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WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE

641 D St NW
Washington, DC 20004

Rose: You Are Who You Eat
Rose: You Are Who You Eat
6/5 - 6/23/2024


Once upon a vine, John Jarboe’s aunt revealed that John not only had a twin sister in the womb, but that John consumed her: “You ...


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Review: ROSE: YOU ARE WHO YOU EAT at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company


by David Friscic - June 10, 2024

Rose: You Are Who You Eat is an irreverent (yet, concurrently, affectionate) look at a performer/cabaret artist’s autobiographical impulse and gender identity questions/affirmations set against the metaphor of cannibalism as a “who gets devoured?”/”feasting/ingestion”  metaphor ---that plays into “d...

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Heads Into 45th Anniversary With Summer & Fall Lineup 


by A.A. Cristi - June 07, 2024

Woolly Mammoth Theatre announces its new season, adopting the London model of short-term programming. The season will run through the end of the year with diverse and dynamic productions....

THE MATCHBOX MAGIC FLUTE & More Lead Washington, DC's June 2024 Top Theatre Shows


by Team BWW - June 03, 2024

Washington, DC is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for June 2024 include The Matchbox Magic Flute, Bye Bye Birdie, and more!...

ROSE: YOU ARE WHO YOU EAT Comes To Woolly Mammoth Theatre


by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2024

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will present John Jarboe's ROSE: YOU ARE WHO YOU EAT, in association with The Bearded Ladies Cabaret. ...

Stephanie J. Block, Rob McClure, and More Receive 2024 Helen Hayes Awards


by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2024

On May 20, 2024, the 40th Helen Hayes Awards took place at The Anthem on the District Wharf, with over 1,600 theatre-makers and theatre supporters in attendance. Learn more about the winners here!...

MUMMY IN THE CLOSET: EVITA'S RETURN & More Lead Washington, DC's May 2024 Top Theatre Shows


by Team BWW - May 01, 2024

Washington, DC is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for May 2024 include Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return, Unknown Soldier and more....

Review: AMM(I)GONE at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company


by David Friscic - April 28, 2024

The semantics and silence that delineate love and disclosure are operating at full throttle in the probing personal story of playwright and performer Adil Mansoor in the theatrical experience that is entitled Amm(i)gone. As the uber-talented Mansoor invites his very traditional Pakistani mother to t...

Washington Stage Guild Closes Season with World Premiere of AN UNBUILT LIFE


by A.A. Cristi - April 12, 2024

Get the latest cast updates for the Washington Stage Guild's production of AN UNBUILT LIFE....

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Presents Benefit Reading Of Sarah Ruhl's DEAR ELIZABETH


by A.A. Cristi - April 10, 2024

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will present a live benefit reading of Sarah Ruhl's Dear Elizabeth: A Play in Letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell and Back Again....

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Present AMM(I)GONE  


by A.A. Cristi - March 26, 2024

Learn more about the national tour of AMM(I)GONE from Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, in association with Kelly Strayhorn Theater....

Past Shows

Amm(i)gone
Amm(i)gone
4/20 - 5/12/2024


Creator and performer Adil Mansoor invites his Pakistani mother to translate Antigone into Urdu as means of exploring the tensions between family and faith. Should ...

Dear Elizabeth: A Play in Letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell and Back Again


Composed of actual letters between renowned poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, Dear Elizabeth intimately reimagines a correspondence between two of the greatest poets of ...

The Sensational Sea Mink-ettes


Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Virginia-born playwright Vivian J.O. Barnes play that follows an HBCU dance team as they prepare for ...

Public Obscenities  
Public Obscenities  
11/13 - 12/23/2023


When Choton returns to Kolkata on a research trip with his Black American boyfriend Raheem, his grandfather’s photograph stares down at him from the walls ...

My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion


Sasha’s 82-year-old mother, Olga, is on the frontlines of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, having lived in Kyiv her whole life. Olga is thrust into increasingly ...

Incendiary
Incendiary
5/29 - 6/29/2023


Tanya is a Black mother determined to break her son, Eric, out of death row — or die trying. She’ll need guns, to get her ...

Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner


When Forbes Magazine declares Kylie Jenner a “self-made” billionaire, Cleo takes to Twitter to call out white women who co-opt and profit from Black culture. ...

Just For Us
Just For Us
11/19 - 12/23/2022


BY AND STARRING ALEX EDELMAN | DIRECTED BY ADAM BRACE JUST FOR US takes the audience through hilarious anecdotes from Alex Edelman’s life — his Olympian ...

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