| Neil Patrick Harris & Jane Krakowski Join the Cast of Robert O'Hara's World Premiere Play at MCC Theater | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:33 pm EDT 09/04/24 | |
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| MC THEATER NEIL PATRICK HARRIS & JANE KRAKOWSKI WILL JOIN GARRET DILLAHUNT, GENEVIEVE HANNELIUS, BILLY MAGNUSSEN, DEBRA MESSING, TRAMELL TILLMAN, AND CONSTANCE WU IN THE WORLD PREMIERE OF SHIT. MEET. FAN. WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY OBIE AWARD WINNER AND TONY AWARD NOMINEE ROBERT O'HARA BASED ON THE LOTUS PRODUCTION AND MEDUSA FILM PERFECT STRANGERS BY PAOLO GENOVESE PREVIEWS BEGIN OCTOBER 10, 2024 OPENING NIGHT IS OCTOBER 28, 2024 LIMITED RUN THROUGH NOVEMBER 17, 2024 TICKETS ON SALE NOW MCC Theater (Bernie Telsey and Will Cantler, Co-Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) have announced that five-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award winner Neil Patrick Harris (Into the Woods, Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski (Nine, "Schmigadoon!") have joined the cast of the World Premiere of Shit. Meet. Fan., written and directed by Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominee Robert O'Hara (MCC's BLKS, Slave Play, Bootycandy), and based on the Lotus Production and Medusa Film Perfect Strangers by Paolo Genovese – the most remade film in cinema history. Shit. Meet. Fan. will begin previews on Thursday October 10, with an opening night set for Monday October 28 and a limited run through Sunday November 17, 2024 at MCC Theater's Newman Mills Theater (511 W 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019). Harris and Krakowski join the previously announced Garret Dillahunt ("Hand of God," "Fear the Walking Dead"), Genevieve Hannelius (Along for the Ride), Tony Award nominee Billy Magnussen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Coup!), Emmy Award winner Debra Messing ("Will and Grace," Birthday Candles), Tramell Tillman ("Severance," Good Night, Oscar), and Golden Globe nominee Constance Wu (Little Shop of Horrors, Crazy Rich Asians). Here's the game... Phones Out. Face Up. Volume High. Every text, every email, every call must be shared aloud. That's what a group of long-time friends gather to play on the night of the eclipse. With the cocktails flowing among grownups who refuse to grow up, outrageous secrets and skeletons begin to emerge... Shit. Meet. Fan. Are they ready for the ensuing chaos? Are you? The mayhem unfolds in real time in this World Premiere uproarious new satire written and directed by Tony Award nominee Robert O'Hara (MCC's BLKS, Slave Play, Bootycandy). Shit. Meet. Fan. will feature scenic design by Tony Award winner Clint Ramos (MCC's BLKS), costume design by Tony Award nominee Sarafina Bush (for colored girls...), lighting design by Alex Jainchill (MCC's BLKS), and sound design by Tony Award nominee Palmer Hefferan (MCC's Nollywood Dreams). Imani Champion (Merrily We Roll Along) is the Production Stage Manager. Casting is by The Telsey Office. Shit. Meet. Fan is produced in association with Eva Price, Simon Horsman, and Gianni Nunnari. Tickets are on sale now and start at $39. More information can be found at mcctheater.org. The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 7pm; Saturdays at 8pm; and Sundays at 3pm. Exceptions: · There will be no performances on Tuesday October 29; and Tuesday November 5. · There will be additional performances on Saturday October 26, Saturday November 2, Saturday November 16 at 2pm; Sunday October 27 at 7pm; Thursday October 31 and Thursday November 7 at 2pm; and Monday November 4 at 7pm. · The Saturday October 19 and Saturday November 9 performances will be at 4pm & 8:30pm. · The Sunday October 20 and November 17 performances will be at 2pm & 7pm. Events tied to the production that are free and open to the public include: •Thursday October 10 and Saturday October 12: Voter Registration. The last day to register to vote in November is October 26. Stop by the MCC lobby to register to vote. •Thursday November 14 at 5:30pm: Shit. Meet. Fan. Game Night. Think you know someone well? Come prove your knowledge at game night. Bring a friend, partner, parent, or plus one and answer trivia questions that only they know the answer to. Prizes will be awarded to top players. Shit. Meet. Fan. is supported in part by the R&S Shulman Fund, which supports artistic development and production of new plays, as well as development and engagement activities, with a focus on work by African American playwrights. ABOUT MCC THEATER MCC Theater is one of New York's leading nonprofit Off-Broadway companies, driven by a mission to provoke conversations that have never happened and otherwise never would. Founded in 1986 by Bob LuPone (1946-2022) and Bernie Telsey, and later joined by co-Artistic Director Will Cantler, as a collective of artists leading peer-based classes to support their own development as actors, writers and directors, MCC fulfills its mission through the production of world, American, and New York premiere plays and musicals that challenge artists and audiences to confront contemporary personal and social issues, and robust playwright development and education initiatives that foster the next generation of theater artists and students. MCC Theater's celebrated productions include Rachel Bonds and Zoe Sarnak's musical The Lonely Few, Jason Robert Brown, Daisy Prince, and Jonathan Marc Sherman's world premiere musical The Connector, Gavin Creel's Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice, Hansol Jung's Wolf Play (Five Lucille Lortel Awards, including Outstanding Play); Guadalís Del Carmen's Bees & Honey (Three HOLA awards including Outstanding Play and Outstanding Production); John J. Caswell, Jr.'s Wet Brain, Kate Nash's Only Gold with a book by Andy Blankenbuehler and Ted Malawer; Donja R. Love's soft; Ross Golan's The Wrong Man; Aziza Barnes' BLKS; 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 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 musicals including Alice by Heart, Ride the Cyclone, Carrie, and Coraline. Many plays developed and produced by MCC have gone on to productions throughout the country and around the world. Over the years MCC has worked with thousands of students through the innovative MCC Youth Company, school partnerships, and student matinee programs. Executive Director Blake West joined the company in 2006. MCC opened the doors to its new home in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space, on January 9, 2019, unifying the company's activities under one roof for the first time and expanding its producing, artist development, and education programming. MCC founding Co-Artistic Director Bob LuPone sadly passed away on August 27, 2022. MCC continues to honor his fierce need for engagement with the art, the artists, and the audience and remember the profound impact he had on everyone who entered its spaces. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT MCCTheater.org |
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