Hamiltonian Artists at Woolly Mammoth
On October 5th, join us at 7pm in the rehearsal hall at Woolly Mammoth Theater Co. for a special pre-show conversation facilitated by Anisa Olufemi (Fellowship Manager and Curator). We’ll be exploring what it means to be an artist from DMV with Woolly Company Member Shannon Dorsey, and cross-disciplinary artist Sydney Vernon. Drawing upon The Comeuppance’s themes of coming-of-age nostalgia and homecoming, the two will discuss how growing up in the area led them to their chosen artforms, and the ways their approaches to creative expression and storytelling reflect their local roots.
This program is a collaboration between Hamiltonian Artists and Woolly Mammoth, RSVP is recommended due to limited capacity.
ABOUT THE COMEUPPANCE
On the night of their 20th high school reunion, the self-proclaimed “Multi-Ethnic Reject Group” reconnects while they pregame in Prince George’s County, Maryland. But amid the flow of reminiscing, an otherworldly presence forces these former classmates to face the past head-on and reckon with an unknowable future. The latest from MacArthur Genius Award- winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (An Octoroon, Appropriate, Gloria), this “mesmerizing” (The Wrap) new play garnered a New York Times Critic’s Pick and Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play.
ABOUT WOOLLY MAMMOTH
Woolly Mammoth produces courageous and invigorating new work to radically redefine theatre as a catalyst for an equitable, creative, and engaged society.
The Tony Award®-winning Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company creates badass theatre that highlights the stunning, challenging, and tremendous complexity of our world. For over 40 years, Woolly has maintained a high standard of artistic rigor while simultaneously daring to take risks, innovate, and push beyond perceived boundaries. One of the few remaining theatres in the country to maintain a company of artists, Woolly serves an essential research and development role within the American theatre. Plays premiered at Woolly Mammoth have gone on to productions at hundreds of theatres all over the world and have had lasting impacts on the field. Woolly is located in Washington, DC, equidistant from the Capitol and the White House. This unique location influences Woolly’s investment in actively working towards an equitable, participatory, and creative democracy.