JOIN US FOR A SEASON OF EXCITING NEW WORKS
AT OUR HOME IN HELL’S KITCHEN!
Our 2022/23 SEASON features collaborations with THE SOL PROJECT, SOHO REP, MA-YI THEATER COMPANY and PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS! With new works from GUADALÍS DEL CARMEN with director MELISSA CRESPO and JOHN J. CASWELL, JR., a reprise production from HANSOL JUNG with director DUSTIN WILLS, and a BRAND NEW musical from KATE NASH, ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER, and TED MALAWER.
OUR SEASON
ONLY GOLD
world premiere/OCT 2022
music and lyrics by KATE NASH
book by ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER & TED MALAWER
directed and choreographed by ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER
From the imagination of Tony Award-winning Hamilton choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, featuring music by British pop sensation Kate Nash and a book co-written by Ted Malawer, comes an electrifying theatrical dance musical. In Only Gold, a royal family’s arrival in Paris sets a flurry of activity into motion, forcing nobility and townsfolk alike to examine the choices they’ve made. As loyalties and loves are tested, will they find the courage to follow their hearts? Paris will never be the same.
Only Gold is supported by The Gary Platt Initiative for New Musicals.
WOLF PLAY
critically acclaimed play/JAN 2023
in collaboration with MA-YI THEATER COMPANY
by HANSOL JUNG
directed by DUSTIN WILLS
When an off-the-record adoption goes awry, Jeenu’s new parents learn just how far a wolf will go to defend its pack. Hansol Jung‘s Wolf Play is directed by Dustin Wills with exuberant imagination as MCC brings the critically acclaimed sold-out Soho Rep production back to the stage.
BEES & HONEY
new play/MAY 2023
in collaboration with THE SOL PROJECT
by GUADALÍS DEL CARMEN
directed by MELISSA CRESPO
In Bees and Honey, married couple Manuel and Johaira are entering new phases in their lives. But as the challenges of life and marriage mount, the young and ambitious couple must answer the age-old question: Is Love enough? Inspired by Juan Luis Guerra’s Como Abeja Al Panal, this Washington Heights love story is written by Guadalís Del Carmen and directed by Melissa Crespo.
WET BRAIN
new play/MAY 2023
co-produced with PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS
by JOHN J. CASWELL, JR.
directed by DUSTIN WILLS
Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater
In a crumbling house in Arizona, a family haunted by addiction — and hardened into smart-asses — wrestles with the alcoholic ruin of its patriarch… who may or may not be repeatedly abducted by aliens. With humor and horror, John J. Caswell, Jr. brings us Wet Brain, the transfixing story of a family mining the depths of loss, traveling lightyears to find a language for closure.
UNCENSORED
An MCC Youth Company Production
Spring 2023
An annual highlight of the MCC calendar, the 22nd Edition of Uncensored will feature New York City teens taking over MCC’s main stage to speak their truth. MCC Youth Company’s Performance Lab and Brooklyn Youth Company branches put on exhilarating shows with student-written monologues, scenes, and ensemble pieces. Uncensored is a celebration of young voices who speak to their experiences, hopes and dreams reflecting on today, while looking toward the future. Their words are emboldened with music and movement, resulting in a show that will bring you to your feet.
MCC Theater’s Education Programs are supported by The Ruth and Harold Newman Education Fund, The Pinkerton Foundation, The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation, the Tiger Baron Foundation, The Eric Rosedale Playwriting Fund, the Axe-Houghton Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council.
