Joy and All Out Pleasure

Posted by Cullen Golden, 18, MCC Theater Youth Company Member --

Over the past few weeks of FreshPlay rehearsals three plays have been rewritten, staged, lit, sprinkled with sound and acted out with such love and dedication.


These photos show just one of the plays being produced, Taking Leave. I hope that they give you a glimpse into the joy and all out pleasure that is this year's Fresh Play Festival.
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Swoon

MCC Company Manager Kristina Bramhall was at the Tony Awards ceremony last month to support our Broadway production of reasons to be pretty (nominated for three awards). But, apparently there was also some swooning going on and the LA Times was there to catch it. Sadly, she wasn't credited. (Although in fairness, Susan Sarandon, who sat next to her, wasn't credited either.)

Click here to read the LA Times'
feature on Hair's Gavin Creel.

Playwrights' Coalition Productions All Over Town

Posted by Stephen Willems, Literary Manager--

Our developmental support group for 27 of New York’s most exciting early and mid-career writers, The Playwrights’ Coalition, is all over town – with three separate productions happening now or about to happen soon:

David Adjmi’s wonderful Stunning is currently playing to great notices and audience response at The Duke Theater as a Lincoln Center LC3 production. It boasts an incredible artistic team of director, actors, and designers … a great theater experience.

Lucy Thurber’s sprawling, futuristic play Monstrosity with a staggering cast of 30 will be opening soon at The Connolly Theatre. Raw energy and great storytelling.

Ann Marie Healy’s funny and haunting play What Once We Felt is another Lincoln Center LC3 choice for next season.

Congratulations to these founding members of The Playwrights’ Coalition!

(Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times. Cristin Milioti and Danny Mastrogiorgio in Stunning.)