Woolly's 2009 Bollywood Bash Set For Madarin Oriental 4/1

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company announces plans for its annual spring benefit - Woolly Mammoth's 2009 Bollywood Bash.  The rich, vibrant atmosphere of Bollywood arrives at the fabulous Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C. for one extravagant night in celebration.  The Woolly Mammoth's 2009 Bollywood Bash takes place on Saturday, April, 18, 2009 at 6pm at The Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C., 1330 Maryland Avenue, SW.  Dress code for the evening: Spicy, Glamorous, and Fabulous.

With a Woolly-style nod to the land of the Taj Mahal, benefit patrons can support Woolly Mammoth's artistic and educational programming by enjoying a dazzling cocktail reception and an enticing silent auction, a savory dinner with an incredible live auction, and fantastic entertainment surprises throughout the evening.

Inaugurated at the 2007 benefit bash, Woolly’s Best of Live Raffle, gives theatre supporters a chance to win the item of their choice from the Live Auction without having to bid. Only 100 tickets are sold at $100 each and the purchaser does not need to be present to win one of the incredible Live Auction items valued from $1,000 to $10,000.  The full list of Best of Live items will be announced on Woolly Mammoth’s website on March 23, but Live Auction items will include:

Highlights in this year’s live auction available to the winner of Best of Live include: a cooking class for 8 at the award-winning Rasika Restaurant, an exclusive Nationals baseball package including tickets, passes to batting practice and much more, a one-of-a-kind “Weather Geek” afternoon at ABC-7/WJLA-TV with the best meteorologists in town. The experience will include a tour of the studio and the ABC-7 Storm Chaser, time in front of the green screen, and an opportunity to watch a live newscast.

Sponsorship and tickets levels for Woolly Mammoth's 2009 Bollywood Bash are: Masala Table: $5000/table (Table for Ten - 'Premiere Seating'), Saffron Table: $3500/table (Table for Ten), Curry Individual Tickets: $295/person (Individual Ticket)

For full information or to purchase tickets online go to www.woollymammoth.net. For additional information, contact Jenny McConnell Frederick, Special Events Director, at 202-312-5265 or jenny@woollymammoth.net. All proceeds from the event support the artistic and education programs of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

Now in its 29th Season, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company continues to hold its place at theatre’s leading edge. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz and Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann, Woolly Mammoth is acknowledged as “Washington’s most daring theatre company” (The New York Times), as a regional and national leader in the development of new plays, and as one of the best known and most influential small theatres in America.  Woolly Mammoth has gained this reputation by holding fast to its unique mission: 

…to ignite an explosive engagement between theatre artists and the community by developing, producing and promoting new plays that explore the edges of theatrical style and human experience, and by implementing new ways to use the artistry of theatre to serve the people of Greater Washington, DC.  

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company 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 and the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program/United States Commission of Fine Arts.

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