MCC Theater's 40th Season Features World Premiere of 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' Musical

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The season will also feature the world premiere of ANON – a tempest at our kitchen table by Anne Washburn and more.

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MCC Theater has unveiled their 40th Anniversary Season. In September 2026, MCC Theater will present the World Premiere of ANON – a tempest at our kitchen table by Anne Washburn ( Mr. Burns , a post-electric play) and directed by Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominee Anne Kauffman (Mary Jane). In January 2027 they will present the New York Premiere of The Heart Sellers by Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh (The Far Country) and directed by May Adrales (Vietgone). The season will conclude in June 2027 with the World Premiere musical What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, which features a book by Academy Award nominee Peter Hedges (About a Boy), based on his 1991 novel, with music and lyrics by Adrian Enscoe, Christopher Sears , Sydney Shepherd , and Regina Strayhorn , and is directed by Anne Kauffman .

Casting, creative teams, additional dates, and ticket on sale information for each production will be announced at a later date. MCC will also announce additional events and programming throughout the season to celebrate their 40th anniversary.

MCC Theater Patrons and Subscribers have early access to tickets and 2026-27 Season subscriptions are now on sale. 3-Show Packages include ANON – a tempest at our kitchen table, The Heart Sellers, and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape starting at $225.

More details on MCC Theater ’s 2026-27 40th Anniversary Season:

The World Premiere of

By Anne Washburn Directed by Anne Kauffman Previews Begin September 25, 2026 Opening Night is October 13, 2026 Limited Run Through November 1, 2026 The Newman Mills Theater

When a gay pride flag is unfurled across the street from Jeanie, an increasingly online TikToker in a suburb in Texas, two seemingly different households...freak out. How well do you know the people you live among, and with, in an America where the line between fantasy and reality has become increasingly optional?

By Lloyd Suh Directed by May Adrales January 2027 The Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater

The Heart Sellers is a warm and funny story of a chance encounter and quintessentially American connection. When Jane and Luna , two immigrant strangers, meet on Thanksgiving in 1973, they decide to spend this strange, new holiday together over an evening full of shared laughs, dreams, and a frozen turkey that refuses to thaw.

Book by Peter Hedges Based on his 1991 novel Music and Lyrics by Adrian Enscoe, Christopher Sears , Sydney Shepherd , and Regina Strayhorn Directed by Anne Kauffman June 2027 The Newman Mills Theater

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is a fresh look at the beloved story of a small-town life, a family on the edge, and the dream of escape.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/WHATS-EATING-GILBERT-GRAPE-World-Premiere-and-More-Set-for-MCC-Theater-26-27-Season-20260618)._