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World premiereECLIPSEDby Danai Gurira (Co-creator of In the Continuum) The captive wives of a Liberian rebel officer form a hardscrabble sisterhood, their lives set on a nightmarish detour by civil war. With the arrival of a new girl who can read – and the return of an old one who can kill – their possibilities are quickly transformed. Drawing on reserves of wit and compassion, these defiant survivors ask: when the fog of battle lifts, could a different destiny emerge? Company member reunionFULL CIRCLEby Charles L. Mee (Big Love) The ancient Chinese myth of the chalk circle re-emerges at the fall of the Berlin Wall: as the crotchety East German Chancellor watches a play, students suddenly riot and the profiteers swoop in. Amid the chaos, two women launch a madcap chase to save an orphaned baby and outrun the vultures of both communism and capitalism. Their journey through Woolly’s entire building comes full circle back to the stage – but can a disgraced artistic director help them restore the nation’s moral compass? THE LAST CARGO CULTcreated & performed by Mike Daisey (If You See Something Say Something, How Theater Failed America) Fearless autobiographer and gonzo journalist Mike Daisey has traveled to a tiny South Pacific island to take part in the annual festival of the “John Frum Cult.” Worshipers of cargo left behind by American GI’s, these islanders build meticulous bamboo replicas of Western engineering, re-enact scenes from internet broadcasts, and summon American power through sympathetic magic. What does our economic crisis mean to them, and what can they teach us about wealth and wishful thinking? CLYBOURNE PARKby Bruce Norris (The Unmentionables) A white community in 1950’s Chicago splinters over the black family about to move in. Fast forward to our present day, and the same house represents very different demographics as we climb through the looking glass of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic A Raisin in the Sun. These hilarious and horrifying neighbors pitch a battle over territory and legacy that reveals how far our ideas about race and gentrification have evolved – or have they? Just announced!GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIESby Rajiv Joseph May 17 – June 13, 2010 Two eight-year-olds’ lives collide in the nurse’s office: Doug rode his bike off the roof and Kayleen can’t stop throwing up. As they mature from accident-prone kids to self-destructive adults, their broken hearts and broken bones draw them ever closer. These two rebels may only be fit for one another. But how far can one person go to heal another’s wounds?
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“In times of great challenge and change, what’s the task of the individual? Of the artist? In our 30th anniversary season, we’re focusing on the next thirty years: explosive engagement between artists and citizens in our nation’s capital. We’re traveling from Africa to the South Pacific and back to see how the motion of our democracy reverberates at home and throughout the world. We’re joining fresh faces with Woolly favorites to pose the most provocative questions, tell the most fearless jokes, and gather the most compelling personalities in Washington to ask: where do we go from here?” – Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz
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