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6 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations!

Congratulations to the company of WOLF PLAY as it leads the pack as this year’s most nominated play with 6 Lucille Lortel Award nominations!

The Lucille Lortel Awards celebrate excellence in New York’s Off-Broadway theaters. The winners will be announced MAY 7 at NYU’s Skirball Center

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Outstanding Play
Hansol Jung
Outstanding Director
Dustin Wills
Outstanding Ensemble
Christopher Bannow, Esco Jouley, Brian Quijada, Nicole Villamil, Mitchell Winter
Outstanding Scene Design
You-Shin Chen
Outstanding Lighting Design
Barbara Samuels
Outstanding Sound Design
Kate Marvin

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.

Please be advised, the following effects will be used during the performance: Abrupt loud noises, heavy haze and concert-like lighting effects that may trigger those with photosensitivity.

Please note, there will be NO LATE SEATING. If you leave the theater during the performance, you will not be permitted to re-enter the theater until the performance has ended.

COVID POLICY

Please note: Effective MARCH 21, 2023 masks will be optional (but encouraged) for audience members. Tuesday evening, Saturday matinee, and Sunday matinee performances prior to March 19 will continue to be mask-required performances, including all MCC employees and audience services staff. Proof of vaccination will no longer be required of audience members and visitors. Masks will be available at the theater.

In our continuing efforts to create as safe an environment as possible, we continually update our COVID-19 policy with guidance from the CDC and NYS Department of Health.

The Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater at
THE ROBERT W. WILSON
MCC THEATER SPACE
511 W 52 ST
NY, NY 10019

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ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 2 HOURS with NO INTERMISSION

NO LATE-SEATING / NO RE-ENTRY

BOX OFFICE HOURS
MON: 12PM – 6PM
TUE – SUN: 12PM – 7:30PM
(Closed daily from 3-3:30PM)

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LET’S TALK SPECIAL EVENTS!

Join us for our post-show TALKBACKS  with artists and AUDIENCES CONVERSATIONS moderated by MCC staff held following select performances and for SPECIAL EVENTS aimed at provoking conversation and public engagement. 

TALKBACKS:

DIRECTOR
WED, FEB 1 @ 7:30PM

MEMBERS OF THE CAST
WED, FEB 8 @ 7:30PM

AUDIENCE CONVERSATIONS:

Finding Family: A conversation on the characters’ relationships with each other and themselves.
SUN, JAN 29 @ 2:30PM

Putting the Play in WOLF PLAY: A reflection on the theatricality and world building of this story.
THURS, FEB 16 @ 7:30PM

Expectations of Gender & Parenting
SAT, MAR 4 @ 2:30PM

WORKSHOP:

FOUND OBJECT PUPPETRY WORKSHOP
with WOLF PLAY Puppet Coach Lake Simons
THURS, FEB 16 @ 6PM

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OPEN CAPTION PERFORMANCE:
WED, FEB 22 @ 7:30PM
TUE, MAR 14 @ 7:30PM

SPECIAL EVENT ADDED!

POST-SHOW DISCUSSION:
MCC and Ma-Yi Theater Company will co-host an open dialogue moderated by transracial, transnational Korean adoptee Meggin (Nam) Holtz, LMSW,TRA, and the President of the National Center on Adoption and Permanency, Adam Pertman. The two will facilitate a post-show discussion and Q&A on the complexity, intention of, and trauma born from transracial and transnational adoptions and their relation to many of the themes within Hansol Jung’s Wolf Play.
SAT, MAR 18 @ 4:30PM

CREATIVE

Hansol Jung

HANSOL JUNG

PLAYWRIGHT

HANSOL JUNG (Author, she/her/hers) Productions: WOLF PLAY (Artist Rep, Soho Rep), WILD GOOSE DREAMS (Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse), CARDBOARD PIANO (Humana Festival), AMONG THE DEAD (Ma-Yi), and NO MORE SAD THINGS (Sideshow, Boise Contemporary). Commissions: Public Theater (NY), Kennedy Center, Playwrights Horizons, La Jolla Playhouse. Residencies/Fellowships: Hodder, Royal Court, NYTW, Berkeley Repertory, MacDowell, Hedgebrook, Sundance Theatre Lab, and Page 73. Awards: Steinberg Award, Whiting Award, DGF Award, Helen Merrill Award. TV: “Tales of the City” (Netflix), “Pachinko” (Apple +). Hansol is a proud member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, NYTW’s Usual Suspects, and The Kilroys. MFA: Yale School of Drama.

Dustin Wills

DUSTIN WILLS

DIRECTOR

DUSTIN WILLS (Director, he/him/his) directs theatre and opera. Upcoming: Jeremy O Harris’ A BOY’S COMPANY PRESENTS: TELL ME IF I’M HURTING YOU, Handel’s ALCINA (Yale Opera), Kate Tarker’s MONTAG (Soho Rep). Recent: Hansol Jung’s WOLF PLAY (Soho Rep), Keith Reddin’s BLACK SNOW (Juilliard), Phillip Howze’s FRONTIÈRES SANS FRONTIÈRES (Bushwick Starr—named a Top Ten Theatrical Production of 2017 by New York Magazine), Will Arbery’s PLANO(Paper Chairs, Austin TX), Casey Llewellyn’s O, EARTH (Foundry Theatre—Off-Broadway Alliance Best Play 2016), and a 2018 Baryshnikov Arts Center Residency. Recent opera: Mozart’s DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE and Stravinsky’s LE ROSSIGNOL. Wills has devised new work with Teatro L’Arciliuto in Rome, Italy, created large-scale puppetry pageants with Creative Action, trained with Augusto Boal in Theatre of the Oppressed legislative performance, and for a couple of years gave rogue tours of the Vatican. He is a Princess Grace Award recipient, as well as a Drama League and Boris Sagal directing fellow. MFA: Yale School of Drama.

CAST

Christopher Bannow

CHRISTOPHER BANNOW

PETER

CHRISTOPHER BANNOW (Peter) is elated to be returning to WOLF PLAY after only making it to tech in March 2020. He appeared in the Broadway and 1st National Tour production of Daniel Fish’s OKLAHOMA!, as well as the Broadway and West End production of THE ELEPHANT MAN starring Bradley Cooper.  Off-Broadway credits include THE HAIRY APE (Park Avenue Armory), ALAMAT (Ma-Yi Theater), and SLEEP NO MORE. Regional: Center Theater Group, Williamstown, Yale Rep, Huntington, McCarter, Berkshire Theatre Group, Kennedy Center. Film/TV: “The Late Late Show”, The Three Christs#ScreamersNot Fade Away. Boston University and Yale School of Drama. For Hart. @hellobannow

Esco Jouley

ESCO JOULÉY

ASH

ESCO JOULÉY (Ash) is an actor, singer, dancer, clown, movement artist, and creator. Recent credits include Sundance’s “State of the Union,” Starz’s “Blindspotting,” HBO’s “High Maintenance,” Netflix’s “Inventing Anna,” Hulu’s “Monsterland,” and Bravo’s “In a Man’s World,” where they appeared as a movement coach. Esco’s theatre credits include: AS YOU LIKE IT, RUNAWAYS, GALATEA, THE DEMIS (Magic Theater Player), BEOWULF. Esco was a resident actor at the historic Barter Theater for three and a half years and is an alum of the ABC Discovers Showcase. More information about Esco and their work can be found at @escojouley, and @onezlife.

Brian Quijada

BRIAN QUIJADA

RYAN

BRIAN QUIJADA (Ryan) is an Emmy-nominated playwright, composer and actor. Off-Broadway credits include Bobbie Clearly at Roundabout Theater, Oedipus El Rey at The Public Theater, My Mañana Comes at Playwrights Realm, and Where Did We Sit on the Bus? at Ensemble Studio Theatre (Drama Desk nominated for Outstanding Solo Performance). Select Regional credits: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Victory Gardens, The Kennedy Center, Geva Theater, City Theatre Pittsburgh, and appeared in the World Premiere of Hansol Jung’s No More Sad Things at Boise Contemporary Theater. TV Credits: Law & Order SVU, Blue Bloods, Manhattan Love Story, and Search Party. www.brianquijada.com

Nicole Villamil

NICOLE VILLAMIL

ROBIN

NICOLE VILLAMIL (Robin) Network (Broadway); Wolf Play (SoHo Rep); Queens (LCT3); How to Load a Musket (59E59); MUD (Boundless Theatre); Shakespeare’s R&J (Hangar Theatre); De Profundis(PlayMakers Rep); Tell Me I’m Not Crazy, The Rose Tattoo (Williamstown Theatre Festival); The Hunchback of Seville, The Love of the Nightingale(Trinity Repertory Co.). Education: M.F.A., Brown/Trinity Repertory Co.

Mitchell Winter

MITCHELL WINTER

WOLF

MITCHELL WINTER (Wolf) is thrilled to reprise his role in Wolf Play following its run at Soho Rep. Additional credits: Dracula (dir. David Auburn, Berkshire Theatre Group), The Importance of Being Earnest (dir. David Auburn, BTG), Frontieres Sans Frontieres (dir. Dustin Wills, Bushwick Starr), A Winter’s Tale (dir. Liz Diamond), A Doctor In Spite of Himself (dir. Christopher Bayes), American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose (dir. Shana Cooper, Yale Rep), Sleep No More (Punchdrunk), Cameron Mackintosh’s Miss Saigon (dir. Laurence Connor, Australian National Tour), Thoroughly Modern Millie (dir. Roger Hodgman, The Production Company), Miss JulieTartuffe and Drunk Enough To Say I Love You (Yale Summer Cabaret), Normativity (dir. Mia Walker, NYMF), Die Fledermaus (dir. John Milson, Australian Opera Studio) and Joseph…Dreamcoat (dir. Stephen Pimlott, Really Useful). Film/TV credits include: Mr. Robot (USA Network), Oh Jerome No (FX), If Not Love (official Sundance selection). MFA: Yale School of Drama.

PRODUCTION PHOTOS

Photos by Julieta Cervantes

Mitchell Winter

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Mitchell Winter & Nicole Villamil

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Brian Quijada & Nicole Villamil

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Mitchell Winter & Nicole Villamil

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Esco Jouléy & Mitchell Winter

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Christopher Bannow

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Esco Jouléy

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Brian Quijada, Christopher Bannow, Nicole Villamil

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Nicole Villamil & Esco Jouléy

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REHEARSAL PHOTOS

Photos by Daniel J. Vasquez

The Cast of WOLF PLAY

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Mitchell Winter & Nicole Villamil

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Brian Quijada & Esco Jouléy

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Christopher Bannow

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Brian Quijada, Dustin Wills, & Esco Touléy

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Director Dustin Wills and Playwright Hansol Jung

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scenic design YOU-SHIN CHEN
costume design ENVER CHAKARTASH
lighting design BARBARA SAMUELS
sound design KATE MARVIN
puppet design AMANDA VILLALOBOS
prop design PATRICIA MARJORIE
fight direction HANNAH “ROCK” ROCCISANO
puppet coach LAKE SIMONS
original casting STEPHANIE YANKWITT, CSA & TBD CASTING CO.
production stage manager KASSON MARROQUIN

ACCESSIBILITY

THE ROBERT W. WILSON MCC THEATER SPACE is fully ADA-accessible, including:

  • Self-opening lobby doors with the push of a button to enter and exit
  • Elevator access to each floor
  • Ramp with handrail leading to the Newman Mills Theater
  • 3 Wheelchair-accessible restrooms are available in the main lobby restrooms; 
  • 2 accessible single stalls on the Mezzanine Floor.

Please Note: The Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater is on the ground level.

The option to purchase a wheelchair seat with a companion seat is available for every performance date of every production for each theater. If further accommodations are needed please email audienceservices@mcctheater.org or call our box office at 646-506-9393.

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