Woolly Mammoth Announces Additional Guests for CLYBOURNE PARK

With the first performance of Woolly's Clybourne Park remount in exactly one week, influential DC leaders are jumping at the chance to spark post-show conversations with audience members in Woolly's effort to program a post-show event after every performance of the show. Clybourne Park runs July 21 - August 14, 2011. All post-show events are free, and attendance at the performance prior to a post-show activity is not required.

Calendar of Post-Show Events:
· Thursday, July 21st following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange featuring David Hilfiker, author of Urban Injustice: How Ghettos Happen and founder of Joseph's House.

· Friday, July 22nd following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange, featuring cast members of Clybourne Park.

· Saturday, July 23rd following the 3pm performance

Artistic Forum featuring Danny Harris, writer and photographer, People's District.

· Saturday, July 23rd following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange featuring Sarah Browning, Director of Split This Rock and Kenny Carroll, poet, playwright, and author.

· Sunday, July 24th following the 2pm performance

Audience Exchange featuring Howell S. Baum, professor at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and author of Brown in Baltimore; School Desegregation and the Limits of Liberalism.

· Sunday, July 24th following the 7pm performance

Audience Exchange featuring Dr. Sheri Parks, Professor at American University, author of Fierce Angels and host of NPR's Clear Reception with Sheri Parks.

· Wednesday, July 27th following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange, featuring Erricka Bridgeford, Director of Training at Community Mediation Maryland.

· Thursday, July 28th following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange, featuring a member of the YWCA National Capital Area community.

· Friday, July 29th following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange, featuring Kristin Leahey, Production Dramaturg of the 2010 production of Clybourne Park at Woolly.

· Saturday, July 30th following the 3pm performance

Artistic Forum, guest to be announced.

· Saturday, July 30th following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange featuring Andy Shallal, artist, activist, restaurateur, and owner of Busboys and Poets.

· Sunday, July 31st following the 3pm performance

Mammoth Forum "Media as Storyteller" featuring:

o Lydia DePillis, author of "Housing Complex" blog for the Washington City Paper.

o Shani Hilton, author of Confessions of a Black Gentrifier.

o Elahe Izadi, reporter for WAMU's DCentric.

o Philip Stewart, reporter ABC7/WJLA-TV and News Channel 8 team.

· Wednesday, August 3rd following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange, featuring James Sykes, member of the US Veterans Inc. community.

· Thursday, August 4th following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange, featuring Elahe Izadi reporter for WAMU's DCentric.

· Friday, August 5th following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange, featuring Sylvia Robinson, General Manager of Emergence Community Arts Collective.

· Saturday, August 6th following the 3pm performance

Artistic Forum featuring Tendani Mpulubusi, documentary filmmaker (Barry Farm: Past and Present).

· Saturday, August 6th following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange, featuring Antoinette Ford and members of the Double Nickels Theatre Company.

· Sunday, August 7th following the 3pm performance

Mammoth Forum "Gentrification is..." featuring:

o Justin Maher, PhD candidate in American Studies at the University of Maryland.

o Edward Jones, long-time resident of Bloomingdale neighborhood.

o dany sigwalt, third-generation Washingtonian, youth worker, filmmaker and interactive/web artist.

· Wednesday, August 10th following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange, guest to be announced.

· Thursday, August 11th following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange featuring Aaron Jenkins, Program Director at Operation Understanding DC.

· Friday, August 12th following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange, guest to be announced.

· Saturday, August 13th following the 3pm performance

Artistic Forum featuring Abel Lopez, Artistic Director of GALA Hispanic Theatre.

· Saturday, August 13th following the 8pm performance

Audience Exchange, guest to be announced.

· Sunday, August 14th following the 3pm performance

Mammoth Forum "What do you work for?" featuring:

o John Chambers, Founder and Chief Executive Gardener of BloomBars.

o Acacia Salatti, Deputy Director of the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

o Anu Yadev, writer, performer, and facilitator.

o YWCA National Capital Area community member.

ONLINE ENGAGEMENT

Blogs and Podcasts
Clybourne Park blog posts are already underway! The Woolly Blog will be updated three times a week during the run of Clybourne Park: On Tuesdays we'll explore some current events related to race and gentrification in DC. On Wednesdays, check out our "neighborhood spotlight," which will include history, fun facts, and photos from past and present about a neighborhood from each quadrant in DC. On Fridays, we'll feature a topic and/or guest who will participate in a post-show panel in the upcoming weekend. The Woolly Blog is found at www.woollymammothblog.com. Radio Woolly is Woolly's very own radio station-all episodes are available for download on iTunes. Surrounding Clybourne Park we will produce the series ‘Conversations Between Neighbors,' which explores the ways that members of a community interact and the dialogue that goes on between them.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Clybourne Park runs July 21 - August 14, 2011; Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm. There will be one Pay-What-You-Can performance on Thursday, July 21st. *Sunday, July 24th performances will be at 2pm and 7pm.

TICKETS
Tickets for Clybourne Park start at $45 and can be purchased through the Woolly Mammoth Box Office at 202-393-3939, online at woollymammoth.net, or in person at 641 D Street, NW (7th & D). For directions and parking information, please visit www.woollymammoth.net.

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