MCC Theater (Manhattan Class Company) is an off-Broadway theater company located in New York City. The theater was founded in 1986 by artistic directors Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey and William Cantler. Blake West joined the company in 2006 as executive director. MCC opened its current location in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, as The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space, on January 9, 2019.
Productions MCC Theater's productions include: Jocelyn Bioh's School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play Penelope Skinner's The Village Bike Robert Askins' Hand to God (Broadway transfer; five 2015 Tony Award nominations including Best Play) John Pollono's Small Engine Repair Paul Downs Colaizzo's Really Really Sharr White's The Other Place (Broadway transfer) Jeff Talbott's The Submission (Laurents/Hatcher Award) Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Happy, Reasons to Be Pretty (Broadway transfer, three 2009 Tony Award nominations, including Best Play), Some Girl(s), Fat Pig, The Mercy Seat, and All The Ways To Say I Love You Michael Weller's Fifty Words Alexi Kaye Campbell's The Pride Bryony Lavery's Frozen (Broadway transfer; four 2004 Tony Award nominations including Best Play, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor) Tim Blake Nelson's The Grey Zone Rebecca Gilman's The Glory of Living (2002 Pulitzer Prize finalist) Margaret Edson's Wit (1999 Pulitzer Prize) and the musicals Coraline, Carrie, and Ride the Cyclone.
Many plays developed and produced by MCC have gone on to productions throughout the country and around the world.
Key players Robert LuPone – Artistic Director Bernard Telsey – Artistic Director William Cantler – Artistic Director Blake West – Executive Director
Artists MCC has engaged a collection of directors and artists that have included:
Lynn Redgrave Michael Greif Jo Bonney Doug Hughes Philip Seymour Hoffman Julianna Margulies Liev Schreiber Jim Simpson Benjamin Bratt Swoosie Kurtz 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 Peter Hedges 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 Raúl Esparza John Spencer Kathleen Turner Stephin Merritt David Greenspan Piper Perabo Frederick Weller Sarah Paulson Dominic Chianese Hugh Dancy Ben Whishaw Charles Busch Kara Young
Mainstage productions 2025–2026 Caroline by Preston Max Allen Cold War Choir Practice by Ro Reddick Birthright by Jonathan Spector
2024–2025 Table 17 by Douglas Lyons Shit. Meet. Fan. by Robert O'Hara Trophy Boys by Emmanuelle Mattana
2023–2024 Mary Gets Hers by Emma Horwitz Walk On Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice by Gavin Creel The Connector by Jason Robert Brown The Lonely Few by Zoe Sarnak and Rachel Bonds
2022-2023 Only Gold by Kate Nash, Andy Blankenbuehler and Ted Malawer Wolf Play by Hansol Jung Bees and Honey by Guadalís Del Carmen Wet Brain by John J. Caswell, Jr.
2021–2022
Nollywood Dreams by Jocelyn Bioh Space Dogs (musical) by Nick Blaemire and Van Hughes (actor/writer) Which Way to the Stage by Ana Nogueira Uncensored soft by Donja R. Love
2019–2020
The Wrong Man by Ross Golan Seared by Theresa Rebeck All the Natalie Portmans by C.A. Johnson Nollywood Dreams by Jocelyn Bioh Perry Street by Lucy Thurber
2018–2019 Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties by Jen Silverman School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh The Light by Loy A. Webb Alice by Heart by Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater and Jesse Nelson BLKS by Aziza Barnes Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow by Halley Feiffer
2017–2018 Charm by Philip Dawkins School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh Relevance by JC Lee Transfers by Lucy Thurber
2016–2017 All The Ways to Say I Love You by Neil LaBute Ride the Cyclone by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond YEN by Anna Jordan The End of Longing by Matthew Perry
2015–2016 The Legend of Georgia McBride by Matthew Lopez Lost Girls by John Pollono Smokefall by Noah Haidle A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecological Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York by Halley Feiffer
2014–2015 The Money Shot by Neil LaBute Punk Rock by Simon StephensWinner of the 2015 Obie Award: 2015 Obie Awards The Nether by Jennifer Haley Permission by Robert Askins
2013–2014 Small Engine Repair by John Pollono Hand to God by Robert Askins The Village Bike by Penelope Skinner
2012–2013 Don't Go Gentle by Stephen Belber Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo Reasons to Be Happy by Neil LaBute
2011–2012 The Submission by Jeff Talbott Wild Animals You Should Know by Thomas Higgins Carrie by Lawrence D. Cohen
2010–2011 The Break of Noon book by Neil LaBute The Other Place by Sharr White Side Effects by Michael Weller
2009–2010 Family Week book by Beth Henley The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell Still Life by Alexander Dinelaris
2008–2009 Coraline book by David Greenspan, music and lyrics by Stephin Merritt Fifty Words by Michael Weller The Third Story by Charles Busch 2007–2008 Spain by Jim Knable Grace by Mick Gordon and A. C. Grayling reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute 2006–2007 In A Dark Dark House by Neil LaBute A Very Common Procedure by Courtney Baron Nixon's Nixon by Russell Lees 2005–2006 Some Girl(s) by Neil LaBute The Wooden Breeks by Glen Berger Colder than Here by Laura Wade 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 Bright Ideas by Eric Coble Frozen by Bryony Lavery The Distance from Here by Neil LaBute 2002–2003 Mercy Seat by Neil LaBute Scattergood by Anto Howard Intrigue with Faye by Kate Robin 2001–2002 The Glory of Living by Rebecca Gilman Runt of the Litter by Bo Eason A Letter from Ethel Kennedy by Christopher Gorman 2000–2001 A Place at the Table by Simon Block High Dive by Leslie Ayvazian The Dead Eye Boy by Angus MacLachlan 1999–2000 Trudy Blue by Marsha Norman Sueño by Jose Rivera Yard Gal by Rebecca Prichard 1998–1999 Wit by Margaret Edson The English Teachers by Ed Napier Angelique by Lorena Gale 1997–1998 Anadarko by Tim Blake Nelson 1996–1997 The Gravity of Means by John Kolvenbach Good as New by Peter Hedges 1995–1996 Nixon's Nixon by Russell Lees The Grey Zone by Tim Blake Nelson Three in the Back, Two in the Head by Jason Sherman 1994–1995 Girl Gone by Jacquelyn Reingold 1993–1994 The Able Bodied Seaman by Alan Bowne Liar, Liar by Dael Orlandersmith 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
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