{{short description|American theater company}} {{Multiple issues| {{promotional|date=March 2015}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2023}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = Manhattan Class Company Theater | logo = MCC Theater.png | logo_size = 200px | founded = {{Start date|1986}} in New York, New York | founders = {{unbulleted list|Robert LuPone|Bernard Telsey|William Cantler}} }}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mcctheater.org/|title=MCC Theater / New York City Off-Broadway Theater Company|website=MCC Theater|language=en-US|access-date=November 6, 2019}}</ref>
== 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: {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * 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 {{div col end}}
== Mainstage productions == '''2025–2026'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://mcctheater.org/our-2025-26-season/ |title=Our 2025–26 Season |website=MCC Theater |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref> * ''Caroline'' by Preston Max Allen * ''Cold War Choir Practice'' by Ro Reddick * ''Birthright'' by Jonathan Spector
'''2024–2025'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://mcctheater.org/2024-2025/ |title=Our 2024–25 Season |website=MCC Theater |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref> * ''Table 17'' by Douglas Lyons * ''Shit. Meet. Fan.'' by Robert O'Hara * ''Trophy Boys'' by Emmanuelle Mattana
'''2023–2024'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://mcctheater.org/2023-2024/ |title=Our 2023–24 Season |website=MCC Theater |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref> * ''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'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://mcctheater.org/previous-seasons/our-2022-23-season/ |title=Our 2022–23 Season |website=MCC Theater |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref> * ''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'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://mcctheater.org/previous-seasons/2021-2022/ |title=Our 2021–22 Season |website=MCC Theater |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref>
* ''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'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/mccs-20192020-season-taps-jocelyn-biohs-nollywood-dreams-ross-golan-musical-and-more |title=MCC’s 2019–2020 Season Taps Jocelyn Bioh’s Nollywood Dreams, Ross Golan Musical, and More |website=Playbill |author=Olivia Clement |date=April 18, 2019 |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref>
* ''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'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://mcctheater.org/previous-seasons/2018-2019/ |title=Our 2018–19 Season |website=MCC Theater |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref> * ''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'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/mcc-announces-20172018-season |title=MCC Announces 2017–2018 Season |website=Playbill |author=Olivia Clement |date=April 6, 2017 |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref> *''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'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/mcc-theater-2016-2017-season-announced |title=MCC Theater Announces 2016–2017 Season |website=New York Theatre Guide |author=Tom Millward |date=October 19, 2017 |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref> *''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'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/mcc-theater-2015-2016-season-announced |title=MCC Theater Announces 2015–2016 Season |website=New York Theatre Guide |author=Tom Millward |date=February 10, 2015 |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref> *''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'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/mcc-theater-announces-2014-2015-season |title=MCC Theater Announces 2014–2015 Season |website=New York Theatre Guide |author=Tom Millward |date=April 23, 2014 |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref> *''The Money Shot'' by Neil LaBute *''Punk Rock'' by Simon Stephens<ref>Winner of the 2015 Obie Award: [http://www.obieawards.com/2015/05/2015-obie-award-winners-announced/ 2015 Obie Awards]</ref> *''The Nether'' by Jennifer Haley *''Permission'' by Robert Askins
'''2013–2014'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/mcc-announce-details-of-20132014-season |title=MCC Theatre Announces 2013–2014 Season Details |website=New York Theatre Guide |author=Tom Millward |date=October 19, 2017 |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref> *''Small Engine Repair'' by John Pollono *''Hand to God'' by Robert Askins *''The Village Bike'' by Penelope Skinner
'''2012–2013'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/163156/christopher-fitzgerald-michael-cristofer-and-more-sign-on-for-mccs-2012-2013-season/ |title=Christopher Fitzgerald, Michael Cristofer and More Sign On for MCC’s 2012–2013 Season |website=Broadway.com |author=Broadway.com Staff |date=July 30, 2012 |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref> *''Don't Go Gentle'' by Stephen Belber *''Really Really'' by Paul Downs Colaizzo *''Reasons to Be Happy'' by Neil LaBute
'''2011–2012'''<ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/mcc-announce-new-season-0 |title=MCC Theatre Announces New Season |website=New York Theatre Guide |author=Tom Millward |date=October 19, 2017 |access-date=2026-05-14}} </ref> *''The Submission'' by Jeff Talbott *''Wild Animals You Should Know'' by Thomas Higgins *''Carrie'' by Lawrence D. Cohen
'''2010–2011'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/world-premieres-by-labute-weller-and-white-to-play-off-broadway-at-mcc-com-167571 |title=World Premieres by LaBute, Weller and White to Play Off-Broadway at MCC |website=Playbill |author=Ernio Hernandez |date=April 12, 2010 |access-date=2026-05-14}}</ref> *''The Break of Noon'' book by Neil LaBute *''The Other Place'' by Sharr White *''Side Effects'' by Michael Weller
'''2009–2010'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/mcc-2009-10-season-to-present-3-works-still-life-the-pride-family-week |title=MCC 2009–2010 Season to Present 3 Works: Still Life, The Pride & Family Week |website=New York Theatre Guide |author=Tom Millward |date=June 16, 2009 |access-date=2026-05-14}}</ref> *''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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Category:Theatre companies in New York City Category:Off Broadway League Category:Off-Broadway theaters