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‘The Great Privation’ at Woolly tells a profound mother-daughter story 

Subtitled ‘(How to flip ten cents into a dollar),’ this stellar new play powerfully captures how ghosts of the past shape the present and won’t stay buried. By AILEEN JOHNSON

‘Dead Inside’ at Woolly is funny as hell and breathtakingly personal

It's a passionately told story about a woman's passion to get pregnant, and it's in the form of a one-person stand-up comedy musical. By GREGORY FORD

Wild and wackadoo ‘Akira Kurosawa…’ debuts at Woolly Mammoth

'Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (with live and active cultures!)' — Julia Izumi’s play about Japanese American identity — is powerful. By DANIELLA IGNACIO

My interrupted life with movement and ‘An Asian American Dance Journey’

An AAPI writer/performer/kind-of-dancer shares the inspiration she found in the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company concert at Woolly Mammoth. By DANIELLA IGNACIO

Father of Parkland victim brings one-man activism show to Woolly Mammoth

Seven years after the tragic school shooting, Manuel Oliver honors his son Joaquin's life and legacy with 'GUAC.'

Mina Morita joins Woolly Mammoth as resident director and creative producer

This position, grant-funded by The BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, supports Woolly’s commitment to advance visionary women.

Playwright Dave Harris hopes ‘we can language our way through this’

A probing and startling interview with the writer behind DC productions of 'Exception to the Rule' at Studio and 'Incendiary' at Woolly Mammoth. By NATHAN PUGH

Gripping ‘Ford/Hill Project’ at Woolly Mammoth speaks truth to male power

The juxtaposed testimonies of Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford about what was done to them by two men who are now on the Supreme Court. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

‘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.

A captivating clown whose schtick is trust, in ‘ha ha ha...

Julia Masli's silly-titled solo show invites us into a precious shared openness. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

‘Amm(i)gone,’ solo play about queer momma’s boy, to premiere at Woolly

Adil Mansoor invites his Pakistani mother to translate Sophocles' 'Antigone'  into Urdu as a way to explore tensions between family and faith.

Shakespeare and Indigenous stories meet in powerful ‘Where We Belong’ at...

Madeline Sayet’s solo play provides unique ways of grappling with questions of identity that are defining contemporary America. By JAKOB CANSLER

DCTA 2023 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Performances

These performances made an indelible impression on our writers this year. Did we overlook a favorite of yours? Let us know in a comment!

Theatre Washington announces headquarters move

The organization will relocate to office space at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

A migrant camp encounter up-close and unforgettable in ‘The Jungle’

Shakespeare Theatre Company and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company have collaborated to bring to DC an electrifying drama about forced dislocation.

For Black girls who have considered tweet-hating, this powerful new play...

Jasmine Lee-Jones' provocatively titled 'seven methods of killing kylie jenner' comes to Woolly Mammoth Theatre from sold-out runs in London.

Woolly Mammoth to host free evening of work by Native artists

The January 29 event, supporting the company’s commitment to Indigenous communities, is part of the national tour of Madeline Sayet’s 'Where We Belong.'

DCTA 2022 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Performances

These performances made an indelible impression on our writers this year. Did we overlook a favorite of yours? Let us know in a comment!

Woolly announces Kristen Jackson as associate artistic director

Her appointment marks Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s commitment to Connectivity, its community, and civic engagement.

Now boarding at gate 1619, a hilarious ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ from...

The show, deeply rooted in its Blackness, is at its core a satire built upon the Black American experience.