Jane Krakowski, John Benjamin Hickey Guest on MODERN FAMILY Tonight

Broadway vets Jane Krakowski (Grand Hotel, Company) and John Benjamin Hickey (The Normal Heart) will guest star on an all-new episode of ABC's Modern Family titled "Under Pressure". In the episode, the high school open house puts the parents in a bit of a time warp when Claire finds herself stressed out by all the pressure, Gloria encounters a "mean girl" mom (guest star Krakowski) and Jay teaches Phil how to play a little hookie.

Elsewhere, Mitchell gets defensive when he encounters his judgemental, environmentalist neighbor (guest star Jesse Eisenberg) and Alex goes to see a therapist (guest star John Benjamin Hickey). The episode airs TONIGHT, JANUARY 15 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

"Modern Family" stars Ed O'Neill as Jay, Julie Bowen as Claire, Ty Burrell as Phil, Sofia Vergara as Gloria, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell, Eric Stonestreet as Cameron, SARAH HYLANd as Haley, Nolan Gould as Luke, Ariel Winter as Alex, Rico Rodriguez as Manny and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily.

Guest cast includes Jesse Eisenberg as Asher, Jane Krakowski as Dr. Donna Duncan, James Gleason as Mr. Ingram, Andrew Daly as Principal Brown, John Benjamin Hickey as Dr. Clark, Grace Rowe as Mrs. Bay, Anjali Bhimani as Nina Patel, Nike Doukas as Mrs. Nuttle, BalDeep Singh as Dad, Chelsea Summer as Piper and Brooke Star as Zoe.

"Under Pressure" was written by Elaine Ko and directed by JAMES BAGDONAS.

Photo credit: Richard Cartwright/ABC

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