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Venus

Sep 9 – Oct 4, 2026

Venus is a dark comedy by Steve Yockey, creator of HBO's Flight Attendant and Netflix's Dead Boy Detective, directed by Woolly Mammoth Artistic Director Reggie...

Hanukkah Spectacular

Nov 14 – Dec 13, 2026

Hanukkah Spectacular is a world premiere comedy written by Lucille Lortel Nominee Max Posner and directed by Tony-winner David Cromer. Set over a long weekend...

Ten Grand

Feb 1 – Feb 28, 2027

Ten Grand is a world premiere play by Princess Grace Award winner Kate Cortesi, directed by Reggie D. White. Set in a Boston-area Goodwill store,...

Bobby Robotowitz

Mar 29 – Apr 25, 2027

Bobby Robotowitz is a world premiere play written by Matt Schatz and directed by Woolly Mammoth Company Member Jared Mezzocchi, co-produced with City Theatre of...

Love I Awethu Further

Jun 1 – Jun 27, 2027

Love I Awethu Further is a world premiere poetic adaptation of Julius Caesar written by Susan Smith Blackburn Prize winner a.k. payne and directed by...

Review: THE WELL at District Fringe

Review: THE WELL at District Fringe

by Pamela Roberts · July 21, 2026

THE WELL is a memorable and powerful production that will stay with you long after the house lights come up. Only three performances remain before it closes on Sunday, July 26 — don't miss it.…

Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy

Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy

by Abby Korb · July 21, 2026

STC Academy's Summer Repertory wows with their production of Twelfth Night. The cast of young actors, nearing the completion of their graduate training at the Academy, deliver a professional caliber performance of the renowned comedy.…

Review: MY FAVORITE SOCIOPATH at Contemporary American Theater Festival

Review: MY FAVORITE SOCIOPATH at Contemporary American Theater Festival

by Andrew White · July 16, 2026

We need plays like Aurin Squire's “My Favorite Psychopath” to remind us that when it comes to shameless, yellow journalism, we have nobody to blame but ourselves. Squire offers us a finely-crafted portrait of digital-age journalism in all its messiness, and director Céline Rosenthal has created…

Review: THIS IS A PLAY ABOUT GOD at District Fringe Festival

Review: THIS IS A PLAY ABOUT GOD at District Fringe Festival

by Jackson Malmgren · July 16, 2026

While the volleyball court may be the setting for most matchups, THIS IS A PLAY ABOUT GOD is far more concerned with the action behind the scenes when the athletes stop performing. Written by Aimee Dastin and directed by Rachel Johns, this is a world premiere produced as part of the District Fringe …

Review: BEST LINE WINS at Contemporary American Theater Festival

Review: BEST LINE WINS at Contemporary American Theater Festival

by Andrew White · July 15, 2026

Ms. Kander has set herself a high bar indeed, writing at a level to match one of the early Sketch Comedy era’s most famous duos, and she absolutely nails it.  It helps, too, that we have a perfect cast for this run: in the role of Elaine herself, Lori Vega is edgy, scalpel-sharp, and as proud and…

Review: THE SMOKER at Contemporary American Theater Festival

Review: THE SMOKER at Contemporary American Theater Festival

by Andrew White · July 15, 2026

Lisa D’Amour offers us a fascinating character study in her latest play, The Smoker, and under the empathetic eye of Director Shelley Butler we are invited into the lives of normal people we routinely pass by without a thought. As if by accident we meet our central character, a recovering alcoholi…

Review: ¡VOS! at Contemporary American Theater Festival

Review: ¡VOS! at Contemporary American Theater Festival

by Andrew White · July 15, 2026

The one-word title of this play isn't just a form of direct address; in Argentina, it's a form of 'You!' that turns its gaze away from the stage and back on all of us in the audience. Playwright Christina Pumariega is determined that we never forget the Disappeared of Argentina, and recognize the em…

Review: REFUGEE RHAPSODY at Contemporary American Theater Festival

Review: REFUGEE RHAPSODY at Contemporary American Theater Festival

by Andrew White · July 15, 2026

Playwright Yussef El Guindi has given us a window into many issues at once—too many at once to keep track of, from this critic’s perspective. But the issues collide here in the Contemporary American Theater Festival’s Studio 112 with memorable force.…

Past Shows

A Fine Madness

May 30 – May 31, 2026

A Fine Madness is a world premiere work created and performed by Woolly Mammoth Company Member Justin Weaks, directed by Raymond O. Caldwell, that blurs...

The World to Come

Feb 2 – Mar 1, 2026

The World to Come, presented by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Theater J, is a world premiere play written by Ali Viterbi and directed by...

ho ho ho ha ha ha ha

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Nov 13 – Dec 21, 2025

Internationally-acclaimed comedian and clown Julia Masli brings a festive edition of her award-winning show ha ha ha ha ha ha ha back to DC, this...

The Great Privation

The Great Privation

Sep 11 – Oct 12, 2025

This fall, Woolly Mammoth and Boston’s Company One Theatre proudly present the world premiere of The GreatPrivation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar) — an evocative, time-bending new...

THIS IS WHO I AM

THIS IS WHO I AM

Dec 5 – Jan 3, 2021

Separated by continents, an estranged father and son reunite over Zoom. From their respective kitchens in Ramallah and New York City, they recreate a cherished...

HUMAN RESOURCES

HUMAN RESOURCES

Oct 1 – Nov 1, 2020

Telephonic Literary Union makes stories for very small audiences using phones, thoughtfully curated environments, and the theater of the mind. This fall, TLU re-purposes the...

THE TOTALITARIANS

THE TOTALITARIANS

Jun 2 – Jun 29, 2014

Francine, the ambitious speechwriter for a rich housewife’s vanity campaign for public office, has stumbled upon pure gold: a perfectly patriotic slogan. So what if...

We Are Proud to Present...

We Are Proud to Present...

Feb 10 – Mar 9, 2014

In We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South-West Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years...

Stupid F***ing Bird

May 27 – Jun 23, 2013

WORLD PREMIERE by Aaron Posner Sort of adapted from The Seagull by Anton Chekhov Directed by Howard Shalwitz An aspiring young theatre director named Conrad...

American Utopias

Mar 19 – Apr 14, 2013

WORLD PREMIERE, created and performed by Mike Daisey Directed by Jean-Michele Gregory Mike Daisey shows us a distinctly American vision of utopia—how we create civic...

The Convert

Feb 11 – Mar 10, 2013

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: - Danai Gurira; dir: Michael John Garces....

The Pajama Men: In the Middle of No One

Dec 11 – Jan 6, 2013

Following the side-splitting debut of their brand new show In The Middle Of No One at the Q-staff theatre earlier this year, The Pajama Men...

Arias with a Twist

Apr 4 – May 6, 2012

When aliens abduct a large drag queen and drop her in a teeny Garden of Eden, will she have enough room to fall from grace?...

Civilization (all you can eat)

Feb 13 – Mar 11, 2012

Does humanity have an expiration date? Four hungry friends from grad school face the dawn of the recession in this scathing satire of American enterprise...

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Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (6/12-8/09)
Macbeth - Academy Summer Repertory in Washington, DC Macbeth - Academy Summer Repertory
Shakespeare Theatre Company (7/16-7/25)
Pete the Cat: A Live Rock Musical in Washington, DC Pete the Cat: A Live Rock Musical
Imagination Stage (6/17-7/26)
Twelfth Night - Academy Summer Repertory in Washington, DC Twelfth Night - Academy Summer Repertory
Shakespeare Theatre Company (7/15-7/25)
Rockville Little Theatre presents "Lettice & Lovage"  in Washington, DC Rockville Little Theatre presents "Lettice & Lovage" 
F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (1/29-2/07)
Tarzan in Washington, DC Tarzan
The Washington County Playhouse (6/26-8/16)
Come From Away in Washington, DC Come From Away
Ford's Theatre (9/10-10/18)
Misery in Washington, DC Misery
Aldie Mill Historic Park (8/20-8/30)
No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre in Washington, DC No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
ARTfactory (9/11-9/20)
Penny's Dreadful Parlour: The Séance of Edgar Allan Poe in Washington, DC Penny's Dreadful Parlour: The Séance of Edgar Allan Poe
The Ghost Museum (7/16-7/25) VIDEOS