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An Octoroon, Familiar Set for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Season

The plays will be seen in Washington D.C.

Editorial Staff
Washington, DC
Danai Gurira's Familiar will be seen in Washington D.C.
Danai Gurira's Familiar will be seen in Washington D.C.
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Washington D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has announced its 2017-18 season.

The season will kick off with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' An Octoroon, directed by Nataki Garrett. It will run July 18-August 6. Next up is Max Frisch's The Arsonists, directed by Michael John Garcés. In a new translation by Alistair Beaton, it runs September 5-October 8.

The Second City's Nothing to Lose (But Our Chains) follows November 11-December 31, under the direction of Billy Bungeroth. Danai Gurira's Familiar is up after that, running February 5-March 4. Adam Immerwahr directs.

The Ars Nova production of Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard's Underground Railroad Game runs April 4-29, featuring Lightning Rod Special. Taibi Magar directs. The season closes with Jordan Tannahill's Botticelli in the Fire, running May 28-June 24, with Marti Lyons directing.

For more information on Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, click here.