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:
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Jocelyn Bioh's School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
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Penelope Skinner's The Village Bike
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Robert Askins' Hand to God (Broadway transfer; five 2015 Tony Award nominations including Best Play)
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John Pollono's Small Engine Repair
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Paul Downs Colaizzo's Really Really
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Sharr White's The Other Place (Broadway transfer)
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Jeff Talbott's The Submission (Laurents/Hatcher Award)
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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
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Michael Weller's Fifty Words
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Alexi Kaye Campbell's The Pride
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Bryony Lavery's Frozen (Broadway transfer; four 2004 Tony Award nominations including Best Play, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor)
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Tim Blake Nelson's The Grey Zone
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Rebecca Gilman's The Glory of Living (2002 Pulitzer Prize finalist)
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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
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Robert LuPone – Artistic Director
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Bernard Telsey – Artistic Director
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William Cantler – Artistic Director
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Blake West – Executive Director
Artists
MCC has engaged a collection of directors and artists that have included:
Mainstage Productions
2022–2024
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Shit. Meet. Fan. by Robert O'Hara
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Only Gold by Kate Nash, Andy Blankenbuehler and Ted Malawer
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Wolf Play by Hansol Jung
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Bees and Honey by Guadalís Del Carmen
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Wet Brain by John J. Caswell, Jr.
2021–2022
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Nollywood Dreams by Jocelyn Bioh
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Space Dogs (musical) by Nick Blaemire and Van Hughes (actor/writer)
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Which Way to the Stage by Ana Nogueira
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Uncensored
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Soft by Donja R. Love
2019–2020
2018–2019
2017–2018
2016–2017
2015–2016
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The Legend of Georgia McBride by Matthew Lopez
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Lost Girls by John Pollono
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Smokefall by Noah Haidle
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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
2013–2014
2012–2013
2011–2012
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The Submission by Jeff Talbott
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Wild Animals You Should Know by Thomas Higgins
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Carrie by Lawrence D. Cohen
2010–2011
2009–2010
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Family Week book by Beth Henley
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The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell
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Still Life by Alexander Dinelaris
2008–2009
2007–2008
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Spain by Jim Knable
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Grace by Mick Gordon and A. C. Grayling
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reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute
2006–2007
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In A Dark Dark House by Neil LaBute
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A Very Common Procedure by Courtney Baron
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Nixon's Nixon by Russell Lees
2005–2006
2004–2005
2003–2004
2002–2003
2001–2002
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The Glory of Living by Rebecca Gilman
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Runt of the Litter by Bo Eason
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A Letter from Ethel Kennedy by Christopher Gorman
2000–2001
1999–2000
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Trudy Blue by Marsha Norman
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Sueño by Jose Rivera
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Yard Gal by Rebecca Prichard
1998–1999
1997–1998
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Anadarko by Tim Blake Nelson
1996–1997
1995–1996
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Nixon's Nixon by Russell Lees
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The Grey Zone by Tim Blake Nelson
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Three in the Back, Two in the Head by Jason Sherman
1994–1995
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Girl Gone by Jacquelyn Reingold
1993–1994
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The Able Bodied Seaman by Alan Bowne
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Liar, Liar by Dael Orlandersmith
1992–1993
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Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball
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D Train by James Bosley and Fay Simpson
1991–1992
1987–1988
