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Mortality attends a high school reunion in ‘Comeuppance’ at Woolly Mammoth

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ brilliant script, breathtakingly performed, can be thought of as an essay on sympathy and compassion. By GREGORY FORD

‘The Comeuppance’ comes home to DC at Woolly Mammoth

Woolly teams up with Philadelphia's Wilma Theater to mount Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' dark comedy, set in Prince George's County.

Review: ‘Gloria’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Director Kip Fagan opens this production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Gloria with a clever conceit: Miles (Justin Weaks), an office intern, is at his desk,...
Christopher Dinolfo and Felicia Curry in Jefferson's Garden. Photo by Carol Rosegg.

Magic Time!: ‘Jefferson’s Garden’ at Ford’s Theatre (Women’s Voices Theater Festival)

A portrait of George Washington hangs in Ford's Theatre on the presidential box where Abraham Lincoln was shot. When you stop to think about...

Review: ‘Appropriate’ at Princeton Summer Theater

In Appropriate, the 2014–2015 Obie Award winner for Best New American Play, playwright (and Princeton alumnus) Branden Jacobs-Jenkins boldly explores family relations, racism, religious...

The League of Professional Theatre Women’s 2017 Awards Celebration and Big...

Founded in 1981, the mission of the League of Professional Theatre Women, a non-profit advocacy organization headquartered in New York City, is to promote...

Review: ‘An Octoroon’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Welcome to playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ world. You’re just living in it. Or, is it, welcome to 19th Century playwright Dion Boucicault’s world and Branden Jacobs-...

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Announces Its 2015-2016 Season by Justin McCarthy

WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES 2015-2016 SEASON  ACCLAIMED NEW PLAYS, WORLD PREMIERE CHALLENGE CONCEPTS OF BEAUTY, POWER, AND DESIRE Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is pleased to announce...

Liesl Tommy on Directing ‘Appropriate’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by...

Gearing up for the second show of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s 34th season, Appropriate, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Fitting into their season’s theme,...