I just stood there and I heard this voice…
“Everything’s going to be alright.”
American Premiere
Jan 28-Mar 20, 2010
The Pride
by Alexi Kaye Campbell
directed by Joe Mantello
with Hugh Dancy, Adam James,
Andrea Riseborough, Ben Whishaw

Oliver, Philip, and Sylvia are caught in a kind of erotic time warp. Their complex love triangle, replete with conflicting loyalties and passions, jumps from 1958 to the present and back in a maelstrom of fantasy, repression and rebellion in this innovative new drama. After taking London by storm last season in an Olivier Award-winning production at the Royal Court, The Pride now makes its American premiere at MCC Theater. Tony Award-winning director Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Blackbird) joins playwright Alexi Kaye Campbell (Apologia), to stage this alternately tough and touching look at love and betrayal.  Four of Britain's most acclaimed young actors, Hugh Dancy (Adam, Journey's End), Adam James (Last Chance Harvey), Andrea Riseborough (Happy-Go-Lucky) and Ben Whishaw (Bright Star, Brideshead Revisited) will star.

"Hugh Dancy is a British actor on his way to superstardom, he has range and discipline...His craft and versaitility overwhelm." -New York Observer

"No theatre has boasted a more illustrious line-up of Hamlets than the Old Vic, among them Gielgud, Olivier, Burton, Guinness, Redgrave, O'Toole and Jacobi.  Last night, 23-year-old Ben Whishaw spectacularly earned his place in such distinguished company."
-Daily Telegraph (London)

"Campbell's mature ability to grip audiences with subtly truthful disclosure is matched by his skill at construction." -Variety

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When you [behavior], I feel [feeling].
Apr 7-May 23, 2010
Family Week
by Beth Henley
directed by Jonathan Demme
with Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Kathleen Chalfant,
Rosemarie DeWitt, Sami Gayle

A year after the death of her son, Claire checks into a recovery center in the desert, searching for a way to cope.  When her mother, daughter and sister arrive to participate in "family week," long-dormant traumas collide with recent tragedies in surprisingly comical, shocking and deeply moving ways.  United in this family struggle, the women rage and reach out in an effort to reconcile their love with the way things are.  Making his theatrical debut, Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) collaborates with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley (Crimes of the Heart) on a new version of this bitterly funny play. Acclaimed actresses Kathleen Chalfant (MCC's Wit) and Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married) will join the cast.

"Beth Henley's prose somehow always finds the sugar in the shadows of despair." -New York Times

"With Jonathan Demme in charge, there’s a guarantee of taste and skill.” -New Yorker

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