An Octoroon Makes Its Triumphant Return to Woolly Mammoth July 18

Last year’s most talked-about, most unforgettable production is returning to Woolly for a limited three-week run: An Octoroon by new MacArthur “Genius Grant”-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins!  Tickets are now on sale, so waste no time.  You won’t want to miss this play! A plantation on the brink of foreclosure. A young gentleman falling for the part-black…

KISS and Pay What You Can withWoolly Mammoth

Woolly Mammoth continues to bring cutting edge theater to DC, and today only, you can see their newest show, Kiss, for whatever you wish to pay!  The fantastic Pay What You Can returns tonight as a way to introduce the show to DC’s more economical theater-goers.  Show up early (sales begin at 6pm) to reserve…

Weekend East City Event Round Up: June 16 – June 18 Edition

Thursday, June 16   Washington Project for the Arts – 6:30 p.m. Kemi Ilesanmi, Executive Director of The Laundromat Project, will discuss her organization’s work with community art. For more information, click here. Washington Project for the Arts is located at 2124 8th St. NE.   Woolly Mammoth Theater – 6:30 p.m. Sheldon Scott leads…

Cherokee Opens at Woolly Mammoth February 9

CHEROKEE: Pay What You Can performances: Feb 9 & 10, 8PM Lisa D’Amour’s latest work a companion piece to last season’s hit, Detroit takes a disparate group of Americans to the brink… and even beyond. What does it mean to lead an authentic life? What are we willing to give up to have our lives transformed?…

World Premiere Comedy The Totalitarians Arrives at Woolly Mammoth

If you worship at the altar of Colbert, if you religiously watch The Daily Show, you won t want to miss this riotous comedy! Pay-What-You-Can Performances start on June 2, with performances continuing through June 29.  Shows starts at 8:oo. Francine, the ambitious speechwriter for a rich housewife s vanity campaign for public office, has…