MCC Theater

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MCC Theater, previously named Manhattan Class Company, is an Off-Broadway theater company located in New York City. Since its founding in 1986, MCC has been guided by its founding Artistic Directors Robert LuPone and Bernard Telsey, and Associate Artistic Director William Cantler.

Mission

To develop and produce challenging new work for the stage and support the development of emerging young voices through a variety literary and education programs. By providing a safe environment in which to explore compelling stories, MCC encourages artists to take risks – continually stretching their boundaries and working beyond expectations.

MCC Theater believes the artist is the primary force in creating memorable theater and that each experience in the theater should be an event where artists in playwriting, acting, direction and design combine to induce an emotional reaction in the audience, getting them personally involved in the production at hand. By taking risks, MCC Theater is able to offer productions and performance opportunities to young actors and playwrights. Some of these artists and playwrights have moved on to become today's biggest and brightest talents:

PAST PRODUCTIONS include Wit (winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1999), Frozen (which moved to Broadway in 2004), Neil LaBute's Fat Pig, Some Girl(s) and In A Dark Dark House

Key Players

Robert LuPone - Artistic Director
Bernard Telsey - Artistic Director
Will Cantler - Associate Artistic Director
Blake West - Executive Director

Resident Playwright: Neil LaBute

Artists

MCC has engaged a collection of notable directors and artists that have included: Michael Greif, Jo Bonney, Doug Hughes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Juliana Margulies, Liev Schreiber, Jim Simpson, Benjamin Bratt, Swoosie Kurtz, Robert LuPone, Kathleen Chalfant, Allison Janney, Anna Paquin, Judith Light, Marisa Tomei, Lili Taylor, Sigourney Weaver, Jeremy Piven, Keri Russell, Calista Flockhart, Bridget Fonda, Eric McCormack, Fran Drescher, Jane Alexander, Ron Livingston, Ben Shenkman, Maura Tierney, Kyra Sedgwick, Joanna Gleason, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Gil Bellows, Polly Draper, Thomas Gibson, Michael C. Hall, Lisa Harrow, Derek Anson Jones, John Spencer, Tyler Pierce

Past Mainstage Productions

2006-2007'

2005-2006

2004-2005

Last Easter by Bryony Lavery
Fat Pig by Neil LaBute
What of the Night based on the writings of Djuna Barnes

2003-2004

2002-2003

2001-2002

2000-2001

1999-2000

1998-1999

1997-1998

Anadarko by Tim Blake Nelson

'''1996-1997

1995-1996

1994-1995

Girl Gone by Jacquelyn Reingold

1993-1994

1992-1993

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball
D Train by James Bosley and Fay Simpson

1991-1992

A Snake in the Vein by Alan Bowne

1987-1988

Beirut by Alan Bowne

Awards and Nominations

Fat Pig by Neil LaBute

Outer Critics Circle Awards -- Winner - Outstanding Off-Broadway Play
2005 Theatre World Award -- Winner - Outstanding Off-Broadway Debut: Ashlie Atkinson
Drama Desk Award -- Nomination - Outstanding Actor in a play: Jeremy Piven
Lucille Lortel]] Award -- Nomination - Outstanding Lead Actress: Ashlie Atkinson and Outstanding Director: Jo Bonney
Broadway.com Audience Award -- Nomination - Favorite New Off-Broadway Play: Fat Pig

Last Easter by Bryony Lavery

2005 Drama Desk Awards Nomination - Outstanding Actress in a Play: Veanne Cox

The Distance from Here by Neil LaBute

2003-2004 Drama Desk Award Winner - Outstanding Ensemble Performance
Lucille Lortel Awards Nomination - Outstanding Featured Actor - Logan Marshall-Green

Frozen by Bryony Lavery