A Night at the Theater
Image courtesy of Woolly Mammoth
Woolly Mammoth Theater, tucked away in DC’s Penn Quarter, consistently puts together a great night of theater. From our first experience there seeing Nilaja Sun’s moving one-woman play “No Child,” my friends and I have been drawn back time and time again. In fact, we became so enamored that we got season tickets this past year.
Woolly recently announced its 2010-2011 lineup—billed as a “Striptease of Your Subconscious”—and it looks to be quite an adventure. You can read the full description of all six plays here, but know that it starts out with a Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright and then takes on child beauty queens, a modern day Oedipus, and a monologue on Steve Jobs, with a small, hilarious interlude from Chicago’s Second City around the holidays. The season finale is the latest from Robert O’Hara, the recent winner of the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play for “Antebellum,” which was performed at Woolly last year.
If one or more of the shows catches your eye, be sure to check out pricing information on Woolly’s site. Regular seats run around $40 or $50, but the theater also hosts pay-what-you-can shows before the start of each new performance in the subscription series. If you’re ready to take the plunge and commit to at least three shows in the upcoming season, one of their packages is probably a better deal. A special note to our readers under age 35, Woolly offers a $150, five show deal just for you. And at that price, you should definitely swing by Oyamel for dinner beforehand.
