About the Show:
A period piece at Woolly? What’s going on? In David Grimm’s naughty Restoration comedy, Sir Peter Lustforth has had enough of his wife’s amorous ways and casts his eye on the virginal Hermione — setting off a series of chaotic chases and couplings among a womanizer, a transvestite, a puritanical dame and a helplessly romantic valet. Richly endowed with mistaken identities and abundant verbal delights, Measure for Pleasure is a saucy, silly, foul and filthy treat.
“AN EXTREMELY STYLISH
(AND EXUBERANTLY FILTHY) SEX FARCE”
– Variety
“DELIGHTFULLY BAWDY COMEDY
WITH A SENTIMENTAL STREAK”
– Associated Press
Who's Who
PLAYWRIGHT
DAVID GRIMM is an award-winning New York-based playwright and screenwriter. His plays include Kit Marlowe, The Learned Ladies of Park Avenue, Sheridan, or Schooled in Scandal, Steve & Idi, Enough Rope, Edgar and Killing Hilda, among others. He is working on commissions from the Roundabout Theatre Company and Hartford Stage and is a lecturer in Playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and Columbia University.
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.*
- 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.
