The DC Traveler

Boom, the Twilight Zone-meet-sitcom end of civilization play now playing at Woolly Mammoth Theater in Washington, DC, tells the story of Peter, a student who simply wanted to study theatre. Yet during his second year, his wise advisor warned him against becoming a playwright, due to the low earnings potential of that type of career.

So deciding to be safe, he selected a second major, marine biology, based on his love of scuba diving .  And that’s where the two subjects started their collision course, and a discovery of the cycle that eventually kill all living things on the planet.

He meets Jo, a female journalism student in his underground biology lab for an erotic and casual hookup. But the encounter is anything but casual, as doomsday and the end of civilization as we know approaches.

Can a young gay man and a single woman who hates babies, rebuild humanity?

With darkly humorous dialogue and the help of a puppet-master narrator, Boom takes you on a Twilight Zone-like apocalyptic ride that includes self-discovery and all the typical fatalistic issues common in younger people. 

Boom
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
641 D Street, NW at 7th
Washington, DC 20004 (map it)

Dates and Times – Wednesdays – Sundays, through December 7, 2008 at 8:00 p.m., except 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. on Sundays.

Tickets – $38.00 – $60.00, with additional discounts on most shows for Seniors and people under 25 years of age. Tickets are are available online.  Appropriate for ages 16 and over.

The theater also places at least 10 side balcony tickets on hold for most performances that are sold 2 hours before show time. These discounted tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, limit 2 per person for $15.00 each.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Archives/Navy Memorial – Green and Yellow line, then a 1-block walk or Gallery Place/Chinatown – Red line, then a 2-block walk. Or use the DC Circulator.

Parking -  Limited street parking, $10.00 theater patron parking at the Interpark Liberty Place garage across the street or other paid garages in the area.

Image – test tube – Flickr, production image BOOM-A Deeker,K Gilbert,S Marshall – credit-Stan Barouh and poster courtesy of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
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