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Photos: MCC's PERMISSION Celebrates Opening Night Early at the Lucille Lortel Theatre

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MCC Theater's Permission, the new comedy from Hand to God playwright Robert Askins recently extended by a week through June 14th. Permission celebrates its Opening Night tonight, May 20th, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street). Permission stars Justin Bartha, of Broadway's Lend Me A Tenor, Off-Broadway's All New People and the blockbuster film The Hangover; Twilight Saga and "Grey's Anatomy" Emmy-nominated star Elizabeth Reaser, returning to MCC following her critically acclaimed performance in this fall's The Money Shot; and theater regulars Nicole Lowrance, Talene Monahon, and Lucas Near-Verbrugghe.

The company celebrated opening night early, and below, you can check out photos from the curtain call and after party!

Two-time Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers directs Permission, the new play from Robert Askins, who was last seen at MCC with the smash hit production of Hand to God, which is now premiering on Broadway at The Booth Theatre.

In Permission, Eric and Cyndy are looking for some direction. They've decided to follow the lead of their friends Zach and Shelley and make the real life practice of Christian Domestic Discipline the foundation of their marriage. But restructuring their lives and their union according to role play and a new moral code upends everything they knew--and took for granted--about one another, their friends, and more importantly, who really holds the power.

Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski

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Nicole Lowrance, Elizabeth Reaser, Justin Bartha Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Talene Monahon

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Nicole Lowrance, Elizabeth Reaser, Justin Bartha Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Talene Monahon

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Nicole Lowrance, Elizabeth Reaser, Justin Bartha Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Talene Monahon

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Nicole Lowrance, Elizabeth Reaser, Justin Bartha Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Talene Monahon

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Douglas Smith

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Justin Bartha

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Justin Bartha

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Elizabeth Reaser

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Elizabeth Reaser

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Nicole Lowrance

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Nicole Lowrance

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Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Nicole Lowrance, Elizabeth Reaser, Talene Monahon, Justin Bartha

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Alex Timbers, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Nicole Lowrance, Robert Askins, Elizabeth Reaser, Talene Monahon, Justin Bartha

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Will Cantler, Bernie Telsey, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Nicole Lowrance, Robert Askins, Elizabeth Reaser, Talene Monahon, Justin Bartha, Robert LuPone, Blake West, Alex Timbers

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Talene Monahon

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Talene Monahon

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Lucas Near-Verbrugghe

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Lucas Near-Verbrugghe

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Justin Bartha, Elizabeth Reaser



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