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"A Fine Maddness" presented by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company


  • The Nicholson Project 2310 Nicholson Street Southeast Washington, DC, 20020 United States (map)

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company presents A Fine Madness, created and performed by Woolly Mammoth Company Artist Justin Weaks. 

Inspired by the mission of the Voyager Golden Record, A Fine Madness calls on its audience to participate in the creation of a new record of shared humanity through a kaleidoscope of poetry, games, music, scientific findings and storytelling. Through retelling and reclaiming his own personal journey as a Black gay man living in Washington D.C. and newly diagnosed with HIV, Justin seeks to create a new archive that is inclusive of his lived experience and those of the people in the room. As the line blurs between performer and audience, space opens for discovery and healing. A Fine Madness is both experiment and celebration, experience and discovery, and an act of affirmation in the face of erasure. For the record!

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The Tony Award®-winning Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company creates radically redefining theatre that highlights the tremendous complexity of our world. For almost 50 years, Woolly has exemplified a standard of artistic rigor that dares to take theatrical risks, showcases new and diverse voices, and pushes the culture forward. One of the few remaining theatres in the country to maintain a company of multi-disciplinary artists, Woolly serves an essential research and development role within the American theatre. Plays premiered here have gone on to productions at hundreds of theatres all over the world and have had lasting impacts on the field.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is led by Artistic Director Reggie D. White and Managing Director Kimberly E. Douglas. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is located in Washington, DC, equidistant from the Capitol and the White House.