IN THE NEXT ROOM, OEDIPUS EL REY & More Set for Woolly Mammoth's '10-'11 Season

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC., has announced their upcoming works for its 2010-2011 season. Below is the full lineup.

ONE-MAN LORD OF THE RINGS
Written & performed by Charles Ross
July 5 - August 1, 2010

The force behind One-Man Star Wars Trilogy returns with his signature brand of camp, irony, and stamina to present another take on good vs. evil.

IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY
By Sarah Ruhl, Directed by Aaron Posner
August 23 - October 3, 2010

At the dawn of the electrical age, a new medical device is developed to treat and pacify "hysterical" women, but it unknowingly produces a very different result. Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Sarah Ruhl shares this story of sexuality, repression, and exploration with equal doses of humor and emotion.

HOUSE OF GOLD
By Gregory S. Moss, Directed by Sarah Benson
November 1 - November 28, 2010

Just after Halloween comes a darkly funny inquest on the fate of a certain six-year-old beauty queen. This pitch-black funhouse ride into America's suburban psyche shows how our obsessions with youth, beauty, and race can conjure a phenomenon like JonBenet Ramsey.

A GIRL'S GUIDE TO WASHINGTON POLITICS
Written and performed by Chicago's Second City
December 8, 2010 - January 8, 2011

Following the success of Barack Stars: The Wrath of Rahm, Second City returns to its D.C. home for a riotous take on the most influential, powerful, and polarizing women in politics. This original and all-new performance is being developed exclusively for Woolly Mammoth and Washington, D.C.!

OEDIPUS EL REY
By Luis Alfaro, Directed by Michael John Garcés
February 7 - March 6, 2011

An Oedipus rewired for today, but which still explores the complex rhythms between maternal and sexual love. Set in the present day between the L.A. barrio and California prison system, this transformed classic explores love and self-fulfilling prophecy in a world of crime and fate.

A NEW MONOLOGUE* BY Mike Daisey
Created by Mike Daisey, Directed by Jean-Michele Gregory
March 21 - April 10, 2011

Mike Daisey brings great intensity and passion to every topic he tackles. This time around, Mike applies his maniacal musings and hysterical wit in a new monologue that deconstructs a certain technology icon*.

*Note: The subject of this play and title will be revealed as soon as Mike concludes his stealthy research.

BOOTYCANDY
Written and Directed by Robert O'Hara
June 6 - July 10, 2011

Robert O'Hara, the Helen Hayes-nominated writer of Antebellum, presents a scandalous and wickedly funny lesson in sex education. This high-energy contemporary comedy explores how we talk about our bodies at home, in church, and on the corner.

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Currently under the leadership of Shalwitz and Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann, Woolly Mammoth is a member of the National New Play Network, Theatre Communications Group, The League of Washington Theatres, and The Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, and a participant in the A-ha! Program: Think it, Do it, funded by MetLife and administered by Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the American theatre. The Theatre's programs are supported in part by The National Endowment for the Arts, the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program/United States Commission of Fine Arts, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

For more information on the Wolly Mammoth Company, visit their website.