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Meet the Cast of PUNCH, Now on Broadway

The production will open on Monday, September 29 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

By: Sep. 09, 2025
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Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of Punch, by James Graham, officially begins previews tonight. Tuesday, September 9. The production will open on Monday, September 29 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Meet the cast below!

Punch centers around Jacob, a young man who makes a fatal mistake that lands him in prison. But as he struggles to accept the consequences of his actions and build a new life, he finds an unusual source of salvation: the parents of the boy he killed. 

The cast features Camila Canó-Flaviá as Clare/Nicola, Will Harrison as Jacob, Sam Robards as David/Raf’s Dad, and Lucy Taylor as Mum/Wendy. Two-time Tony Award winner and five-time Tony nominee Victoria Clark will star as the victim’s mother, Joan, alongside Cody Kostro as Raf/Sam and Piter Marek as Tony/Derek/DS Villers.

The creative team for Punch is Anna Fleischle (Scenic and Costume Design), Robbie Butler (Lighting Design), Alexandra Faye Braithwaite (Original Music & Sound Design), Leanne Pinder (Movement Director), Ben Furey (Dialect Coach), Charlotte Fleck (Dialect Coach), Caparelliotis Casting & Kelly Gillespie (Casting), and Richard A. Hodge (Production Stage Manager).

Meet the Cast of PUNCH, Now on Broadway  ImageVictoria Clark - Joan

MTC: The Snow Geese by Sharr White. Twelve additional Broadway adventures including Kimberly Akimbo (Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Lortel Awards, Grammy nomination), The Light in the Piazza (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), and three Tony noms for Gigi, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and Sister Act. Off-Broadway: When the Rain Stops Falling (LCT – Drama Desk Nomination), A Prayer for My Enemy, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Marathon Dancing. TV: “The Gilded Age,” “Elsbeth,” “Homeland,” “Pose,” “The Blacklist,” “Almost Family,” “One Royal Holiday.” Film: The Happening, HarvestCradle Will Rock, Wanderland. Director: New York City Center’s Encores! (Love Life); Classic Stage Company (Strindberg’s Dance of Death); New York Musical Theater Festival (Newton’s Cradle); and Fredericia Theater in Denmark (The Trouble with Doug). Clark has served as faculty or artist-in-residence for Yale University, Pace University and Duke University. Recordings: Fifteen Seconds of Grace and December Songs by Maury Yeston. To the real Joan, Jacob, and David: Thank you for sharing your story at a time when we need it most. 


Meet the Cast of PUNCH, Now on Broadway  ImageCody Kostro - Raf/Sam

Cody Kostro made his Broadway debut in Six Degrees of Separation. He previously made his Off-Broadway debut in Dead Poets Society at Classic Stage Company. Other theater credits include: Lost In Yonkers at The Schoolhouse Theater, Sosua Dare To Dance directed by Elizabeth Swados, and A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe in London. Cody plays Charlie Dobkins on the current season of "Law and Order SVU." Select Film: Ride or Die, Blackout, Jules. Select TV: “Mare of Easttown,” “City on a Hill,” “Flatbush Misdemeanors.” Training: Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.


Meet the Cast of PUNCH, Now on Broadway  ImagePiter Marek - Tony/Derek/DS Villers

Piter is an actor, writer, and creative coach known for his chameleonic range on stage and screen. Highlights include “Ray,” the quirky music producer in “Girls5Eva” (Netflix, Season 2); a multi-season arc on NBC’s “The Blacklist” as cagey “Doctor Nik;” and alongside Ed O’Neill in FX’s “Clipped.” Other credits include “NCIS,” “FBI,” “Ugly Betty,” and “Pan Am.” A seasoned theater artist, Marek loves finding comedic nuance and humanity in all his work. Broadway appearances include the Pulitzer-winning play Disgraced opposite Josh Radnor and Karen Pittman, and alongside Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner in Cyrano de Bergerac. Based between New York and Los Angeles, Marek is passionate about storytelling that delves into the healing of humanity. He is thrilled to be working with this incredible cast.


Meet the Cast of PUNCH, Now on Broadway  ImageCamila Cano-Flavia - Clare/Nicola

Select theater credits include Patriots and Network on Broadway, The Coast Starlight (Lincoln Center Theater), Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons), and MacBeth (Hunter Theater Project). TV/Film credits include Baby Ruby (Magnolia Pictures), “Three Women,” “Watson,” “Blue Bloods,” “Blacklist,” “For Life,” and “Law & Order: SVU.” She received her BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.


Meet the Cast of PUNCH, Now on Broadway  ImageWill Harrison - Jacob

Will Harrison most recently starred as Bobby Neuwirth in James Mangold’s Oscar- and Golden Globe-nominated feature A Complete Unknown for Fox Searchlight, opposite Timothée Chalamet, Ed Norton, and Elle Fanning. Prior, he starred as David Herold in the limited series “Manhunt” opposite Anthony Boyle and Tobias Menzies for Apple TV+. Will made his professional debut as Graham Dunne in the Amazon/Hello Sunshine limited series “Daisy Jones and the Six,” based on the best-selling book by Taylor Jenkins Reid. On stage, he played the lead role of T.J. in Keith Bunin’s play The Coast Starlight at Lincoln Center, directed by Tyne Rafaeli. He will next be seen starring as Buster Murdaugh in Hulu’s limited series “Murdaugh,” alongside Jason Clarke, Patricia Arquette and Johnny Berchtold.  Will is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.


Meet the Cast of PUNCH, Now on Broadway  ImageSam Robards - David/Raf's Dad

Sam Robards has had a vast career in film, television and Broadway. His film credits include Where Is Kyra? opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Kiefer Sutherland, The Art of Getting By, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, The Rebound opposite Catherine Zeta Jones, and American Beauty. He has been featured in television shows such as “Y: The Last Man,” “Limitless,” “The Good Wife,” “Gossip Girl,” “The West Wing,” and “Sex and the City.” Robards’ Broadway credits include The 39 Steps, Absurd Person Singular, and The Man Who Had All The Luck, which garnered him a Tony nomination. On TV, he can recently be seen in MGM+’s “Hotel Cocaine.” His most recent feature credits include Isle of Hope, Space Cadet, and Isle Child. 


Meet the Cast of PUNCH, Now on Broadway  ImageLucy Taylor - Mum/Wendy

Lucy Taylor’s theatre credits include Marys Seacole (LCT3); Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons); The Town Hall Affair (The Wooster Group); Ancient Lives (Half Straddle); Gatz, The Sound and the Fury, The Select: The Sun Also Rises, Fondly Collette Richland (Elevator Repair Service). TV/Film: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Leverage: Redemption,” “Horace and Pete,” “New Amsterdam,” “Limitless,” “Bull,” “Madam Secretary,” Senior Year, “Law & Order: SVU.”




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