Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has announced that its summer remount of the 2010 smash-hit Clybourne Park is officially the highest grossing production in Woolly's 32 year history, playing to 105% audience capacity. Due to incredible audience demand, three additional performances were added, and the run sold out over a week before the closing date, playing to standing room-only audiences. The production has officially broken three Woolly sales records, including highest daily sales, number of tickets sold in one day (on Thursday, July 28, 2011), and highest grossing production. In addition, Clybourne Park broke its previous daily sales record four times over the course of the run.
On top of its box office records, Clybourne Park hosted 26 live discussions: six forums and 20 audience exchanges featuring 44 different speakers, including notable guests such as US Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Andy Shallal of Busboys and Poets, and Danny Harris of People's District to name a few. Audience members for Clybourne Park came from a total of 32 different states, as well as Canada, Puerto Rico, Tokyo, London, and South Africa."Woolly is extremely proud of Clybourne Park's many successes," says Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann. "This show provided a big financial boost which has been key to our ability to finish Fiscal Year '11 in a strong place after taking such an enormous hit to our federal funding. Clybourne Park also served to raise Woolly's profile in both DC and The National Theatre scene, but most importantly, it is a play that aligns so perfectly with Woolly's aesthetic and political values. It speaks provocatively to the issues of race and gentrification-issues that continued to resonate with audience members in post-show discussions, forums, and through widespread online conversation via social media, blogs, and podcasts."Videos