FREEZE FRAME: Meet the Company of MCC's YEN

Stage and screen stars Ari Graynor, Stefania LaVie Owen, Justice Smith and Lucas Hedges will soon star in the American premiere of Yen, Anna Jordan's Bruntwood Prize-winning play, directed by MCC alum Trip Cullman.

YEN begins performances on January 12, 2017 ahead of a January 30 opening night. It is currently scheduled through February 19, 2017 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street).

In Yen, Bobbie (Smith) and Hench (Hedges) are home alone. Days are filled by streaming porn, playing video games, watching the world go by. Their mom (Graynor) rarely visits these days, and it's chaos when she does. But when animal-loving neighbor Jenny (Owen) takes an interest in their dog Taliban, the boys discover a world far beyond what they know. Yen explores a childhood lived without boundaries.

YEN, which marks the American debut of playwright Anna Jordan, joins recent MCC productions The Pride and The Nether which also had American Premieres at MCC after debuting with World Premieres at the Royal Court in London. Director Trip Cullman returns to MCC following his OBIE-winning work on Punk Rock and most recently Halley Feiffer's A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York City.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Anna Jordan, Lucas Hedges, Ari Graynor, Stefania Owen, Justice Smith, Jack DiFalco and Trip Cullman attend the cast photocall for 'YEN' at The Manhattan Theatre Club Studios on December 13, 2016 in New York City.