[2] Its plays have featured notable actors such as Bobby Cannavale, Timothée Chalamet, Carol Kane, Denis O'Hare, and Marisa Tomei.
Notable past judges include David Henry Hwang, Lynn Nottage, Rebecca Taichman, Willy Holtzman, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Paul Rudnick.
[6] Other actors include Chris Cooper, Bobby Cannavale, Michelle Williams, John Leguizamo, Margo Martindale, Michael Stuhlbarg, Debra Monk, Julie Halston, Jesse Eisenberg, Rosie Perez, Michael Urie, Kathleen Turner, Jeremy Shamos, Tonya Pinkins, Bill Irwin, Amy Ryan, Sam Waterston, Condola Rashad, Jane Alexander, Adam Driver, Jay O. Sanders, Jane Krakowski, Steven Boyer, John Douglas Thompson, Dana Ivey, Martha Plimpton, and Timothée Chalamet.
[6] Other playwrights include David Ives, Lynn Nottage, David Auburn, Beth Henley, Christopher Durang, Jesse Eisenberg, Julia Cho, Doug Wright, Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, Arlene Hutton, Donald Margulies, Cusi Cram, Sheri Wilner, Rachel Bonds, Willy Holtzman, Cori Thomas, and Daniel Reitz.
[5] Directors have included Doug Hughes, Anne Kauffman, John Rando, Seret Scott, Estelle Parsons, RJ Tolan, Rebecca Taichman, Jerry Zaks, Claudia Weill, Jonathan Bernstein, Judith Ivey, Wendy Goldberg, Marsha Mason, and Michael Wilson.