Jackie Clune, Marcello Cruz, Ash Hunter, Mithra Malek and Eugene McCoy will star in the world premiere of Hannah Doran’s The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights, which will debut at Park Theatre this November.
Directed by George Turvey, Clune plays Paula, with Cruz as JD, Hunter as Billy, Malek as T and McCoy as David.
T is the new summer hire at Cafarelli & Sons, an iconic New York butcher, but life in a messy cutting room isn’t glamorous. No-nonsense boss Paula tries to keep everyone in line, but the business is struggling: when the season ends, someone’s for the chop.
With the American Dream of a better life hanging in the balance, JD and Billy find themselves pitted against each other, each determined to secure a future. Around them, David and T are drawn into shifting alliances and fractured loyalties. But how far will they go to survive?
Design is by Mona Camille, lighting design by Bethany Gupwell and music & sound design by Asaf Zohar.
Doran’s play is the 2024 winner of the Papatango New Writing Prize, selected from a record-breaking 1,589 entries. The competition is the UK’s only annual playwriting award guaranteeing its winner a full production, publication, royalties and a new commission.
The production opens in Park200 at Park Theatre on November 4, 2025, with previews from October 30, and runs until November 29.
Tickets here.
Top image: Jackie Clune, Marcello Cruz, Ash Hunter, Mithra Malek and Eugene McCoy (images supplied)