Artistic Longevity

Release Date: Friday, September 4th 2009

Hats off to the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (641 D Street), which is celebrating its 30th season developing, producing and promoting some of the most brazen, funny, challenging and provocative plays in town.

Don’t expect a big party. Instead, Woolly Mammoth is bringing its favorite actors and playwrights together, continuing a tradition that takes a risk with new plays, asks huge questions about our nation and engages in a stimulating dialogue with the community via the company’s website, social gatherings, pre-show panels, post-show dialogues and special conferences on themes about theatre and democracy.

As a result, the 2009-2010 season will feature a world premiere by Danai Gurira (Eclipsed), new works from Mike Daisey (The Last Cargo Cult), Rajiv Joseph (Gruesome Playground Injuries), and Bruce Norris (Clybourne Park) and a large-scale work by Charles L. Mee (Full Circle). In addition, the theatre’s favorite out-of-town troupe, The Neo-Futurists, will return to perform their hit show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, in December.

In talking about Season 30, Howard Shalwitz, Woolly Mammoth’s artistic director, has said, “Western theatre began in ancient Greece as an exercise in democratic expression. How could we forge a deeper connection between theatre today and the democracy whose capital is just a few blocks away? This is our question for the next 30 years.”

For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit www.woollymammoth.net.