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Currently in: Primary Trust. Past Roundabout as Doolittle in Pygmalion.  He was most recently seen as Falstaff in TFANA’s open workshop of Henry IV parts 1&2, Nick Laine in Conor McPherson’s Girl From The North Country, and David Michaels in Richard Nelson’s What Happened?:The Michaels Abroad, which completed The Rhinebeck Panorama; a cycle of 12 new plays which began at the Public Theater in 2010, on which he collaborated with his wife, Maryann Plunkett.  Sanders notably played the title roles in Uncle Vanya for Hunter Theater Project and Cyrano de Bergerac at the Guthrie Theater, as well as appearing in numerous television projects (True Detective, Sneaky Pete, The Sinner, Law & Order, Manhunt), films; (The Day After Tomorrow, JFK, Kiss the Girls, Edge of Darkness, Tumbleweeds, and most recently Alejandro Iñárritu’s BARDO and Jesse Eisenberg’s When You Finish Saving The World), and has narrated a long list of documentaries, mostly for PBS. As a writer, his play, Unexplored Interior, delving into the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, was the inaugural production of Washington D.C.’s Mosaic Theater.

Originated the role of Older Allie at Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Fall 2022. Other Broadway: Agnes of God, Sunday in the Park with George, Me and My Girl (Tony Award^®), The Crucible, St. Joan, A Man for All Seasons, The Seagull. Off-Broadway: Deep Blue Sound, The Sean O'Casey Dublin Trilogy at Irish Rep, The Lucky Ones, Aristocrats, Richard Nelson’s 12 play Rhinebeck Panorama (seen over a span of 11 years, onstage in NYC, on tour around the world, and live on ZOOM during the pandemic). Films: Showing Up, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Little Women, MAD, Blue Valentine, The Family Fang, The Rhinebeck Panorama. TV: recurring roles on both Manifest and Dr. Death; others include New Amsterdam, The Knick; Chicago Med, Law and Order franchise, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Plunkett is a founding member of Portland Stage Company and is a coach and mentor. She has performed in Shakespeare, Chekhov, and as narrator with the Britten Sinfonia.

Stephen Kunken is thrilled to return to Kyoto at Lincoln Center, following acclaimed performances in both the RSC’s West End production and the original staging in Stratford-upon-Avon. He recently wrapped production on the BBC Comedy Twenty Twenty Six, created by John Morton (2012, W1A) and premiering in 2026, opposite series star Hugh Bonneville. He can also be heard on the BBC podcast Central Intelligence (Series 2). On screen, Kunken is known for his role as James Jesus Angleton in the BAFTA-nominated series A Spy Among Friends (BritBox), opposite Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce. He played Chief Compliance Officer Ari Spyros across all seven seasons of Showtime’s Billions and appeared as Commander Warren Putnam in five seasons of Hulu’s Emmy-winning The Handmaid’s Tale. His additional television credits include The Affair (Showtime), The Good Wife, Unforgettable, and Blue Bloods (CBS), The Sopranos (HBO), and The Apple Family Plays (PBS). Kunken’s film work includes standout roles in Café Society (dir. Woody Allen), Hillbilly Elegy (dir. Ron Howard), Jason Bourne (dir. Paul Greengrass), The Wolf of Wall Street (dir. Martin Scorsese), Bridge of Spies (dir. Steven Spielberg), and Taking Woodstock (dir. Ang Lee). His directorial debut, Before/During/After, won top prizes at four international film festivals and is distributed by Gravitas Ventures. Kunken is set to direct two upcoming features for Linden Lane Productions: The Wind Up, written by Peter Charles Melman, from a story by Melman and Kunken, and the previously announced The Red House by Richard Nelson. On Broadway, Kunken received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Andy Fastow in Enron (Broadhurst Theatre). Other Broadway credits include The Columnist (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre), High (Booth Theatre), Rock ‘n’ Roll and Frost/Nixon (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre), Festen (Music Box Theatre), and Proof (Walter Kerr Theatre). Recent off-Broadway credits include An American Daughter (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Apple Family Plays (The Public Theater), Nikolai and the Others (Lincoln Center Theater), and Our Town (Barrow Street Theatre).

Sally Murphy has been seen on Broadway in Linda Vista, August: Osage County (also London and Sydney), Fiddler On The Roof, The Wild Party, Carousel and The Grapes Of Wrath (Also London). Off Broadway: Admissions, A Man Of No Importance, Bernarda Alba (Lincoln Center); The Apple Family Plays (Public, Also Europe), Angel Reapers (Signature), Threepenny Opera (Atlantic), A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (City Center Encores!), Brutal Imagination (Vineyard). Member Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble: The Minutes, Linda Vista (Also Mark Taper), Visiting Edna, Time Stands Still, Sex With Strangers, Uncle Vanya, Skylight, The Crucible. Film: Pollock, Scent Of A Woman, Fearless. TV: Law & Order: SVU, The Good Wife, HBO’s If These Walls Could Talk, PBS’ Great Performances and American Playhouse. 

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To come.