Directed by Simon Levy

Daniel is a caring, warm-hearted middle-aged man who suddenly finds himself unable to work.  Katie hopes for a fresh start for herself and her teenage daughter. Both must navigate the nightmarish unemployment and public housing system while clinging to their dignity and humanity. A powerful, timely, and poignant story of people coming together in the face of a Kafkaesque network that refuses to see them as human beings.  U.S. Premiere of the stage adaptation based on the acclaimed, award-winning film by Ken Loach (Palme d’Or and BAFTA awards for Best Film).

Philicia plays the lead KATIE

Previews: Oct 9, 10, 12, 8pm
Opens: Sun Oct 13, 7pm
Closes: Sun Nov 24, 2pm
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm
Sundays 2pm
**Pay What You Want Mondays 8pm

Directed by Brenna Malloy

Upon her return to shore, Athena's son finds himself in trouble with the law. Meanwhile, Buck grows envious as Eddie forms a close bond with someone else, and the 118 rescue a woman who's stuck on receiving a rose at an iconic mansion.

Philicia plays ASHLEY A (season 7, episode 4)

Airing everywhere on Thursday, April 4th 2024 @ 8/7c. Also streaming on Hulu

A short film co-directed by Philicia Saunders & Roger Q. Mason

Written by Philicia Saunders

Makes its World Premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Pan African Film Festival in February.

A young black actress embarks upon her first exciting acting gig. However, her experience in the hair and make-up room shatters this reverie. With halted self-confidence, she must look within herself for the strength to move forward.

Philicia plays the lead character, PHYLLIS

Mark your calendars! TWO screenings of Hairitage will take place at the Baldwin Hills Cinemark Crenshaw in Los Angeles:

Thursday, February 8th, 2024 @ 1:15pm

Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ 4pm

Directed by Guy Ferland

The team races to uncover the identities of kidnappers holding a prison guard's family hostage; Tan is faced with a difficult personal decision.

Philicia plays JANICE FISK (season 6, episode 19)

Airing everywhere on Friday, April 21st 2023 @ 8pm PST on CBS. Also streaming on Paramount+

Monday, April 3rd, 2023 @ 7:30pm

Presented by the ANW Resident Artists as part of Noise Now, join us for a free play reading of An Improbably Fiction, written by James DeVita.

It’s plague time, and Shakespeare’s characters are out of sorts (and out of work). Several of our favorite Shakespearean characters reunite at The Boar’s Head Tavern to celebrate life and ruminate on the state of the world.

Philicia plays JULIET CAPULET

Directed by Michael J. Shea

Sophie encounters an obstacle with a new beau. Ellen uses her job insurance to see a therapist. Jesse gives Valentina a hand at work while Sid and Charlie try to sell terrible wine.

Philicia plays WOMAN (season 2, episode 6)

Streaming everywhere on Tuesday, February 27th 2023 on Hulu

A film by Young Min Kim

Haejin Park, a trauma therapist, is forced to face her family's darkest past when she returns to her childhood countryside-farm to console her heartbroken younger sister.

Catch Philicia in this horror thriller, now streaming on Screambox and for rent or buy on Amazon and Apple TV. Philicia plays Dr. Philicia Barnes

Showrun and directed by Willie Block and Jake Emanuel

In the year 2320, a skip tracer hunts down a dangerous escaped criminal on a derelict space station. In the process, she must confront murderous alien life forms, as well as unspeakable horrors from her past.

The podcast stars sci-fi luminaries like Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones, The Sandman, Star Wars episodes VII & VIII), Michael Ironside (Scanners, Starship Troopers), and Kevin Durand (Lost, The Strain).

Philicia voices a Twitching Robot in Episode 2 and an eco-terrorist named Carol in Episode 5

August 28 – October 2, 2022

ANIMAL FARM

From the book by George Orwell

Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott

A highly theatrical musical adaptation of Orwell’s savage satire filled with biting humor and stunning timeliness.

Revolt is afoot at Manor Farm, when downtrodden beasts of burden rise-up against their cruel taskmaster, Farmer Jones. But self-ruled animal utopia quickly gives way to the temptations of power and privilege in Peter Hall’s fast-moving musical adaptation of George Orwell’s savage satire.

Philicia plays Muriel (the goat) and other characters!

Philicia swims alongside Lizzo in her latest music video for “About Damn Time”!

Philicia dives in with the Aqualillies. Choreography by Mary Ramsey + Mesha Kussman.

BREATHE., written and performed by Philicia Saunders, is nominated for 'Video - Best Individual Performance' for the 26th Annual Webby Awards this year!

This Is a Major Achievement: What Does It Mean to Be a Webby Nominee?

As a Webby Nominee, your work has been singled out as one of the five best in the world in its category (it’s among the top 12% of the over 14,000 record-breaking projects entered from around the world) and is competing for the Internet's two most coveted awards: The Webby Award and The Webby People's Voice Award. While The Webby Award is chosen by the Academy, The Webby People’s Voice Award is voted on by the public. Both awards are a mark of international distinction for Internet excellence.

Voting ends April 21st, 2022. Cast your vote today!

Directed by Melina Matsoukas

JENNIE, Dominic Fike, Solange, Vince Staples, Arlo Parks and Burna Boy on Connection

Philicia dives in with Solange in the new spring Calvin Klein campaign as an ARTISTIC SWIMMER and MODEL

Philicia performs at a Grand Soir Hermès Fashion Show with the Aqualillies - showcasing the women’s ready-to-wear Spring 2022 collection.

Philicia dives in with the Aqualillies as an ARTISTIC SWIMMER and MODEL

Directed by Steven S. DeKnight

Brandon’s attempt to live up to his father’s high expectations suffers a blow. Sheldon’s carefree life as the boss’ son comes crashing down in 1929.

Philicia plays WAITRESS

Streaming everywhere on Friday, May 7th 2021 on Netflix

Check out Philicia artistic swimming with the Aqualillies to “We Are the Champions” sung by One Republic on ABC tonight 8/7c at the historic Roosevelt.

Queen Singalong is hosted by Darren Criss.

Philicia dives in with the Aqualillies as an ARTISTIC SWIMMER

Watch it on ABC tonight 11/21 at 8/7c (you can also catch it on demand on Disney+)

Directed by Wendy Faraone

Written by Maegen McConnell & Heather Anne Wood

Lex, Presley and Munchy are excited when they buy a karaoke machine from the “Karaoke Kickoff” show; when the machine breaks, the kids head to the studio to get their money back.

Philicia plays SAPPHIRE

Saturday, February 27th 2021 @ 8:30pm on Nickelodeon (also available for streaming on FuboTV)

Directed by Roger Q. Mason

Written by Philicia Saunders

Breathe. is a Timely New Live Theater Multi-Media Performance to Inspire Action.

Breathe., written and performed by Philicia Saunders (Black is King, The Rise of Skywalker), is a form of art activism fusing live performance, cinema, performance art and artistic swimming in a hybridized narrative that could only be born during these challenging, yet galvanizing times.

With the recent political, racial, and global unrest occurring throughout 2020, Philicia wrote and stars in this one-woman live theater show based on her life-changing personal journey towards activism after a chance trip to a Civil Rights monument, and mentorship by a luminary of activism, Sweet Alice Harris – one of Watts, CA’s most beloved community organizers.

Relevant to what’s happening today, Breathe. is sure to spark discussion and action among viewers everywhere. It’s about taking action! As Philicia learned from Sweet Alice: “You can’t just be silent and stand in one place.”

This is a one-woman show and Philicia plays ALL CHARACTERS

Directed by Sara C. Caldwell & Walter Gorey

Written by Sara C. Caldwell

Working from home during COVID, a single mom takes on a new assignment that has chilling consequences. This short film is shot entirely on screen spaces, such as phone and laptop cameras, and desktop recordings.

Philicia plays the lead character MAKAYLA TAYLOR

Directed by Beyoncé & Blitz Bazawule

Written by Beyoncé

Visual album from Beyoncé inspired by The Lion King.

Philicia plays a SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER in the swimming sequences

Catch it now on Disney+

Climate week is happening in NYC! If you’d like to attend virtually and see a VR film Philicia swam in, explore a virtual map of a sustainable future, walk through solar farms and permaculture farms, or attend workshops and talks by climate activists and brands dedicated to helping the planet, please see details below!

Thanks to The Climate Group, Marketplace of the Future, and Oceanic Global for the support and efforts to keep us focused, organized and motivated.

Virtual events are on 9/24 and 9/25 from 12 - 4pm.

*In Person Event / Friday / Marketplace of the Future, 7-10pm

*Virtual Event / Friday & Saturday / Marketplace of the Future, 12 - 4pm

Directed by Christopher Au

Written by Christopher Au

An ensemble office dramedy centered around a young woman who begins her career at a prestigious investment bank only to discover that Wall Street is more ridiculous and sexist than she ever imagined.

Philicia plays ANASTASIA LEBLANC

You can now watch Bulge Bracket series on Amazon Prime Video and Vimeo On Demand.

Directed by JJ Abrams

Written by JJ Abrams & Chris Terrio

The surviving members of the resistance face the First Order once again, and the legendary conflict between the Jedi and the Sith reaches its peak bringing the Skywalker saga to its end.

Philicia plays TABALA ZO

Opens Everywhere December 20, 2019

Directed by David Melville & Melissa Chalsma

Written by William Shakespeare

Beware the Ides of March! Rome teeters on the brink of civil war as Caesar’s ambition for the crown threatens the stability of the Republic. Part ghost story, part political murder thriller, ancient Rome comes to vivid life in Independent Shakespeare Company’s first-ever mounting of one of the greatest hits of the Elizabethan stage. This pared-down version immerses the audience in the multiplicities of the conspiracy to save Rome and even gives you a voice in the action. Audience participation is encouraged (but not enforced)!

Philicia plays PORTIA, TREBONIUS, OCTAVIUS & ENSEMBLE

Showtimes: Thursdays-Saturday @ 7:30pm and Sundays @ 2pm starting March 15 through May 11, 2019

Address: The Independent Shakespeare Company Studio (3191 Casitas Ave. #130, Los Angeles, CA 90039)

Directed by Spencer McCall

Written by Spencer McCall & Emmett Furey

A mysterious energy has been unearthed by scientists at the so-called Niantic Project. The origin and purpose of this force is yet unknown, but researchers believe it’s influencing the way we think. The world is now split into two factions: ‘The Enlightened,’ seeking to embrace the power this energy may bestow upon us, and ‘The Resistance,’ struggling to defend and protect what’s left of our humanity.

Philicia plays the voice of ADA and the character GABY

Directed by JJ Abrams

Written by JJ Abrams & Lawrence Kasdan

Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a ragtag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance.

Philicia plays TABALA ZO

Opens Everywhere December 18, 2015