FREEZE FRAME: Meet the Cast of MCC's PUNK ROCK

MCC THEATER will soon feature film and TV star Douglas Smith, Pico Alexander, Lilly Englert, Lortel Award winner Annie Funke, Five-time Obie winner David Greenspan, Colby Minifie, Will Pullen, and Noah Robbins in the New York premiere of Punk Rock, a new play by Simon Stephens and directed by Trip Cullman. Performances for Punk Rock begin at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC) on October 29, 2014. An official opening is set for November 17, 2014 and it is currently scheduled through December 7, 2014. Tickets are now on sale. For info, please visit www.mcctheater.org.

The company just met the press and you can check out a photo preview of the festivities below. Check back later for full coverage!

Co-Artistic Director of MCC Theater Will Cantler said, "Simon Stephen's play is explosive - a real gut punch. It's the kind of writing that surprises at every twist and still feels inevitable when it's done. It's just the sort of keep-you-talking play we love, and our good friend Trip Cullman is going to take this very sexy young cast and rock it out."

In a private school outside of Manchester, England a group of highly-articulate seventeen year-olds flirt and posture their way through the day while preparing for their A-Level mock exams. With hormones raging and minimal adult supervision, nothing can mask the underlying tension that becomes increasingly pronounced as the clock ticks towards the ultimate dismissal.

Inspired by playwright Simon Stephens' own experiences as a teacher, Punk Rock is an unnerving chronicle of contemporary adolescence at the breaking point. Stephens is currently represented on Broadway by the Olivier Award-winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time now playing at the Barrymore Theatre.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride