Hartford Courant published a great interview with Tim today – check it out here!
In the interview, which also includes photos from “The Counter,” Tim talks about doing plays at TheaterWorks Hartford, his history with theater in general, and even a bit of news about the White Collar revival!
Tim will be back at TWH tomorrow, August 31, for a one-night reading of Jeffrey Lieber’s play, “The Lady, or The Tiger” with Rob Morrow.
Tim is returning to TheaterWorks Hartford at the end of the month to help close out their 40th season with a one night only benefit reading of Jeffrey Lieber’s new play, “The Lady, Or the Tiger,” also featuring Rob Morrow!
The reading will take place on Monday, August 31, 2026, at 7 pm. Regular (“gold”) tickets are $85 and include pre-show cocktails at 6 pm and admission to the reading. There are also VIP tickets available for $125, which include cocktails, admission to the reading, and a post-show reception with the artists. (Value tickets are also mentioned, but the ticket purchase page doesn’t offer the option, so they may be sold out.) Check out this link for more info about the reading!
Sending out big Happy Birthday wishes to Tim today! Lots of great moments and memories over the past year – here’s hoping for many more next year and in the years to come! 🎉
There are, of course, a few pics from Tim’s time in Hartford for The Counter, including one of our group from late February (taken by Tim himself). Also included are pics from Tim and Elisa’s trip to Chicago to see Jamis play bass for Dogpark at Lollapalooza, a behind-the-scenes shot from his music video directorial debut, and a group shot from their Alaskan cruise!
If you want to leave birthday wishes for Tim, you can add them to our Instagram post for him to see or leave them here, and I’ll pass them along to him!
Just in time for the 12th anniversary of Team DeKay’s launch (yesterday), TheaterWorks Hartford has announced that Tim has been nominated for a Connecticut Critics Circle Award! The nomination is for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his role as Paul in “The Counter,” which ran at TWHartford from February 12-March 22, 2026. What a well-deserved honor – congratulations, Tim!
In addition to Tim’s nomination, “The Counter” received three additional nominations: Outstanding Actress in a Play for Justis Bolding, Outstanding Director of a Play for Rob Ruggiero, and Outstanding Set Design for Tijana Bjelajac. Congratulations to all four of the nominees from “The Counter” and to the six nominees from other TWHartford productions – best of luck to all of you!
The awards ceremony will take place on Monday, June 22, 2026 at Hartford Stage from 7:30-9 PM. If you’re in the area, it’s free and open to the public! More details and a link to reserve tickets can be found at this link. The ceremony will also be livestreamed, but the link has not yet been made available; when it has, we’ll edit this post to include it.
Great news for those who may not have been able to make it to see Tim in “The Counter” at Theater Works Hartford – it’s been extended until March 22! Check out this link for more info and to buy tickets!
Also, thanks to Kristen for the heads up about this interview for CT Live, which features Tim, costars Justis Bolding and Erika Rolfsrud, and director Rob Ruggiero – as well as Tim’s breakfast order.
And thanks to Kelli for sending this one to us, courtesy of Alex P. Taylor on Instagram! (Link goes to the IG reel.)
Enjoy, and if you get to see “The Counter,” let us know what you think!
Press for “The Counter” is ramping up this week ahead of previews starting next Thursday!
Tim and costar Justis Bolding were interviewed on Fox 61 today:
CTLatinoNews also posted an article about the play, which you can check out at this link!
Earlier in the week, TWH posted the trailer for “The Counter,” featuring Tim and Justis:
Do these videos make you curious? Check this link at TWH for more info and to buy tickets! “The Counter” runs from February 12 to March 15, 2026.
For those who haven’t yet seen this on our Instagram account, Tim will be starring in his second play at TheaterWorks Hartford in February and March!
The play, called The Counter, also stars Justis Bolding and Erika Rolfsrud. It was written by Meghan Kennedy and will be directed by Rob Ruggiero, who also directed Tim in Fever Dreams in 2024. Here’s the description, directly from TWH’s website!
Every morning at a small upstate New York diner, a single cup of coffee becomes a ritual that connects a lonely waitress and her sleep-deprived regular. What begins as casual conversation slowly deepens into an unexpected friendship. When he asks her for a shocking favor, long-buried secrets come to the surface, changing them both in unexpected ways.
The Counter runs from February 12 through March 15, 2026 at TheaterWorks Hartford in Hartford, CT. Check this link for more info and to order tickets!
More exciting news today – Tim’s TEDx Talk, “The Safety Paradox: How Vulnerability Creates Powerful Leadership,” is now available on YouTube! This very inspiring talk, which Tim gave in Tampa in early March, delves into how people will be inspired to be their best selves and to take chances if given an environment where they feel safe enough to do so.
After a bit of audience participation at the beginning, Tim gets into this philosophy and gives some examples of when it happened to him and those around him, including some particularly wonderful and poignant stories about experiences on the sets of 1923 and White Collar.
Check it out here or on YouTube and let us know what you think!
Great news – Tim, Lana, and Doug have been nominated for a Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Ensemble for Fever Dreams (of Animals on the Verge of Extinction)!
The play also picked up five other nominations: Outstanding Play Production, Director of a Play (Rob Ruggiero), Set Design (Luke Cantarella), Lighting Design (Sherrice Mojgani), and Sound Design (Lindsay Jones). Congratulations and good luck to all of the nominees from Fever Dreams and TheaterWorks Hartford’s other productions (15 nominations total) – all well-deserved!
The awards ceremony will be held on Monday, June 23, 2025 at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, CT. Check this page at the CT Critics Circle website for more info and a link to order tickets.
In other news, Team DeKay turned 11 years old yesterday! Although we had a “soft opening” in May, our official launch date was June 1, 2014. Happy Launchiversary to us! 🎉
I’ve been waiting to post photos from Tim’s TEDx talk in Tampa until the video of his talk is released, but here’s another video from the day – Tim’s interview with Maggie Rodriguez of WFLA’s Daytime show! Tim talks about his TEDx speech, life in general, and the status of the White Collar revival (not a reboot – we want the same actors back).
You can watch the video at this link, although it appears to be geoblocked in some areas. If you’re unable to watch it and don’t have a VPN to get around the geoblocking, you can view it on the Interviews page of TDK TV (password is on the Series & Movies page).
Here are a few screencaps from the interview (click to enlarge).
