Actors Ensemble
The Young Conservatory Actors Ensemble is a unique performance ensemble featuring a themed acting project or condensed play directed by a professional guest artist. Acceptance into the Actors Ensemble is by audition only. Each project rehearses once or twice a week and culminates in performances for family and friends on one of A.C.T.’s stages. The Actors Ensembles are named “Naomi” (3rd-6th), "Tennessee" (6th-9th) and "Lorraine" (8th-12th) after renowned American playwrights Naomi Iizuka, Tennessee Williams and Lorraine Hansberry.
New Pages: A Festival of Commissioned Works
MAY 22–23, 2026
THE RUEFF AT THE STRAND THEATER
The Young Conservatory has been commissioning original material written specifically for young actors for decades. This coming Spring, we are commissioning six writers to create monologues and scenes inspired by conversations with Young Conservatory students. The new material will be presented in two performances at The Strand’s Rueff theater on May 22 and 23, 2026, directed by guest director Bob Banday Shryock.
Participating writers: Gaby Alter (Nobody Loves You), Ryan Nicole Austin (GRAMMY nominee, Co-Founders), Eugenie Chan (The Truer History of the Chan Family), Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (boom), Mara Nelson Greenberg (Do You Feel Anger?), Liliana Padilla (How to Defend Yourself)
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