, Laura Gardner, Leyla Hadi, Charles Black, Laura Esterman (Director), Fareeda Ahmed.

Megan McLain has selected to participate in the Asbury Park Monologues competition On Friday November 5, 2021.

Ashok K Chaudhry performs in CODE NAME ABDUL, which is showing in South Asia and Europe. Runs December 10, 2021 to January 31, 2022.

Sandra Weldon plays Nana in Netflix’s Emmy-winning series GO GO CORY CARSON.

Moshe Henderson directs a A FORAY IN INNOCENCE by Ronan Colfer at Teatro LATEA as part of the New York Theater Festival. Runs November 16–20. Features Charles Manning, Amy Finkbeiner, Neil J. Elda, Benjy Balatbat, Karine Kolibri. Sarah Chirboga (Production Manager) and Stephan Schmidt (Dramaturg).

Brad Forenza’s AROUND THE SUN podcast is released on October 21 on Broadway Podcast Network. Available until December 21.

Katharine Cullision is performing in THE DARK OUTSIDE at Theatre for the New City. Performs November 10–28.

Kae Fujisawa stars in the short film MID AUTUMN directed by Raine Honson. Filming was held from October 21–25. Manifesto, which Kae Fujisawa directed, won Best Zoom Theatre Film, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Ensemble at Manhattan Rep’s Film Festival.

Malane Siegrist-Silver is narrating A BLACK AND WHITE COOKIE at Silver Spring Stage. Runs October 15–17.

Reynaldo Romero is performing in LA BREVE Y MARAVILLOSA VIDA DE ÓSCAR WAO (THE BRIEF AND WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO) at Repertorio Español Theater Performances run November 12–December 12.

Charly Wenzel is performing in TAMMANY HALL at SoHo Playhouse. Runs October 15–January 9, 2022.

Mitch Tebo performs the role of Andrew Carnes in the National Tour of OKLAHOMA!

Jose Sanchez performs in NOVIEMBRE ROJO at La Nacional on October 26, 2021.

Jocelyn Druyan performs her play 23 MINUTES FOR CANDY THE CHEERLEADER opposite Otto Sanchez as a part of TADA! Theatre’s New Work Series.

Kendra Augustin performs in DEATH IN THE FAMILY at Dixon Place. Runs October 28–30, 2021.

Kae Fujisawa performs in THE PROGRAM at Falconworks Theatre from October 21–November 6, 2021.

Greg Jones Ellis‘s play THE CALLING won the annual Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights Award.

Suzy Brack performs in Sheryl Mylan’s play SHORT-SHEETED with Kate Buddeke, Josette Di Carlo, Francesca Peppiatt, and Molly Burns for Chicago Writers’ Bloc on October 7, 2021.

Robert Eigen performs as Judge Boyer in CHASING JACK at the Jerry Orbach Theatre. Runs September 21, 2021-January 15, 2022.

Bill Corry performs in the cabaret, A MUSICAL ROMP WITH NOEL AND COLE at St. John’s Church on October 3, 2021.

Youlim Nam performs in her play, A CONNECTED PLACE at the Gene Frankel Theatre on October 24, 2021. Directed by Sophia Treanor and features Delil Baran.

Barbara Bleier and Austin Pendleton perform in LIFE, AND LOVE, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE? at Pangea, October 13 & 27, 2021.

Kae Fujisawa directs MANIFESTO, featuring Elena D. Clark, Kenneth Scott Thompson, and Samuel Barnes Jaffe, an Official Selection of Manhattan Rep’s Stories Film Festival, streaming now through October 3, 2021.

Robin Berl‘s show UNSPOKEN; VOLUME III – REACHING ACROSS will be presented with Breaking Wave Theatre Company, September 25-30, 2021.

Richard Lear stars in the short film BRING WOOD, O’TROJANS.

Kae FujisawaNicole Gut and Elena D. Clark will perform in Arts & Eats at Le Rivage on September 25, 2021.

J.B. Alexander presents a table read of a TV pilot for METAMORPHOSIS, adapted from his one-man show, with Northern Unicorn Films, September 26, 2021.

Ginger Grace performs in A KNOCK AT THE DOOR with New Perspectives Theatre Company, September 17, 2021.

Mary Francina Golden and Wendy Peace perform in FOREIGNER IN MY HOME with NJ Repertory Company on August 28, 2021.

Connie Kirk performed in BLAME HAITI at the Pacific Northwest Multi-Cultural (PNMC) Festival, August 21, 2021.

Ellis Charles Hoffmeister performs in a reading of BLOOD/SWEAT/TEARS at The Tank on August 18, 2021.

John L. Payne performs in WHO IS CHRISTMAS EVE on Bounce TV.

Lluvia Almanza performs in PLAYING POSSUM at NYC Parks, July 31-August 22, 2021.

Ginou Gilles performs in the film KOJO.

Ken Raboy performs in THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO with Hudson Classical Theater Company, July 29-August 22, 2021.

Charly Wenzel (playwright and director), Nya YeanafehnKevin Hobaichan, and Fernando Rockenbach perform in Charly’s play BY YOUR SIDE, and Charly also performs in DEAD END KIDS, at The Chain One Act Festival, July 25-August 11, 2021.

Nicholas Thomas performs in THE WAKE OF DORCAS KELLY at The Players Theatre, July 8-25, 2021.

Nancy Redman was honored with a 2021 Jerry Kaufman Excellence in Playwriting Citation and Award from the American Renaissance Theater Company for her play AT WIT’S END: A HOME FOR RETIRED COMICS.

Katherine O’Sullivan performs in THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND at Out of the Box Theatre Company, June 18-20, 2021.

Kae Fujisawa directs and performs and Nicole Gut performs in THE AMERICAN DREAM at 7PM on June 15, 2021 on YouTube. Advance registration is required.

Craig S. Perkins hosts script-in-hand readings of DREAMS AND CHOICES over the month of June 2021 through A.R.T/New York Studio.

Youlim Nam performs in her new podcast NO PRESSURE, IT’S JUST A SHORT PLAY PODCAST.

Billy Griffin, Jr. performs in his show GETTING OVER HIM (YOU CAN’T), which is now streaming on demand through July 1, 2021.

Joy Ciarcia-Levy‘s play THE REVIEW, cowritten with Cyndi Scott, will be presented in an ongoing Zoom production with Irvington Theatre, May 18-December 31, 2021.

Andrew G. Matthews‘s play BILL W AND JIMMY K, developed in Julie McKee’s playwriting class, will be presented at the Equity Library Theater of New York Festival, April 30-May 15, 2021.

Giovanni Morassutti narrates his creative project STRASBERG LEGACY, available through Google’s Arts & Culture Exhibit.

Suzy Brack performed in FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT for Chicago Dramatists’ 48 Hour Play Festival on March 20, 2021. Suzy’s team won the fest in both categories for having the most votes and by raising the most funds for the theatre’s playwriting scholarships. FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT will be available for viewing online in August, 2021.

Mary Francina Golden performed in the 11th SONNET SLAM, Group 3, Sonnet Number 105, on April 24, 2021.

Andrew R. Heinze‘s full-length play SHYLOCK THE FIRST was chosen as a “Final 6” finalist for the Dayton Playhouse’s FutureFest 2021, to be presented (live-streamed) July 16-18, 2021.

Ginger Grace appears in IT’S YOUR MOTHER with the Geneva Theatre Guild Festival Live Online!, May 13, 2021 and appears in WEDDING MARCH, award winner PBS Reel 13, currently streaming on PBS Reel 13 Shorts WINNERS, a project that began in Austin Pendleton’s class.

Barbara Bleier performs in a live-streamed cabaret with Austin Pendleton in LIFE, AND LOVE AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE? with MetropolitanZoom, May 6, 2021.

Raymon Turturro performs in the film HOBO HEYSEUS, which released on March 2, 2021.

Barbara Bloemink performs in POWERLINE: THE STORY OF ME, MARIO & YOUR MOM with The AlphaNYC Theater Company, April 24-25, 2021.

Georgia Buchanan appears as Abby Westbrook in episode 312 of NEW AMSTERDAM.

Jeffrey Adam Baxt is featured in the Sabates Eye Center commercial for a third year in a row.

Katherine O’Sullivan performs in the ALONE TOGETHER SCREENING SERIES with Fallen Angel Theatre Company.

Kae Fujisawa directed and acted in her short play SKETCHES OF HAPPINESS as part of Crossways Theatre Women’s Festival on March 19, 2021. She also directed HAVE GUN, WON’T TRAVEL at New Short Play Festival at 7:30pm on March 24, 2021 and is directing PRIM REAL ESTATE written by J. Joseph Cox as part of The Greenhouse Ensemble’s Quarantine Soirée Series on April 15, 2021.

Yurika Foster stars in the sci-fi film FACTION, available now to stream on Amazon Prime.

Ginger Grace appeared in Joan Ross Sorkin’s THIS IS SERIOUS with Schoolhouse Theater’s Pandemic Players Zoom Series on March 13, 2021.

Connie Kirk performs in WHAT A MEMORY LOOKS LIKE in Irondale’s On Women Festival, March 4-26, 2021.

Katherine O’Sullivan performs in radio play THE 28 STAIRS with Out of the Box Theatre Co., March 5-7, 2021.

Randy Schein plays several characters in the video games TONY HAWK’S PRO SKATER 1 & 2.

Andrew G. Matthews’ play JIM’S STORY, about the first African American to recover in AA based on the story in the big book, will be presented at 7PM on February 20, 2021.

Christina Jacquelyn Calph stars in the role of Crash on the Nickelodeon show SIDE HUSTLE, which premiered on November 7, 2020.

Ginger Grace appears in SHOOTING STAR, a Zoom Performance for the Schoolhouse Pandemic Players, at 3 p.m. February 13, 2021.

Connie Kirk performs in EPIC SHORTS as part of Fertile Ground Projects Lunchtime Reading Series at noon on January 29, 2021.

Ryan Czerwonko‘s new film, airing now on the Ugly/Handsome Films YouTube, has been accepted into Manhattan Repertory Theatre’ Stories Film Festival.

Christina Calph voiced the leading role in Hamid Rahmanian’s latest production, SONG OF THE NORTH, which will be premiering at BAM in 2021.

Scott Mendelsohn performs in his play LOVE ALONE: ELEGIES FOR ROG, a play for World AIDS Day, on December 10, 2020 with Brooklyn Community Pride Center.

Mary Francina GoldenJaime SheedyDuncan HazardElissa MiddletonElaine Yudkovitz (producer and performer) and Jacquelyn Avery Greenspan, directed by Laura Esterman, performed in SHUT IN BUT NOT SHUT DOWN on November 11, 2020, available for streaming now.

Lauren Eve is set to star in the short film SIR, out later this year.

Eric Roffman gives a talk on eXtended Reality “New Experiments in Storytelling and Exciting Advances in Tech” on November 24, 2020.

Susan Barnes Walker plays the cashier in two scenes of MR ROBOT, Episode 404, streaming now on Amazon Prime.

Jody Prusa‘s new documentary BIG LITTLE SIS will be presented in a screening with Goddard Riverside Community Arts on November 18, 2020.

Leila Almas Rose and Jaime Zevallos, along with Austin Pendleton, star in the film A GIRL NAMED MARA, streaming at the Big Apple Film Festival, November 13-15, 2020, and at the Chelsea Film Festival, October 15-18, 2020.

Anna Katarina leads an acting intensive for seniors, TRANSCENDING AGEISM, which culminates in an outdoor performance at a country retreat.

Ginger Grace performs in ALL MOTHERS WERE SUMMONED on October 27, 2020 and FESTIVE ATTIRE, alongside Albert Insinnia, on November 1, 2020.

Cheryl Bear performs in BEHIND CLOSED DOORS with Pablo Andrade on Facebook Live on October 30, 2020 and in THE GOBLET on October 31, 2020 with Theatre for the New City.

Lenore Loveman performs in the feature film PRINCE HARMING, currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

Kae Fujisawa directs FALLING AWAKE, with Caitlin Wells, on Zoom, October 10-11, 2020.

Burak Tatar directs THE BLUE ALBUM with Edward J. FeeAmy Finkbeiner and Alejandro Fumero Gill, that will be streamed on The Greenhouse Ensemble Facebook page on October 8, 2020.

Ginger Grace plays the lead in WEDDING MARCH, winner of PBS Reel 13 “Shorts”, airing September 19, 2020 and then online.

Judy Rosenblatt and Annemarie Hagenaars perform in COLLECTED STORIES, directed by Austin Pendleton, in the Rochester Fringe Festival, September 15-24, 2020.

Andrew Matthews‘ play RECOVERY MONTH: AIN’T NO STOPPING US NOW!, which was developed in HB Studio’s Playwriting Technique class, will be featured in a free reading over Zoom on September 26, 2020.

Barbara Linton plays the lead role in THE BIRTHDAY CUT, “Best Drama” winner at New York Shorts International Film Festival and Official Entry in the Toronto Shorts International Film Festival).

Richard Alleman‘s new play FASHION VICTIMS, staring Kelsey SheppardMichael PottsJill Larson, directed by HB alumnus Anthony Newfield, has its online premiere at 7:00 EDT on September 14, 2020.

Amanda Enzo performs in FIRST DAY from Eden Theater Company’s The Living Room Plays.

Youlim Nam‘s film ACTING IS MY DESTINY is available to watch on YouTube.

John Varina performs and directs in DOOMED TO LIVE, Theare68’s 9th Annual One Act Festival, Tuesday evenings at 8PM EDT.

Ginger Grace and HB Teacher Austin Pendleton appear in VIEUX CARRE with the Schoolhouse Theater’s Pandemic Players at 1PM on September 4, 2020.

Albert Insinnia and Irene Glezos perform in a staged reading of HEISENBERG, directed by Austin Pendleton, at Guild Hall Outdoor Theatre Easthampton on August 23, 2020.

Cynthia Granville performed in CITY OF WOMEN at the Hudson Theatre Works Virtual Play Festival, streaming now on YouTube.

Anna Kaliuzhnaia, Ronan Colfer and Paulo Cartier star in the short film OUTSIDE THE LIGHTHOUSE, available now on Amazon Prime.

Ginger Grace appears in 2 BY IRISH, A Schoolhouse Theater Zoom Event, on August 7, 2020. To RSVP, please email ginger.grace@aol.com.

Justin Linville is set to star as a series regular opposite Chelsea Holmes, Sam Straley and Seann William Scott in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot THIS COUNTRY.

Ryan Czerwonko‘s film ARTIST IN RESIDENCE which recently screened at the OutStream FilmFest is available on the Ugly/Handsome Films YouTube channel.

Amanda Enzo‘s play FIRST DAY will be featured by the Eden Theater Company’s Living Room Plays on Tuesday, July 16, 2020.

Charles Anderson Black performs with Austin Pendleton in a reading of A CONVERSATION WITH MY BROTHER, July 3-5, 2020 on YouTube.

Sabrina Spencer can be seen in GODFATHER OF HARLEM, Season 1, Episode 1, opposite Forest Whitaker, and in THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, Season 3, Episodes 5 and 8.

George Pappas appears in Episode 2 of the TV show MRS. AMERICA, entitled GLORIA, streaming now on HULU.

Ginger Grace appears as Mrs. Fiske in WOMEN STAGE THE WORLD on June 23, 2020. Those interested can email ginger.grace@aol.com for details on how to access the virtual performance.

Gina Stahlnecker, along with Tammy Faye Starlite, Julian Maile, and Austin Pendleton, will perform in a reading on Zoom of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE through Quarantine Theater Company on May 31, 2020.

Denise Ivanoff appears in The Playground Experiment’s reading of WRONG NUMBER, streaming now.

Randy Schein plays the role of Dr. Stanley Ferris on CBS-TV’s BULL, airing Monday nights at 10pm.

Andrew R. Heinze‘s monologue from his new full-length play SHYLOCK THE FIRST will be published in BEST MEN’S MONOLOGUES OF 2020 (Smith & Kraus).

Judy Rosenblatt is featured in the first episode of the 10 episode series HUNTERS, with HB Alum Al Pacino, streaming now on Amazon Prime.

Ryan Czerwonko and Laura Ornella perform in the short film COURTESAN, along with others, available on the Ugly/Handsome Films YouTube channel.

Pat Dwyer becomes the first actor ever tasked with playing all 3 of the kings (Claudius, Player King and Ghost) in a movie of Shakespeare’s HAMLET, available now on Amazon, iTunes, and YouTube.

Andrew R. Heinze‘s prize-winning short play MASHA: CONDITIONS IN THE HOLD LAND will be published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Ponder Review, the literary journal of the MFA program at the Mississippi University for Women.

Amanda Enzo directed and stars in the short film LA SUA CENA, available on YouTube.

Ryan Czerwonko appears in a top-of-show guest star role on NBC’s CHICAGO MED, airing March 4, 2020 at 8pm on NBC.

Kenneth Scott Thompson performs in AN EVENING WITH FRIENDS: LOVE, LOSS, & CABARET at 53 Above, March 12, 2020.

Richard Fisher performs in TERRORISM at Lenfest Center For The Arts at Columbia University, March 5-14, 2020.

Shyla Idris performs in THE WHITE BLACKS at Theater For The New City, February 27-March 15, 2020.

Frankie Delessio directs and Richard Lear performs in THE STANDS at The Kraine Theater, February 20-March 6, 2020.

Thami Moscovici performs in THE JERRY DUNCAN SHOW at The 13th Street Repertory Theater, March 5-15, 2020.

Stan Buturla plays Colonel Redfern in LOOK BACK IN ANGER at Gene Frankel Theater, February 14-29, 2020.

Mitch Tebo performs in NATIVE GARDENS, directed by Jade King Carroll, at Portland Stage, March 3-29, 2020.

Amanda Enzo performs her senior thesis in SUNSET BABY at Brooklyn College – Roosevelt Extension 316, February 27-29, 2020.

Andrew R. Heinze‘s one-act play THE FQ, developed in Julie McKee’s playwriting class, will be performed by the B.F.A Student Directing Program at Kean University, February 15-April 30, 2020. A monologue from his full-length play GREAT ROLES FOR OLD ACTRESSES has been published in The Best Women’s Monologues from New Plays, 2019 (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books). A different monologue from the same play appears in Best Women’s Monologues of 2019 (Smith & Kraus); both available on Amazon.

Chris Zach performs in LAMBS FOR SLAUGHTER at Russian Arts Theatre & Studio, February 29-March 21, 2020.

Yoshiko Fuji can be seen in the role of Dragon in PIRATE SONG at the Company Theatre in Norwell, Massachusetts on February 18, 2020.

Youlim Nams play JUST B’DAY DINNER IN NYC, directed by Sophia Treanor and starring Carlos Rivera, Eli Moran, Juana Zavalia, Wolfgang Mcrae and Hyojin Park, will be presented at The Secret Theater, February 1-March 4, 2020 as part of the Act One: One Act Festival.

John Higgins plays the character Ambrose Bierce in a feature film (UNTITLED) that is set for production this summer.

Robert James Hickey is featured in episode #206 of the Netflix show THE POLITICIAN, streaming now. He also plays the lead in the 10-minute play BRAINS POEMS, written by Larry Rinkle and directed by Steve Shoup at Burgdorff Performance Center, February 21-23, 2020.

Laurie Woodard, historian, will introduce the screening of BLACK AND TAN FANTASY about the Harlem Renaissance performer, Fredi Washington at MoMA, March 1, 2020.

Joan La Barbara premieres her work “Ears of an Eagle; Eyes of a Hawk: In the Vortex” commissioned by NY Philharmonic Project 19, at LEADING VOICES, SOUND ON SERIES, at Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center, February 10, 2020.

Ginger Grace appears in her performance piece, THE FIRST LADIES COALITION, directed by Austin Pendleton, at The Bridge Street Theatre, February 21-23, 2020, and for the W.H.A.M. Festival at the Bernie Wohl Center on March 11, 2020.

Kendra Augustin performs a reading of her play SISTERHOOD IN THE TIME OF THE APOCALYPSE at The Kraine Theater as part of The Fire This Time Festival, January 30, 2020.

Nobue Takizawa is a featured actor in Gary Go’s official music video LOVE LOST FREEDOM FOUND.

Stephan Schmidt performs in WATCHLIST at The TANK, February 11-22, 2020.

Andrew R. Heinze‘s play FAIR USE will have a staged reading as part of Urban Stages’ 10-minute play festival “Tourist Traps,” January 26, 2020. A monologue from Andrew Heinze‘s full-length play GREAT ROLES FOR OLD ACTRESSES has been published in The Best Women’s Monologues from New Plays, 2019 (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books). A different monologue from the same play appears in Best Women’s Monologues of 2019 (Smith & Kraus); both available on Amazon.

Maral Tatar produced, translated and is acting in her first professional production, WILL YOU PLEASE SHUT UP? by Dan O”Brien and directed by her brother Burak Tatar, in Istanbul, January 21-April 29, 2020.

Joan La Barbara performs in Jean-Baptiste Barriere’s multidisciplinary opera THE ART OF CHANGE at Arnheim Hall, The New School, January 16-21, 2020.

Thami Moscovici performs in HELP A HANDICAPPED GOD TROT ACROSS THE UNIVERSE at The 13th Street Repertory Theater, January 16-26, 2020.

Katherine O’Sullivan performs in THE 8TH at The Secret Theater as part of First Irish Festival, January 7-18, 2020.

Katharine Cullison performs in the reading THE DARK OUTSIDE by Bernard Kops at The National Portrait Gallery in London, January 17, 2020.

Katherine O’Sullivan and Jerilyn Sackler perform in UNCLE VANYA at The Studio, December 13-15, 2019.

John Higgins co-stars in NBC’s medical drama NEW AMSTERDAM, currently airing Season 2.

Jenna Zhu continues her performance in WHITE PEARL at Studio Theatre, extended by popular demand through December 15, 2019.

Kae Fujisawa directs the short film LULLABY with Nicole Gut, in two screenings at Shetler Studios, December 1, 2019.

Ken Raboy performs in NEAR TO THE WILD HEART at New Stage Theater Company, December 5-January 17, 2020.

Ruya Koman performs in her one-woman show HER KIND at Susan Batson Studios, November 14-December 8, 2019.

Popra Nakayama will star as a samurai in WOMEN WHO’VE MADE A DIFFERENCE by the Bronx Intergenerational Theatre Ensemble, December 7-8, 2019.

Ellis Vizcarra stars in two short films: PIECE BY PIECE by Sean Tracy, available to view on YouTube, and HUMANS, BIRDS AND FIRE by Rohat Turk.

Adele Batchelder performs in OUR TOWN at the Elmwood Playhouse, November 15-December 7, 2019.

J.B. Alexander performs as Pope in DOCTOR FAUSTUS at The Secret Theatre, December 5-15, 2019.

Katherine O’Sullivan and Betsy Ross perform in the reading MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: A LIVE RADIO PLAY at Bernie Wohl Center, December 8, 2019.

Galia Barkol presents a reading of her comedy pilot script DEEP YEARNING along with Rich Fisher, Joey Rotter, and Kristin Pilgreen at Dolby Screening Room NYC as part of NYCTV Fest’s competition, November 22, 2019.

Nancy Redman was invited back to perform a second performance of her one-woman play AT WIT’S END: A HOME FOR RETIRED COMICS at Theatre Row as part of United Solo Theatre Festival and “The Best of the Festival’s First Decade,” November 16, 2019.

Sally Burtenshaw performs in THE CHILDREN by Lucy Kirkwood at Rec Room Arts, November 7-December 7, 2019.

Kae Fujisawa directs two short plays, ANGELS and DESIREE AND HER DESIRES, at The John DeSotelle Theatre as part of the New Short Play Festival, October 25-November 3, 2019.

Barbara Linton performs the lead in THE BIRTHDAY CUT, debuting on opening night of the Toronto Shorts International Film Festival, November 14-19, 2019.

Joan La Barbara performs her work NE(X)TWORKS: THEN -> NOW -> NEXT? A FAREWELL CONCERT at ISSUE Project Room, October 24, 2019.

Pascale Roger-McKeever performs in her play THE INS AND OUTS OF FINGERS, SPOONS AND AN OPEN MARRIAGE, directed by Austin Pendleton, at Theatre Row, November 2, 2019.

Amanda Enzo performs in THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT at The New Workshop Theater at Brooklyn College, December 6-11, 2019.

Delil BaranRonan ColferDylan Grunn and Grant Schumacher premiered their movie, WHELM at the Heartland Film Festival on October 9, 2019.

Jenna Zhu performs in WHITE PEARL at Studio Theatre, November 6-December 8, 2019.

Susan Ward performs her show WASBIAN, directed by Austin Pendleton, in the United Solo Theatre Festival at Theatre Row Theatre, October 26, 2019.

Catrin Lloyd-Bollard is featured in the new horror film, THE MOOSEHEAD OVER THE MANTEL, recently released by Gravitas Ventures and available for streaming on Amazon Prime.

Matthew Conlon and Duncan Hazard star in Ken Ludwig’s BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY at Hampton Theatre Company, October 24-November 10, 2019.

Eric Fallen‘s series of short plays, AMERICAN FABLES, developed in Julie McKee’s workshop, will be presented at HERE, October 10-20, 2019. HB folks are welcome to discounted tickets with code HBSTUDIO.

Justin Linville stars in the independent film THE FRAT HAZE, currently in filming.

Thami Moscovici performs in A LIFE IN THE RYE at The Theater for The New City, November 7-24, 2019.

Johanna Griesé can be seen in the trailer for the forthcoming book FACE, by Jessica Helfland, directed by Lake Buckley.

Ken Raboy performs the role of Columbia Pictures head David Begelman in YOU’LL NEVER EAT LUNCH IN THIS TOWN AGAIN at NY Fringe Festival, October 20-31, 2019.

George Pappas performs in THE GIVER at Nantucket Dreamland, October 9-20, 2019.

Amanda Peet and Cynthia Nixon are set to star in HBO period drama THE GILDED AGE.

Ginger Grace, Matt de Rogatis, Spencer Scott & Alex Rose appear in THE GLASS MENAGERIE directed by Austin Pendleton and Peter Bloch at the Wild Project, October 3-20, 2019.

Robert Hickey is featured as Mr. Reynolds in the short film MR. REYNOLDS. He was also cast in a supporting role in the indie film ANE’S NIGHT, currently in production.

Andrew R. Heinze‘s one-act play I CAN’T HELP IT will be produced by the Nylon Fusion Theatre Company at TADA! Theatre, October 25-26, 2019.

Brad Forenza’s play URBAN DWELLERS will be featured in a reading at TADA! Theatre, October 6, 2019.

Stan Buturla plays Bertrand Russell in LUDWIG AND BERTIE at Theater for the New City, September 26-October 13, 2019.

Burak Tatar directs PRIME REAL ESTATE, starring HB’s Pat Clune and James Fordyce, at New York Theater Festival, September 26-29, 2019.

Richard Sacher will be performing his new cabaret show, JUST SONGS! at Parnell’s, September 26, 2019.

Amanda Peet will star in Season 2 of DIRTY JOHN. Details on an air date have yet to be announced.

Nicole Gut performs in her screenings of OPPOSITE OF LOVE and LULLABY, directed by Kae Fujisawa, at The Network Film Festival, September 18, 2019.

Allison Plamondon choreographs the musical HOLIDAY INN at Shaw Festival, November 16-December 22, 2019.

Fred Gordon’s play I AM THE WOLF will be presented in a reading at Ensemble Studio Theatre, October 29, 2019.

Eric Roffman will speak on “Ethics in Emerging Media” and present a trailer for his new VR video at the NYVR Meetup at NYEDC RLab, September 19, 2019.

Anne Stockton performs her one-woman drama I WON’T BE IN ON MONDAY at United Solo Festival as part of “The Best of” Selection, September 25, 2019.

Stan Buturla performs in the one-man cabaret ONE ENCHANTED EVENING at Don’t Tell Mama, September 19, 2019.

Mary Francina Golden and Karen Christie-Ward perform in ZOO THEORY at West End Arts Center, N.J. Rep, Theatre Brut Festival, October 2-6, 2019.

Susan Jacobson performs in her show COLLECTING DRIFTWOOD (developed at HB Studio with David Deblinger, Director and Nina Wise, Dramaturge) at the 10th Annual United Solo Theatre Festival at The Studio Theatre, October 5, 2019.

J.B. Alexander performs in A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Brave New World Repertory Theatre, September 12-October 6, 2019.

Jane Kotlyar performs in SPACE RACE at The Dixon Place, September 14-21, 2019.

Katie Finneran stars in WHY WOMEN KILL opposite Lucy Liu, streaming now on CBS.

Tatiana Korinfsky’s play DEAR ANTON! DEAR OLGA! will be performed at Pushkin Hall, August 30-31, 2019.

Amanda Enzo performs in JAGUAR WOMAN at the WOW Café on September 29, 2019.

Hugh Heckman performs the role of Mr. Weber in GYPSY at Heights Players of Brooklyn, September 6-22, 2019.

J.B. Alexander performs in ARRIVALS at Polaris North on August 27, 2019.

John Payne performs with Mardi Sykes in David Laughlin’s play ALBUQUERQUE at Cell Theatre, August 27, 2019.

Francesca FerraraDavid Lee, Michael S. HorowitzGeorgia Buchanan, and Elizabeth Maille can be seen in I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER, directed by Richard Hoehler, at The Chain Theatre, September 5-22, 2019. HB Students get $15 tickets by following the link! Code: HB

Doug Wallace performs as Lord Capulet in ROMEO & JULIET at The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, August 3-October 27, 2019.

Minerva Paz returns as Dr. Priya Badami in season 4 episode 6 of QUEEN SUGAR on the OWN Network.

Robert A Villanova performs in DRINKING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER at the Hudson Guild Theater, July 25-28, 2019.

Zach Wegner performs in RAW PASTA at the New Ohio Ice Factory Festival, August 7-10, 2019.

Burak Tatar directs the play MOLOTOV COCKTAIL written by Edward J. Fee, which was developed at HB Studio’s P&J Project, at the Hudson Guild Theater, July 25-28, 2019.

Katherine O’Sullivan performs in THE LARGE JAR, directed by HB Alum Siobhan Dunne, at Fringe PVD, July 25-27, 2019.

Lawrence Ong stars as Raymond in the film THE VERY LAST DAY, which released on December 9, 2018.

Galia Barkols feature film DON’T LET THE NIGHT END, in which she wrote, directed and stars in the lead role, is now available on Amazon Prime.

Youlim Nam performs her show ACTING IS MY DESTINY, directed by Snezhana Chernova, at The Hudson Guild Theater, July 25-28, 2019.

Jessie Winograd performs CHAPTER 1, SECTION 1 OF THE DANCING MANIA, which began as part of Robbie McCauley’s “Playing the Self, Playing the Other” workshop at HB, at HERE, July 9-11, 2019.

Annette Fox performs as Queen Anne of Austria in THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK at Hudson Warehouse, July 4-28, 2019.

Andrew R. Heinze‘s comedy WOULD YOU LIKE A TISSUE? will be produced at the Studio Players’ Annual Ten-Minute Play Fest in Lexington KY, July 25-28, 2019.

Yoshiko Fuji performs as Dragon in the Up In Arms original musical PIRATE SONG, touring now.

Andrew G. Matthews performs his one-man show MOMENTS…AN EVENING WITH BILL W at New York Summer Festival, July 11-July 14, 2019.

Nancy Redman performs her one-woman play AT WIT’S END: A HOME FOR RETIRED COMICS at Theatre Row as part of United Solo Theatre Festival and “The Best of the Festival’s First Decade” on October 19, 2019.

Ruya Koman is featured in the short film INTERFERENCE (as director/producer/actress) along with Edward J. Fee, available on Amazon Prime Video Direct to stream for free through June 24, 2019.

Kae Fujisawa, Jeremy Toda-Ambaras (waltz dancers) and Shai Ben Dov (Mozart) star in MOZART AND SALIERI & THE BEAR at The West End Theater, June 5-9, 2019.

Nobue Takizawa can be seen in the official music video “Nah” by Zāna.

Toshiji Takeshima performs in HBO Asia’s original period drama, GRISSE, streaming now.

Jo Anne Sellers performs in THE ERROR OF THE MOON at Hudson Guild Theater, June 30-July 7, 2019.

Christopher Abbott stars as the lead in the TV show CATCH-22, streaming now on HULU.

Katherine O’Sullivan performs in HARVEY at Bernie Wohl Center, June 6-16, 2019.

Barbara Bleier and Austin Pendleton perform HOW ABOUT LOVE? at Pangea, May 7-21, 2019.

Mary Jane Gocher performs in THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER at St. Jean’s Players, May 3-12, 2019.

Ginger Grace appears in her play INSIDE EMILY DICKINSON: HER POETRY & HER LIFE at Goshen Public Library on May 6, 2019.

Robert Dorfman directs his world premiere debut of SHUL at Minnesota Jewish Theatre, April 27-May 19, 2019.

Andrew R. Heinze‘s play THE BAR MITZVAH OF JESUS GOLDFARB will be featured at the Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival, August 19-24, 2019.

Stan Buturla performs in THE CRUCIBLE at Access Theater, May 2-18, 2019.

Kristin Samuelson performs the leading role in GOOD MORNING, MISS AMERICA at Steyer Opera House, April 18-27, 2019.

Shan(Mira) Jiang received the Award of Merit for individual achievement in acting for the film entitled “$2.75” in the Southern Shorts Awards – Category: Student-Spring 2019.

Alex Bender performs in the musical AUGUST RUSH at Paramount Theater, April 24-June 2, 2019.

Susan Stein will perform her one-woman play ETTY, directed by Austin Pendleton, at 92Y on May 2, 2019.

Sally Burtenshaw performs A LIE OF THE MIND by Sam Shepard at Match Arts and Theatre Center, May 24 – June 8, 2019.

A reading of Natalie Bates’s PRO BONO, performed by Jody Prusan, will be held at the Grand Central Library on April 25, 2019. Bate’s monologue OVER EASY was also published in BEST MEN’S MONOLOGUES OF 2019 (Smith & Kraus).

Liliya Lifanova‘s HB Rehearsal Space Residency project FLIGHT OVER WASTELAND, will be featured in a screening on April 13, 2019 at Anthology Film Archives.

Hugh Heckman performs in the role of Everett in the musical CRAZY FOR YOU at The Heights Players of Brooklyn, May 3-19, 2019.

A monologue from Andrew Heinze‘s play GREAT ROLES FOR OLD ACTRESSES has been published in BEST WOMEN’S MONOLOGUES OF 2019 (Smith & Kraus).

Ginger Grace appears in THE COLOR OF LIGHT at the Schoolhouse Theater, North Salem, NY, April 4-28, 2019.

Mitch Tebo stars as Andrew Carnes in the Broadway production of OKLAHOMA! Previews began at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre on March 19, 2019 ahead of an official opening on April 7, 2019. It will play a limited engagement through September 1, 2019.

Julia Ubrankovics performs in THE DOG, THE NIGHT, AND THE KNIFE at the Irondale Theater, March 15-April 6, 2019.

Nic Marrone‘s play 420: A MUSICAL EXPERIENCE will be produced, with another HB Alum, Shirelle Ruddock, at The Kraine Theatre, April 5-27, 2019.

Gina Stahlnecker performs HEART FOR HART, the songs of Lorenz Hart, at Pangea on April 10, 2019.

Nancy Redman performs FAST FOOD VOICES at Ryan’s Daughter, April 4-12, 2019.

Rosa (Hernandez) Binod is casting for the premieres of ALATA MARCRIMINAL, and 45 REVOLUCIONES.

Denise Ivanoff performs in F**D-UP FAIRY TALES – LITTLE RED IN THE HOOD at The Producer’s Club, April 5 – 7, 2019.

Jason Dietz produces and performs in his screenwright, PATIENT 001, streaming now on Amazon Prime, iTunes, ONDemand, Vudu, and more.

Debra Lass performs in MARY STUART at The Access Theater, April 11-April 20, 2019.Scott Ellis directs TOOTSIE on Broadway. Previews begin March 29.

John David Washington was nominated for the Golden Globes Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, for his role in BlacKkKlansman.

Christopher Abbott performs in the new horror film PIERCING, which debuted on February 1, 2019.

Anne Stockton won Best One Woman Drama for her playwright and performance at United Solo Festival.

Kotoba Dan produces and directs IN THE WAR at NY Theater Festival Winterfest at Hudson Guild Theater. March 7, 8 and 10, 2019.

J. B. Alexander‘s play MELTING THE ICE, written in Julie McKee’s playwriting class, will be presented at the TADA Theatre, April 3 – 6, 2019.

Joan La Barbara performs scenes from her opera-in-progress DREAMS OF WATER BEYOND ONE’S DEPTH at Roulette Intermedium on March 14, 2019.

Nicole Gut produces and performs with Kae Fujisawa at the variety showcase fundraiser in aid of the homeless, NYC ARTISTS DEFEAT THE STREET, at American Theatre of Actors, February 27 – March 2, 2019.

Ginger Grace performs her playwright THE FIRST LADIES COALITION, directed by Austin Pendleton, at Fitchburg State University on February 27, 2019 and Ossining Library Theater on March 6, 2019.

Frank Delessio produces and performs in COMFORT ZONES, written by HB Alum Richard Alleman, and starring HB Alums Donna Svennevik and Daniel Popowich, at The Kraine Theater, February 21-March 10, 2019.

Donna Svennevik performs in ADRIFT, directed by Pat Golden, at The Frigid Festival at Kraine Theater, February 10-March 10, 2019.

Hugh Heckman performs in the role of Polonius in ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at The Heights Players of Brooklyn, March 1-March 17, 2019.

Ginger Grace is featured in the screening of WEDDING MARCH at Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival, January 26, 2019, for Best Comedy/Dramady Short.

J.B. Alexander performs in HENRY V at John Cullum Theatre, February 21-February 24, 2019.

Aston Hollins McClanahan presents original music for and performs in BOTTOM’S DREAM at Plaxall Gallery in Long Island City, Queens, February 13-24, 2019.

Kenneth Thompson performs in 10 MINUTE PLAY SOIREE at Greenhouse Ensemble at the Bernie Wohl Center, January 25-January 27, 2019. Involved in the production are Directors: HB Students Kae Fujisawa and Burak Tatar; HB Alum Hazen Cuyler; and HB Accompanist Erich Rausch. The Play “Dream Fragmentation” was written by HB Alum James Meneses.

Robert Hickey is featured in Campbell’s Plumb Organics Commercial, December 17-February 10, 2019.

John L. Payne performs in TWELFTH NIGHT at Sheen Center, February 22-March 17, 2019.

Lillian Rey performs in LOVE LOSS AND WHAT I WORE at The George Frey Center of the Arts, February 15-17, 2019.

Megan McLain performs in THE WHITE SHEEP OF THE FAMILY at Trumbull New Theatre, January 11-27, 2019.

Charly Wenzel is performing in THEN SHE FELL at The Kingsland Ward, October 1, 2018 – April 30, 2019.

Jean Bergantini Grillo‘s play CRADLE, starring Paul Eisenmann has been selected to be performed at The Strawberry One-Act Theatre Festival, March 22 – March 24, 2019.

Robert Hickey appears in the indie short film SOUL BOUNCING (working title), Nov 1 – June 31, 2019.

Sarah Rose Kearns performs in a reading of her original play PERSUASION at The New York Society Library, December 1, 2018.

Richard Sacher is performing in FORT DICKS, THE MUSICAL at The John Cullum Theatre at the American Theatre of Actors, November 9-18, 2018.

Elena Clark and Stephan Schmidt are performing in MAMMA MIA! at Julie Harris Theatre, Briarcliff Manor, NY. November 2-11, 2018.

Ken Raboy is performing in UNCLE VANYA at The Studio at Schapiro, November 2-4, 2018.

Robert Peter Miller is performing Stand-up Comedy at Georgine’s Comedy Works in Bristol, PA. October 27, 2018.

Ellis Vizcarra is performing in the indie film PIECE BY PIECE. He is also performing in the One Minute Play Festival at INTAR Theater, directed by Pablo Andrade, October 27-28, 2018.

Katherine O’Sullivan is performing in THIS SINKING ISLAND with The Anthropologists, free and family friendly in various venues in Upper Manhattan. October 24 – 31, 2018.

Buran Theatre, a former artist-in-residence with HB Studio, is offering the HB community $15 tickets ($10 off) to their new show, some higher glimmer in our landscape of flat down the street at The Collapsable Hole. Discounted tickets are available with code HBFolk15 for shows on October 21, 23, 25 & 26.

Jean Bergantini Grillo‘s play CRADLE, starring Paul Eisenmann has been selected to be performed at The Strawberry One-Act Theatre Festival, March 22 – March 24, 2019.

Polly McKie appears in A LOVELY SUNDAY FOR CREVE COEUR directed by Austin Pendleton, at Theatre as St. Clements, September 13 – October 21, 2018.

Jane Kotlyar performs in STEPS TO HOME at The Bridge Theatre, September 29, – October 7, 2018.

Joan La Barbara composed and performs her performance opera, VIRGINIA AND THE TIME MACHINE, at The Flea Theater, November 2-3, 2018.

Mateo Lamuño appears in VERANO VERANO by Myrna Casas. Performed in Spanish with English supertitles, November 2 – 18 at IATI Theater.

Stan Buturla appears in ARENDT-HEIDEGGER A LOVE STORY at Theater for the New City, September 27, 2018 – October 14, 2018.

Austin Pendleton and Barbara Bleier appear in STARTING HERE at Pangea, October 2-9, 2018.

Robert Hickey appears in the indie short film SOUL BOUNCING (working title), Nov 1 – June 31, 2019. He also appears in the Medicare Open Enrollment commercial, airing on National TV, November 27  – December 7, 2018, and the Shoprite Commercial airing on Regional TV, October 20 – November 30, 2018.

Allison Plamondon choreographed RAISON D’ETRE: an evening of Pirandello. Featuring R. David Robinson and Giovanni Villari, who also does the light design and fight choreography. At Theatre 71 at Blessed Sacrament, September 29, 2019.

Sarah Rose Kearns performs in a reading of her original play PERSUASION at The New York Society Library. December 1, 2018.

Mitch Tebo appears in OKLAHOMA! at St. Ann’s Warehouse. September 27-November 11, 2018.

Matthew Widman has two comedies developed in Donna De Matteo’s Studio Practice playwriting workshop being produced this October: HOMELAND SECURITY, which premiered in the 2014 HB Studio Office Plays Festival, was a winner of the 2018 WORDWAVE ONE-ACT FESTIVAL and will be staged October 20 at the Valhalla Boathouse Theater in South Lake Tahoe, California. LUST, GREED AND MURDER, Matt’s award-winning farce, will have its New York City premiere at The Complete Theatre Company’s 2018 NEW YORKER ONE-ACT FESTIVAL.  Five shows at the Producer’s club in Times Square, October 11-14.

George Pappas appears in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK at Dreamland Film and Performing Arts Center in Nantucket, MA, October 4-14, 2018.

Lauren Hobbs and Pat Dwyer star in their new webseries TWO DIMES which will be streaming through October 9, 2018.

Hugh Heckman appears in DETECTIVE STORY at The Heights Players, Brooklyn. October 5-25, 2018.

Francesca Ferrara appears as a guest performer in THIS IS THIS at the Otisville Correctional Facility September 12 & 13, 2018. For reservations and protocol information, please email richardhoehler@ymail.com.

Richard Hoehler conceived & directed THIS IS THIS at the Otisville Correctional Facility September 12 & 13, 2018. For reservations and protocol information, please email richardhoehler@ymail.com.

George Pappas appears in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK at Dreamland Film and Performing Arts Center in Nantucket, MA, October 4-14, 2018.

Mary Tierney, Larry Fleischman, & Ron Ryan appear in David Loughlin’s play THE PERFECT CUP OF COFFEE at the Hell’s Kitchen Festival September 7, 8 & 9, 2018

Brad Forenza’s THE REHEARSAL appears for a single performance as part of the the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival’s Free Incubator Reading Series on August 16, 2018 at The Theatre at 14th St Y. Barbara Butcher, Mike Folie, and Derek Henriksen will be performing.

International students Satori Fukuzumi and Satoshi Deleanu of Japan celebrated their wedding on July 16. Satori and Satoshi met for the first time in October 2017 at HB Studio. Nine months later, they’re husband and wife! A huge congratulations and best wishes to the new family!

Marilyn Louis appears in BOUND FOR BROADWAY at the West End Lounge July 26.

Jack Wink and Youlim Nam appears in Miss Nam’s play 28+2, directed by Delil Baran at The Secret Theatre through August 1, 2018.

Lynda Crawford’s play STARS OUT OF BALANCE will have a reading at Latea on August 1, 2018.

Judy Rosenblatt appears in WOMAN BEFORE A GLASS at Bridge Street Theater, August 10, 11 & 12, 2018. Another showing will take place at the Rochester Fringe Festival September 13, 14 & 15, 2018

Jac Ford appears in LGBTQ+ ROMEO/JULIET at Metro Baptist Church in Hell’s Kitchen, August 24 – September 9 2018.

Andrew Matthews appears in MOMENTS…AN EVENING WITH BILL W at the 7th Annual World Conference on Addiction and Addiction Therapy July 16 – 18. We extend our congratulations to Andrew for his first international appearance!

Marilyn Louis appears in BOUND FOR BROADWAY at the West End Lounge July 26.

Betsy Ross appears in MYRTLE BEACH SUNRISE at the Long Island City One Act Play Festival at The Secret Theatre on July 14, 20, 25, 29, & August 2.

Kristin Samuelson appears in YOU ARE PERFECT at Theatre 80 St. Marks Place on July 29.

Charles Baran plays the title role in the world premiere of S.P. Monahan’s new tragicomedy AUNT JACK at Empire Stage in Fort Lauderdale Florida July 19 – August 12, 2018.

Rosary O’Neill, long time participant of Julie McKee’s Advanced Playwrighting Class, has been named an artist/scholar in the American Studies Department of the Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet in Bonn, Germany as part of the Fulbright Specialist Program.

Scott Mendelsohn appears in RICHARD II at the Walking the Dog Theater in Hudson, NY July 18 – July 28, 2018.

Fran Kirmser is producing back-to-school repeat performance of AMERICAN SCOREBOARD chronicling the Betsy Devos Confirmation Hearing for The Secretary of Education. There will be a reading at ARENA STAGE in The Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, DC September 17, 2018 at 6:00pm.

Ginger Grace appears in THE SAINTLINESS OF MARGERY KEMPE, directed by Austin Pendleton, at the Duke on 42nd Street July 5 – August 26.

Sarah Rose Kearns will appear in her own play, PERSUASION in a staged reading at the Actors Theatre of Louisville on July 14 2018.

John L Payne appears in Austin Pendleton‘s Shakespeare adaptation, WARS OF THE ROSES; HENRY VI & RICHARD III throughout the month of August.

Nancy J (Elliott) Lilley is Director, Producer, Narrator and Lyricist of the feature documentary 4 DANCERS’ DREAMS. Screening at the New Hope Film Festival July 20-29, 2018.

Andrew R. Heinze‘s WOULD YOU LIKE A TISSUE? will be showing at the New Jersey Repertory Company, September 15 – September 30, 2018.

Russell G. Jones appears in MTC’s production of ST. JOAN, his Broadway debut! The show runs through June 9, 2018.
Mercedes Ruehl will perform on Broadway in TORCH SONG TRILOGY this October 2018, when the Second Stage Theater production transfers to Hayes Theater.
Robert McQueen has been deemed best director of FUNHOME at the Toronto Theatre Critics Awards.

Barbara Bleier appears in STARTING HERE at Pangea June 21 – 28, 2018.

Elizabeth Primamore‘s book SHADY WOMEN: THREE SHORT PLAYS was released June 15, 2018 by Upper Hand Press. Order here.

Joan La Barbara
and Gelsey Bell, voices; perform John King’s micro-operas “Ping” and “WHAT IS THE WORD” (texts by Samuel Beckett) and “A-R-S” text by Thomas Aquinas. At The Stone, May 18, 2018.

Donna Svennevik, Mary Francina Golden, Carolyn Groves, Byron O’Hanlon  and Albert Insinnia appeared in a reading of THE SHADOWBOX at The Gene Framkel Theater, April 7, 2018.

Scott Mendelsohn appears in THREE WILDER STAGES – short plays by Thornton Wilder, at Michael Chekhov Studio NYC, May 6 – 9, 2018.

Ellis Vizcarra appeared in WHEN OCTOBER GOES, at Jewel Box, April 30, 2018.

Richard Alleman‘s play QUIET CAR, featuring Sam Khazai, will be performed at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre, May 11-12, 2018.

Maho Honda appears in TIME’S JOURNEY THROUGH A ROOM at The Play Company. HB Studio community receives $10 tickets with the code HB10, through May 6! Performances begin May 10, 2018. Maho has also appeared in THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI and THE UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT.

Read the NYT review of Joan La Barbara‘s recent performance of her compositions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Catrin Lloyd-Bollard appears in the feature film THE MOOSEHEAD OVER THE MANTEL, NYC premiere at The Anthology Film Archives, April 26, 2018. The film has won multiple awards including Best Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Ensemble Cast (2018 Macabre Faire Film Festival); Best Feature (2017 Independent Horror Movie Awards); Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay (2018 Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival).

J.B. Alexander appears in his play KARLOS BEFORE THE LAW at The Tank, May 26, 2018, and at Prague Fringe Festival, May 29 – June 2, 2018.

Kim Paris appears in GRIFFITH PARK at Manhattan Repertory Theatre, May 4 – 5, 2018.

Jane Kotlyar appears in HOW I MARRIED MYSELF AND OTHER MISADVENTURES at Columbia University School of the Arts, April 13 – 15, 2018. She also appears in a reading of THE NUMBENING at the HB Playwrights Theatre, May 3, 2018.

Ginger Grace plays Emily Dickinson in THE BELLE OF AMHERST at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, in Bath, Maine, April 29, 2018.

Danusia Trevino performs in The Wooster Group’s A PINK CHAIR, based on the Polish theater artist Tadeusz Kantor. April 28 – May 19, 2018.

Eric Roffman and Mary Francina-Golden perform in the annual SHAKESPEARE SONNET SLAM at Central Park, April 27, 2018.

Jacqueline Margolis appears in YOM HASHOAH for Holocaust Remembrance Day at Cornelia Street Cafe. Poetry, Memoir, Music & Film. April 12, 2018.

Elizabeth Primamore‘s book SHADY WOMEN: THREE SHORT PLAYS will be released June 15, 2018 by Upper Hand Press. Pre-order now!

Joan La Barbara performed her composition THE WANDERLUSTING OF JOSEPH C. at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, moving throughout the galleries. April 13, 2018.

Georgia Buchanan appears in the principal role of Kim Belcher in the new HBO Original Feature Film, PATERNO. Released April 7, 2018.

Barbara Bleier, Austin Pendleton and Liam Mitchell appear in the film SUNSET, which has won “best ensemble cast” at LA Film Critics Association, and is up for “best film” in LA, Miami and Manhattan Film Festivals. Manhattan Film Festival, Village Arts Theater, April 27, 2018.

Sally Burtenshaw appears in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at Jones Theater, April 18 – 30, 2018.

Polly McKee appears in the new Steven Soderbergh film UNSANE. Now in theaters.

Grant Schumacher, Zala Djuric, Gaia Visnar and Delil Baran appear in THE DOORMAN, written and directed by Zala Djuric. At The 124 Bank Street Theater, April 10, 2018.

Jen Danby and Daniel Delano appear in SHARON TATE IN HEAVEN, SHARON AND MIA,  CHARLIE AND SHARON, and the SHARON TATE QUADRILOGY. Created by Jen Danby and directed by Austin Pendleton. At The Bridge Theatre @Shetler Studios – 244 West 54th St, April 9 – 15, 2018.

John L Payne appears in SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER at Love Creek Productions, May 4 -, 7 2018.

Richard Millen’s film FRAGMENTS 83 will be having its East Coast premiere at the Queens World Film Festival, Zukor Theatre, Queens on March 25, 2018. Nominated for Best LGBTQ Short.
 
Matthew Widman’s black comedy, HOMELAND SECURITY will be performed April 13-14 and April 20-21st as part of the Stage Door Production’s 2018 One-Act Festival in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Robert James Hickey appears in EDGE OF OUR BODIES by Adam Rapp at 59&59 Theaters, April 4 – 22, 2018.

Richard Millen wrote, directed and appears in the short film, FRAGMENTS 83, produced by Corentin Koskas. East Coast Premiere screening at Kaufman Astoria Studios Zukor Theatre, March 25, 2018.

Matthew Widman’s black comedy, HOMELAND SECURITY will be performed April 13-14 and April 20-21st as part of the Stage Door Production’s 2018 One-Act Festival in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Robert James Hickey appears in EDGE OF OUR BODIES by Adam Rapp at 59&59 Theaters, April 4 – 22, 2018.

Richard Millen wrote, directed and appears in the short film, FRAGMENTS 83, produced by Corentin Koskas. East Coast Premiere screening at Kaufman Astoria Studios Zukor Theatre, March 25, 2018.

Mitch Tebo appears in PLAZA SUITE at Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY, March 10, 2018 – March 25, 2018.

Jo Anne Sellers appears in THE ANGEL OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY with New Wave Theater Collective at Bridge Theater, April 24 – 29, 2018.

Michael Ruggiere and Olivia De Salvo appear in ROMEO AND JULIET at Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY. March 14-25, 2018.

Hugh Heckman appears in GEORGE M! at The Heights Players, May 11 – 27, 2018.

Brian Kelly performs live music and a monologue at the Brooklyn Museum during a screening of Julian Schnabel’s BASQUIAT, part of the DAVID BOWIE IS exhibition. The film’s soundtrack includes a song Brian Kelly wrote and recorded. March 8, 2018 in the Cantor Auditorium at the Museum, and March 13, 2018 at The House of Yes in Bushwick.

Gigi Bermingham is featured on the podcast THE WORKING ACTOR’S JOURNEY, aired February 27, 2018.

Ginger Grace appears as Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Mary Todd Lincoln & Colleen McCracken in her performance piece THE FIRST LADIES COALITION, directed by Austin Pendleton, at libraries throughout Westchester and Long Island, March 7 – 22, 2018.

Matthew Widman’s one-act play, SENTIENT BEINGS will have it ‘s premiere at the Emerging Artists Theatre’s 19th Annual New Works Series on March 8th at 7pm at the TADA! Theatre.  Featuring Courtney Torres and Andre Ozim and directed by Gwynn MacDonald.

Jessica Carillo, Jill Cook and Maia Nero appear in THE COVER OF LIFE at Gene Frankel Theatre, March 8 – 31, 2018.

Sarah Rose Kearns’ stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s PERSUASION will be performed for a one-night-only celebration of the original novel’s 200th anniversary. At The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South, April 9 2018.

Laurence Wallace appears in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at Philipstown Depot Theatre, March 8 2018 – March 25 2018.

Tom Paolino appears in HALCYON DAYS, by Academy Award Winner Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman, On Your Feet), at A.R.T./ New York Theatres, March 4 – March 25, 2018.

J.B. Alexander appears in THE METAMORPHOSIS at Zizkovska Noc Festival, March 22 – 24, 2018.

Austin Pendleton, Barbara Bleier and Liam Mitchell received the Best Ensemble Cast Award given to the film SUNSET by the LA Film Critics Association.

Jane Kotlyar appears in ONLY ONE (Winter One-Acts Festival) at St. Jean’s Players, February 23 – 25 2018.

Demetrius Blocker appears in MR. CHEKHOV & MR. PORTER at Medicine Show Theatre, January 31 – February 24, 2018.

Catrin Lloyd-Bollard appears in Object Collection’s IT’S ALL TRUE at LaMama, February 8 – 25.

Brian Kelly appears in THE LESSON at LATEA Theatre, February 16 – 25, 2018.

Susan Ward directors and appears in TWISTED VALENTINE at Axial Theatre at Saint John’s Church in Pleasantville, NY, February, 9 – 18, 2018.

ABOMINATION by Jason Jung will have a reading by the Out Front Theatre Company as part of Spectrum Spotlight Series in Atlanta. February 20, 2018.

Anne Stockton appears in I WON’T BE IN ON MONDAY, directed by Austin Pendleton, at Urban Stages as part of This Fortnight is Female festival, February 6 – 17, 2018. Discount code: ‘artists’

Ginger Grace appears as Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Mary Todd Lincoln & Colleen McCracken in her performance piece THE FIRST LADIES COALITION, directed by Austin Pendleton, at the Mount Pleasant Public Library, Pleasantville, New York, February 11.

Austin Pendleton, Barbara Bleier and Liam Mitchell are featured in the upcoming film SUNSET, directed by award winning director Jamison Locascio.

Carole Schweid‘s book STAGED READING MAGIC has been published by Smith and Kraus.

Doug Botnik appears in CHEKHOV SHMEKHOV at the Hudson Guild Theatre, Feb 8-11, 2018.

Stan Buturla appears in ONE DROP at Theater for the New City, February 1 2018 – February 18 2018.

Robert Eigen appears as Lido, Jacob, Gloria and Joaquin in COUNTLESS VOICES: THE FORGOTTEN SOULS OF 9/11, a Solo Show at The Hudson Guild Theatre. February 22 – 25, 2018.

Austin Pendleton appears in DELTA IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS – OR MAYBE NOT, written by June Daniel White. At Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios, 244 W. 54th St., 12th flr. January 25 – February 10, 2018. Use code delta15 for discounted tickets.

Peter Claymore, Tom Paolino, Yoshiko Fuji, Arthur French and Austin Pendleton appear in EVERYONE’S CAROL at St. Marks in the Bowery, December 30, 2017.

Joan La Barbara portrays “Dream” and also composed original music for PARALLEL DREAMS, a short film directed by Aleksandar Kostic now available on Amazon Prime.

Sally Burtenshaw appears in WELL by Lisa Kron at Mildred’s Umbrella Theater, January 15 – February 3, 2018.

John L Payne appears in MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Frog and Peach Theatre Company, February 1 – 25, 2018.

Judy Rosenblatt appears in WOMAN BEFORE A GLASS at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, January 17 – February 3, 2018. Directed by Austin Pendleton.

Katherine O’Sullivan appears in WAITING IN THE WINGS at Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, 263 West 8th Street, December 9, 2017.

Alexandra Bigourdan, Ronan Colfer, Dylan Grunn, Camille Jaeck, Youlim Nam, and Grant Schumacher appear in DIVERSITY AND COMMUNICATION at Fairfax Old Town Hall, December 14, 2017.

Austin Pendelton, Arthur French, Laurie Jill Strickland, Peter Claymore, Tom Paolino and Yoshiko Fuji appear in EVERYONE’S CAROL at Morgan Library and Museum, December 15, 2017.

Cristina Pascual appears in BERNARDA, THE MOVIE, to be released in theaters in May, 2018.

Elilzabeth Pugh performs her solo show 222 WEST 23RD STREET at Dixon Place, December 16, 2017.

Watch the trailer for Galia Barkol’s upcoming film, MIA.

Minerva Paz appears in QUEEN SUGAR on OWN, aired October 25, 2017.

Ellis Vizcarra appears in a co-star role in FASHION VICTIM, a new pilot for NBC Universal. He also appears as the lead in PERSPECTIVE, an independent film shooting December 2017. Vizcarra also Assistant Directs CRÓNICAS DESQUICIADAS at Comicionado Dominicano de Cultura, December 1-31, 2017.

Annette Benda Fox,  Eric Rasmussen and Donna Svennevik appear in Carolyn Boriss-Krimsky’s play WOMEN IN FLUX at The Lambs Club, NYC, December 5, 2017.

Arthur French and Betsy Ross appear in a Staged Reading of WAITING IN THE WINGS at Out of the Box Theatre Co., Chapel Room, 263 West 86th St. December 9, 2017.

Diana Craig (costar) appears in BILLIONS, Season 3 Episode 5, on Showtime TV. Airing in 2018.

Robert Peter Miller appears as a principal actor in a PA Lottery TV Commercial.

Richard Sacher appears in SONGS I NEVER GET TO SING! at don’t tell mama, November 15 – 19, 2017.

Austin Pendleton and Barbara Bleier appear in WE DON’T REMEMBER CHRISTMAS… at PANGEA, December 11 & 18, 2017.

Hugh Heckman appears in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS at The Heights Players, December 1 2017 – December 14 2017.

Tom Paolino directs Austin Pendleton in THE CHALICE at Stonewall Inn, November 20 – 28, 2017.

Griffin Dunne speaks with Bullseye about his documentary JOAN DIDION: THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD, and discusses his time studying with Uta Hagen.

Eric Roffman presents “Introduction to eXtended Reality and Cinematic VR” at TAC – The Artist Co-op 500 W 52 (3W), November 15, 2017. Eric will explain why major studio and indie actors, directors, and producers need to know how these new technologies can be used, and why they are critically important.

Ginger Grace appears in SUFFRAGISTS FROM THE STAGE  at the Flats Community Room, 554 West 53rd Street, November 16, 2017 at 7 p.m. (RSVP: StageStrucknyc@gmail.com)

Susan Stein and Jody Prusan appear in Natalie Bates’ play OVERNIGHT, at Players Club, November 21, 2017.

Natalie Bates’ play THE GAME will be performed at Bloomingdale Library, November 18-19, 2017.

Kathryn Danielle appears in Season 3 Episode 5 of MR. ROBOT on USA, aired Nov 8, 2017.

Joan La Barbara portrays “The Spirit of Thomas Paine” in this “psychedelic electronic opera,” THOMAS PAINE IN VIOLENCE. At HERE Arts Center,  November 6-18, 2017.

Susan Ward
appears in NECTAR at Community House of St. John’s Episcopal Church, 8 Sunnyside Ave, Pleasantville, NY, 10570. November 3 – 19, 2017.

Donna Svennevik 
appears in the short film DEVIL IN DISGUISE, shot in Vermont.

Craig McNulty’s 
play THE RELUCTANT ANARCHISTS will be performed at THE PARLOUR, 144 Fifth Avenue at 19th Street, 2nd Floor, November 1 – 5, 2017. Developed at HB in Julie McKee’s Studio Practice Playwriting class and Ingrid Wheatley’s HB Residency, PASSING THRU.

Diana Craig appears in the TV series GOTHAM (season 4 episode 5) “The Blade’s Pat,” recently aired on FOX TV. She will also appear in BULL on CBS TV as a costar, season 2 episode 8, airing November 17, 2017.

Youlim Nam appeared in CHILDREN ARE TERRIFYING: A 48 Hour Play Festival, at Governors Island Nolan Park, October 28, 2017.

Alfredo Narciso, Elizabeth McGovern, and HB friend Gabriel Ebert appear in TIME AND THE CONWAYS with Roundabout Theater. Through November 26, 2017.

Youlim Nam appears in PETER/WENDY at The Roebuck Theater, October 19-22, 2017.

Ronan Colfer’s play THE TRAPPED LANGUAGE OF LOVE won Best Short at the New York Theater Festival’s Summerfest. The play featured Colfer and Alexandra Bigourdan.

Jane Kotlyar appears in THE QUESTION OF ETERNITY for The Fear Festival, at The Roebuck Theater, October 20-22, 2017. She also appears in O MOTHER! at the Performance Woodside Players of Queens Fall Play Festival, 14-01 Astoria Blvd Queens Library, November 4, 2017. Additionally, she appears in THE TOUPEE ARTIST at St. Paul’s Church Theater,November 9-10, 2017.

Albert Insinnia and Byron O’Hanlon appear in MARCEL & EDDIE, by Nick DeSimone, at the Tarte Play Festival, West End Theatre. October 16-18, 2017.

Marc Gettis and Catherine Goodman appear in THE BLUE ALBUM, directed by George Pappas. At The Greenhouse Ensemble 10 Minute Play Soiree, Theatre West 97. October 20 – 22, 2017.

Robert James Hickey appears in a Medicare National commercial – Open Enrollment. Seen on TV, in Print Ads and online print.

Polly McKie appears in THE HOME PLACE with The Irish Rep. September 27 – November 19, 2017.

Paige Lindsey White, Daisuke Tsuji, Bonita Friedericy, Emma Fassler, Josh Odsess-Rubin, and Elena Campbell- Martinez appear in the West Coast premier of WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN by Julia Lederer at The Theatre @ Boston Court  (LA/Pasadena, CA). September 28 – November 5 2017.

Shari Cohen and Laurence Wallace appear in HAND TO GOD at Black Box Performing Arts Center. September 14 – October 15, 2017

Ayse Eldek appears in MATRUSHKA at West End Theater, October 4 – 17.

Mary Francina Golden appears in THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF A FULL CIRCLE by Matthew Harrington. Part of the Theatre Brut Festival at NJRep in Long Branch, NJ, to inaugurate their new space. October 7, 2017 at 2PM.

Ginger Grace appears as Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson & Colleen McCracken in her performance piece THE FIRST LADIES COALITION, directed by Austin Pendleton at the Schoolhouse Theater, North Salem, NY on October 22, 2017.

Jane Kotlyar appears in LET US TALK! at The Duke on 42nd as part of the New York New Works Festival. Oct 3 – Nov 8, 2017.

James Saito and David Shih appear in KPOP with Ma Yi Theater Company. At Ars Nova, Sept 5 – Oct 7, 2017.

Kathryn Danielle and Bob Clohessy appear in the newly released feature film SUGAR!

Congratulations to Julissa Románwho received, along with her fellow cast-mates, an Hola award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble for their work in NANAS at LaMicro Theater.

Vinson German appears in THE CHAPERONE, a feature film for PBS Masterpiece, opposite Elizabeth McGovern. August 4 – 5, 2017.

Aston Hollins McClanahan performs music she composed and appears in A BLOOD ORANGE at The Center at West Park. Sept 28 – 30, 2017.

Barbara Bleier and Austin Pendleton appear in BEAUTIFUL MISTAKE. Their reprise of this show features the songs of John Bucchino & Amanda McBroom. At Pangea, 178 2nd Ave. Sept 26 – Oct 3, 2017.

Catrin Lloyd-Bollard appears in Object Collection’s IT’S ALL TRUE at Cafe OTO, London, England. Sept 21-22, 2017.

Joan La Barbara performs her new work “The River Also Changes” for Resonant Bodies Festival, September 6 at 8:15pm, Roulette Intermedium. Three different performers present work on each evening of the festival, Sept 5-7, 2017; shows at 7:30, 8:15 and 9:20pm.

Mitch Tebo appears in THE THREE MUSKETEERS at Syracuse Stage, Sept 20 – Oct 8, 2017.

Jim Zukowski appears in a staged reading of TATTOO ON MY ARM, by Inna Tsyrlin. Directed by Stephan Schmidt. Aug 26 – 27, 2017. Noland Park, Governors Island.

Gail Merzer Behrens, Waltrudis Buck, Jen Danby, Mark Gorham, Errol Greaves, Albert Insinnia, Debra Khan-Bey, Byron O’Hanlon, Austin Pendleton, Andrew Weisell, and Conor Weiss appear in #Seagull69 at Theatre 54 @Shetler Studios. Directed by Jen Danby. Mud’s adaptation of Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL set in LALA Land 1969. September 7 – 17, 2017.

Mary Francina Golden and John FitzGibbon appear in a reading of THE RESETTLEMENT OF ISAAC, written by Robert Korman and directed by Bob Kalving, at Southampton Cultural Center, 25 Pond Lane, Southampton, NY, August 21 2017.

Tatiana Korinfsky is showing her photographs together with haiku poems in an exhibition titled “Two Women – Many Roads” at the Metro Baptist Church on W. 40 St, Aug 16 – Sep 16, 2017. Also featuring a poetry reading.

Frankie Delessio, Will Arvidson, Daniel O’Shea, Hugh Heckman, and Stephan Schmidt appear in LIFE…STILL: STORIES OF AGING AND MORTALITY. Consisting of 5 short plays, one of which, “A Leg Up” is written by Craig McNulty and directed by Jennifer Bond, and another, “Shoes,” is directed by Karen Zechowy. At The Kraine Theater, August 14 – 21, 2017.

Georgina Bates and media collaborators present a unique multi-media dance theater work spotlighting the American immigrant-refugee-experience, SOMEHOW WE END UP HERE, AGAIN. At the HERE Mainstage Theatre, Aug 24-26, 2017.

Thami Moscovici appears in RAFAEL’S OBOE in the Official Latino Short Film Festival, at the Poet’s Den Gallery & Theater. 3:30-5:30pm, Sept 15, 2017.

Kuniko Shoji and Masaki Saito have founded the Japanese Drama Project, aimed to perform modern Japanese drama in NYC. Their first performance will be in November at the HB Playwrights Theatre, directed by Robert McQueen. JDP was featured in U.S. Front Line, and they have published on youtube an introduction of themselves and an interview with Robert McQueen.

Richard Sacher appears in a staged reading of POLITICAL GRAFFITI at Pearl Studios, 500 8th Ave, Room 1201. Sundays, July 30 & Aug 6, 2pm.

Matthew Widman’s period comedic farce LUST, GREED AND MURDER, developed at HB in Donna De Matteo’s Studio Practice playwriting workshop, was chosen from over 300 plays to be staged as part of the Studio Players 4th Annual 10-Minute Play festival, August 10-13, 2017, at the Carriage House Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky.

Jane Kotlyar appears in THE CORPORATE SECRETARIES at The Roebuck Studio & Theater, August 10 – 13, 2017.

Robert Eigen appears in WIZARD, at The Theatre at St. Clements, July 14 – 22, 2017.

Daniel O’Donnell appears in OUTSIDE MULLINGAR at Cape May Stage, Sept 27 – Nov 10, 2017.

Youlim Nam appears in TWELVE ANGRY WOMEN at The Roebuck Studio & Theater, July 21-21, 2017.

Jason Jung‘s play PANIC!, developed at HB Studio in Donna de Matteo’s playwriting class, will be performed at the UNFringe Festival, August 10, 15, 20, 25 & 30, 2017. At The Secret Theater.

Asami Tsuzuki, Popra Nakayama, Nana Tatebayashi, and Kenneth Scott Thompson appear in MAD MEL SAVES THE WORLD at Midtown International Theatre Festival (42nd St Workshop Theater, 312 W 36 St.) July 18 – 23, 2017. Music and Lyrics by Erich Rausch!

Bruce Colbert gave a new play reading at Bruce’s Garden, Sunday, July 16.

Laura Shapanus‘s short film SHARKS VS. MINNOWS is being screened at the Long Island Film Expo. She wrote, produced, and acts in this film about a mom who is desperate to protect her son, who has Aspergers, from being excluded by the neighborhood kids. At Bellmore Theater, July 15, 2017. At 1:00PM.

Joan La Barbara is featured actor/singer/collaborator in the Lincoln Center Festival premiere of Morton Subotnick’s CROWDS AND POWER, inspired by the book by Elias Canetti. July 20 – 22, 2017.

Camilla Harden appears as “Eve” in the indie film NIGHT COME ON, directed by Jordana Spiro. Release date TBA.

Michael Leigh Cook appears in TEREZIN by Nicholas Tolkien (the great-grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien) at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, June 13 – July 2.

Aston Hollins McClanahan appears in THREE LITTLE MEN IN A BOAT at The Brick Theater’s “This is NOT NORMAL” Festival. July 1-6, 2017.

Judy Rosenblatt and Ginger Grace appeared in SUFFRAGISTS FROM THE STAGE – “IN HER OWN WORDS” at Pearl Studios, June 22, 2017.

John L Payne appears in HAMLET at Prospect Park, Aug 19-13, 2017.

Two solo shows written and played by Jen Danby in a double feature: FARRAH about 70s Icon Farrah Fawcett at Andy Warhol’s Factory, directed by Austin Pendleton; and CALIFORNIA GIRL: BEING MICHELLE PFEIFFER about the award-winning actress’s career from teens to today, directed by Jen Danby. At The Alchemical Theatre Laboratory, July & 15, 2017. 7:30PM.

Andrew Marvel’s play MY FAVORITE HUSBANDS will be performed by Marshall Simon, John Carhart, Omar D. Cruz and Christopher Dellacruz at The Bridge @ Shetler Studios, June 22 – July 2, 2017. Written at HB in Julie McKee’s playwriting class, and developed with the support of an HB First Floor Studio Residency.

Jim Zukowski appears in SOFT LANDING at the Midtown International Theatre Festival, July 15 -16, 2017.

Jaqueline Margolis appears in AN EVENING WITH LE WILHELM at The Producers Club, June 16-18, 2017.

Penny Kreitzer‘s play IF A TREE FALLS will be read at Li Ka Shing auditorium, room 245, UC Berkeley Campus. 7pm, July 1, 2017

Natalie Bates’ play FINDING THE WAY will be performed at The Players’ Club, June 9, 2017. Her play THESE THINGS HAPPEN will be performed at Hudson Guild Theater, Sept 19 – 24, 2017.

Nicholas Thomas, George Walsh and Alexis Di Gregorio appear in THE DREAMER EXAMINES HIS PILLOW, at The Pit Loft, June 6 – 20, 2017

Samantina Zenon appears in ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN at Historic Berean Baptist Church, 1635 Bergen st. Brooklyn. June 15 – 17, 2017.

Glenda Delli appears in 12 ANGRY WOMEN at The Roebuck Studio and Theatre, June 8 – June 11, 2017.

Elisa London appears in a staged reading of THE BROTHER at Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Avenue (@40th Street), 6th Floor. 6:30pm, May 31, 2017.

Betsy Ross appears in MORNINGS AT SEVEN with Out of the Box Theatre Company. At West End Theatre, Church of St Paul and St. Andrew 263 West 86th Street. May 31 – June 4, 2017

Amy Stiller performed her solo show JUST TRUST at Dixon Place, May 24, 2017.

Kanji Furutachi appears in the feature film HARMONIUM, which will be screened at the Lincoln Center Film Society, June 16, 2017.

Barbara Linton appears in THE WIZARD OF LIES, directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert DeNiro. Currently being broadcast and streaming on HBO.

Demetrius Blocker appears in HORSE, with choreography by Gus Solomons, Jr. At the Clemente Center Flamboyan Theatre, June 17 – July 3, 2017.

Frankie Delessio and Ines Choucino Storani appear in an evening of one acts and ten minute plays, including THE BOOKMAN, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN LORRAINE, and THE FOOD TASTER (directed by Alison Preece). May 25 – 28, 2017 at Under St. Mark’s Theater.

Joan La Barbara‘s song cycle “The Wanderlusting of Joseph C.“, inspired by the life and work of visual artist Joseph Cornell premieres at Roulette Intermedia, 30 Third Ave, Brooklyn, May 24, 2017. 8pm with singers Lauren Flanigan, Julia Meadows, Mario Diaz-Moresco and Ne(x)tworks.

Robert James Hickey appears as the lead in the comedy Pilot, SHADY PINES. To premier at the Hoboken International Film Festival, Sunday, May 21, 2017. 2PM, at Lakeside Beach Theatre at Thomas P. Morahan Waterfront Park in Greenwood Lake, NY.

Richard Stelnik appears in RICHARD III by William Shakespeare, at American Theater of Actors, May 17 – June 4, 2017.

J.R. Carter, Lena Clark, Patricia Clune, Jen Fellman, Melanie Futorian, Brandon Grimes, Nicole Gut, Michael S. Horowitz, Elizabeth Maille, Jason Min, Katherine O’Sullivan, Maria Sivakova, Natapong Theansawatkit, and Cory Walker appear in MERCIFUL DELUSIONS: An Evening of Six One Act Plays by Tennessee Williams. At The 124 Bank Street Theatre, June 6 – 11, 2017. Produced by Nicole Gut and directed by Lorraine Serabian.

Austin Pendleton and Barbara Bleier appear in BEAUTIFUL MISTAKE (the songs of John Bucchino & Amanda McBroom) at PANGEA, May 9, 18 & 23, 2017.

Alenka Kraigher appears in THE BLUE at LaMaMa, May 18 – May 21, 2017.

Mary Francina Golden appears in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE with the Oxford Shakespeare Company, at Villa Foscari, Venice, Italy. June 7 – 15, 2017.

Judy Rosenblatt and Ginger Grace appears in STAGE STRUCK at New Perspectives Theatre Company, May 19 – 22, 2017.

Lee Wilkof directed the feature film NO PAY, NUDITY. Now available on The Starz Network, Amazon and iTunes.

Sally Burtenshaw appears in YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU at A.D. Players Theatre, May 3 – 28, 2017.

J.B. Alexander appears in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE with Oxford Shakespeare Co., at Villa Foscari in Venice, Italy. June 13 – 14, 2017.

Andrew Matthews appears in MOMENTS AN EVENING WITH BILL W at the United Solo Festival, October 18, 2017.

Matthew Widman’s play HOMELAND SECURITY has been chosen to be part of the Madlab Theatre Company’s 18th Annual Theatre Roulette festival in Columbus, Ohio. Directed by Stephen Woosley, May 11, 19 and 27, 2017. 8pm.  His period farce LUST, GREED AND MURDER will be performed by cast members of the Peekskill High School Advanced Drama Class as part of Peekskill High School’s 1st Annual 10 Minute Play Festival, which received over 200 national submissions.  May 22, 2017 at 6pm.  Peekskill High School Auditorium, Peekskill, New York.

Cynthia Nixon appears alongside Laura Linney in THE LITTLE FOXES, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Performances began March 29, 2017.