MCC announce details of 2012-2013 season

MCC theater's 2012-2013 season will present three works: the world premiere of Don't Go Gentle by Stephen Belber, the New York premiere of Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzos, with one more production still to be announced.

MCC Artistic Director Bernard Telsey says, "Having concluded a landmark season at MCC, and are now focused on our next and very exciting season ahead. Stephen Belber serves up another morally ambiguous character portrait with his signature go-for-the-jugular style in Don't Go Gentle. The play's world premiere, directed by Belber's frequent collaborator Lucie Tiberghian, will kick off our 27th season. On its heels, we'll introduce New York audiences to the voice of playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo with the New York premiere of Really Really. We're thrilled to be working with David Cromer on this new production of Colaizzo's truly surprising play, which caused a stir earlier this year during its smash-hit run at the Signature Theater in D.C. These two stunning new plays will propel our upcoming season forward to a third attention-grabbing production we're looking forward to announcing shortly."

Casting announcements and full scheduling dates for each production will be forthcoming.

The plays will be presented in the following season order:
World Premiere
Don't Go Gentle
by Stephen Belber
Directed by Lucie Tiberghian
Cast: tba
Venue: Lucille Lortel Theatre
Dates: 27 Sep - 4 Nov 2012.

Judge Lawrence Driver: conservative powerhouse on the bench, failure at home. Now retired, widowed, and seeking redemption, Lawrence volunteers to do pro bono legal work with Tanya, a vulnerable ex-con with a troubled teenage son, while working to repair the increasingly complicated relationships with his own adult children. But do-overs don't come easy, and when his newfound generosity is perceived as condescension, Lawrence runs the risk of losing everything. Stephen Belber's plays include 'Tape,' 'Dusk Rings A Bell' and 'Match' on Broadway. Director Lucie Tiberghian, a frequent collaborator with Belber, directed his play 'Geometry of Fire' at the Rattlestick Theater. She most recently directed the West Coast premiere of 'Blood and Gifts' at the La Jolla Playhouse.

New York Premiere
Really Really
By Paul Downs Colaizzo
Director: David Cromer
Cast: tba Venue: Lucille Lortel Theatre
Dates: 31 Jan - 10 Mar 2013

Synopsis: In the hazy aftermath of a wild party, dawn breaks on what appears to be just another day in the undergrad carnival that revolves around a close circle of friends. But when morning-after gossip turns ugly, the veneer of loyalty and friendship is peeled back to reveal a vicious jungle of sexual politics, raw ambition, and class warfare where only the strong could possibly survive.

Paul Downs Colaizzo's Really Really premiered at D.C.'s Signature Theater. The play now gets its New York premiere in a new production directed by David Cromer, who is currently represented Off-Broadway with Tribes. Cromer received acclaimed for his 2009 Off-Broadway production of Thornton Wilder's 'Our Town.'

A third production is still to be announced!
Venue: Lucille Lortel Theatre
Dates: 16 May - 23 Jun 2013