Courtney Baron's A Very Common Procedure Next Up at MCC

MCC Theater has announced plans to present the New York premiere of Courtney Baron's A Very Common Procedure, directed by Michael Greif Grey Gardens, Satellites, Rent. The play will begin performances at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on January 31, 2007, open on February 14 and continue through March 10. Casting will be announced at a later date.

A Very Common Procedure is described as a hard-hitting yet humorous story of self-discovery as a husband, his wife and her doctor take a crash course in the workings of the human heart. Carolyn Goldenhersch begins an extramarital affair with Dr. Anil Patel that takes them from Indian restaurants in Queens to Jewish delis on the Lower East Side. In facing the horrific moment that has brought them together, these three New Yorkers must come to a final confrontation in which faith, love and the truth are put to the test. The play was originally presented at San Francisco's Magic Theatre in March 2006 under the title Morbidity and Mortality.

Baron's plays include Consumption, Not Our Last Hurrah, These Three Here, John Brown's Body, Black Fish, The Blue Room, In the Widow's Garden, Dream of Heaven and Hell, Dear Anton, The Good Night, Clip, Preserve and Here I Lie.

MCC's production of Nixon's Nixon continues at the Lortel through October 28. Theaterworks USA's production of Great Expectations will then go into the Lortel, running from November 8 to December 3, followed by Henry and Mudge, running from December 13 to January 30, 2007. MCC's final production of the season will be the world premiere of Neil LaBute's In a Dark, Dark House running from May 16 to June 23, 2007.