6 / 10
It’s all very clever, perhaps too clever for its own good. On a cerebral level, Anon offers plenty food for thought. The insanity of QAnon’s wild conspiracy theories has become disturbingly pervasive and I applaud Anon’s effort to sound the alarm. But for all its dramatic ambitions, nothing is resolved and the production leaves the characters and the audience hanging, strangely unmoved.
6 / 10
ANON shows how users try to manipulate algorithms to attract viewers, but says little about how platforms steadily feed users more extreme material. More attention to that reverse process, including how the influencer herself became influenced by conspiratorial content, would offer a more complex exploration of agency and responsibility.
MCC Theater just celebrated opening night for the World Premiere of ANON by Anne Washburn and directed by Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominee Anne Kauffman. ANON is the first production in MCC's 40th Anniversary season. The limited run will continue through Sunday November 1, 2026 at the Newman Mills Theater at The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space. Check out photos here!
Now running at MCC Theater is the World Premiere of ANON by Anne Washburn (Mr. Burns, a post-electric play) and directed by Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominee Anne Kauffman (Mary Jane). ANON is the first production in MCC's 40th Anniversary season. Let's see what the critics are saying about the new play...
MCC Theater will host pre- and post-show programming for Anne Washburn's world premiere play ANON, including a queer horror writing workshop, community forums on QAnon and technology.
MCC Theater has revealed the full cast and creative team for the World Premiere of ANON: a tempest at our kitchen table by Anne Washburn and directed by Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominee Anne Kauffman.
