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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?
“SEX! PLANET-RUINING CATACLYSMS! LOADS OF BOOZE! BOOM has all of these things.”
– Variety
“EXTREMELY FUNNY”
– Theatermania.com
“Mr. Nachtrieb has a gift for darkly funny dialogue and an appealing way of approaching big themes sideways.”
– The New York Times
Who's Who
PLAYWRIGHT
PETER SINN NACHTRIEB is a San Francisco-based playwright whose works include boom, Hunter Gatherers, Colorado, Meaningless, and The Amorphous Blob. Hunter Gatherers received the 2007 American Theatre Critics Association/Steinberg New Play Award for best new play to premiere outside of New York and the 2007 Will Glickman Prize for best new play in the Bay Area. His work has been seen (or will be seen in 2008) off Broadway and across the country at Ars Nova, SPF, Seattle Rep, Cleveland Public Theatre, Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep, the Bailiwick Theatre, Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre, Dad’s Garage, and the Magic Theatre, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Killing My Lobster, Playground, and Impact Theatre in the Bay Area. He is currently under commission from Encore Theatre Company (SF) and South Coast Rep and is a 2008 Resident Playwright at the Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco. Peter holds a degree in Theater and Biology from Brown and an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. He likes to promote himself online at www.peternachtrieb.com.
Schedule & Prices
Post show discussions:
- Wednesday, November 5th: Playwright post-show Q&A
- Saturday, November 8th: Playwright post-show Q&A
- Wednesday, November 12th: Cast post-show Q&A
- Sunday, November 16th: Director/Designer post-show Q&A
- Thursday, November 20th: Cast post-show Q&A
- Saturday, November 22nd: Science panel discussion...more info to follow
Prices:
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Section A |
Section B |
Previews (first week) |
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Mon 8pm |
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Tues 8pm |
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Wed 8pm |
$36 |
$26 |
Thurs 8pm |
$36 |
$26 |
Sat 8pm |
$55 |
$45 |
Regular run: |
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Wed 8pm |
$48 |
$38 |
Thurs 8pm |
$48 |
$38 |
Fri 8pm |
$55 |
$45 |
Sat 8pm |
$60 |
$50 |
Sun 2pm |
$55 |
$45 |
Sun 7pm |
$48 |
$38 |
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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Woolly Mammoth would like to thank the following patrons for their generous support of Boom:
J. Chris Babb & James Martin
Lorraine Chickering
Lis & Kevin Driscoll
Jane McGrath Neal |
