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Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company - Defy convention
Boom

BOOM

by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
directed by John Vreeke

featuring company members Kimberly Gilbert and Sarah Marshall, with Aubrey Deeker

November 3 – November 30, 2008


Appropriate for ages 16 & up.

OverviewWho's whoSchedule and PricesDirections & Parking

About the Show

“Sex to change the course of the world…” A grad student’s personal ad lures a randy journalism coed to his subterranean lab, where he studies fish sleep cycles for signs of the apocalypse. Will their “intensely significant coupling” lead to another big bang, or is mankind’s fate in the hands of someone watching from outside the fishbowl?

“Mr. Nachtrieb has a gift for darkly funny dialogue and an appealing way of approaching big themes sideways.”
– The New York Times

 

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Who's Who

PLAYWRIGHT

Peter Sinn Nachtrieb

PETER SINN NACHTRIEB studied theatre and biology at Brown University. He won the Steinberg Award for his play Hunter Gatherers and an Emerging Playwright Award from the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and the William Flora Hewlett Foundation. His plays have been produced to great acclaim in his native San Francisco. He also writes, directs, and performs with the sketch comedy group Killing My Lobster.

Schedule & Prices

 
Section A
Section B
Previews (first week)
Mon 8pm
Tues 8pm
Wed 8pm
$36
$26
Thurs 8pm
$36
$26
Sat 8pm
$55
$45
Regular run:
Wed 8pm
$48
$38
Thurs 8pm
$48
$38
Fri 8pm
$55
$45
Sat 8pm
$60
$50
Sun 2pm
$55
$45
Sun 7pm
$48
$38

Key:

PWYCPay-What-You-Can preview performances
DISC — Post-show discussion with the artists
Club Woolly — Post-show reception with food and drink


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Directions & Parking

Address:

641 D Street, NW (7th & D)
Washington, DC 20004

Nearby landmarks:

Woolly Mammoth is located in the bustling Penn Quarter neighborhood on D street between Oyamel and Rasika restaurants, around the corner from TicketPlace and down the street from Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh theatre. We are two blocks north of the National Archives and National Gallery of Art and 2 blocks south of the Verizon Center and the Smithsonian American Art Museum/Portrait Gallery.

Metro

Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter (Yellow & Green lines) — 1 block away
Gallery Place (Red, Yellow & Green lines) — 2 blocks away, use Verizon Center exit to 7th & F.

Metrobus

The 70, 71, D1, D3, and D6 buses stop at the corner of 7th & E.
The P1, P2, P6, 13A, 13B, 13F, 13G, and 54 buses stop at 7th & Pennsylvania.
Not all of these buses have the same route for both directions, so please use WMATA's Trip Planner at www.wmata.com

Parking

Interpark/Liberty Place, directly across from Woolly's entrance, offers a $10 rate if you mention you're going to Woolly Mammoth.

There is limited metered street parking in the Penn Quarter near Woolly Mammoth, in addition to the following parking garages:

  • Interpark Liberty Place, 325 7th St. NW. Open late during Woolly productions, $10 evening Woolly rate.*
    • Please note: Interpark is closed on the following performance dates: Memorial Day (May 26, 2008), New Year's Eve (December 31, 2008) and New Year's Day (January 1, 2009)
  • Colonial Parking, 601 Pennsylvania Ave (entrance at 6th & C). Open until midnight Monday - Saturday and until 11 pm Sunday, $7 flat evening and weekend rate.*
  • Interpark, 616 E St NW. Open until 11pm Sunday - Friday and 1am Saturday, $9/hour (maximum $18).

* Limited facilities for mobility-impaired patrons; please click here for more information on accessibility.

Garage prices and hours subject to change without notice

Driving Directions

From Virginia via I-395: Take the 12TH STREET exit toward L'enfant Promenade. Take the ramp toward L'Enfant promenade .Turn right onto D ST SW. Turn left onto 7TH St SW. Turn RIGHT onto D ST NW.

From Virginia via I-66: Take I-66 into the District when it becomes US-50. Turn left onto 7th St NW. Turn right onto D St NW.

From Bethesda, Rockville, Potomac and points west: Reach Wisconsin Ave., NW via either Interstate 270 and River Road or Rockville Pike (which becomes Wisconsin Ave.) Remain on Wisconsin Ave. until reaching Massachusetts Ave., NW just south of the National Cathedral. Take Massachusetts all the way to 9th St. Turn right on 9th. Turn left on D St.

From Rt. 50, Baltimore and points east: Reach New York Ave., NE via either Rt. 50, I95 or the Baltimore Washington Parkway. Remain on New York Ave. all the way downtown to 6th St., NW. Turn left on 6th St. Turn right on D St.

 

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