stock company

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Brie is as starry-eyed and sympathetic as ever, and she and Baena’s stock company of players — including Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen and Baena’s offscreen partner Aubrey Plaza — are reliably uproarious.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023

Pauline Kael, one of America's most influential and respected film critics, called Chatterjee Ray's "one-man stock company" who moved "so differently in the different roles he plays that he is almost unrecognisable".

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2020

John Wayne ducked the game throughout his career, even though his whole stock company, including Grant Withers and Ward Bond and Forrest Tucker, was scattered around Lakeside, where Wayne had a membership.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 30, 2020

He was hired for a summer stock company on an island off Portland, Me., did 12 shows — including musicals — in 13 weeks and had a swell time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2017

Couples danced to the latest hits while fireworks exploded overhead, or they enjoyed light comedies performed by a local stock company, in a theater that served as a casino between productions.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson