Washington, DC, USA
The first permanent home for the cutting-edge and award-winning Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, this 32,000 square foot facility is composed of three levels of multi-use space and is largely situated below grade, but artfully designed as a vibrant, bright, and transparent theatrical laboratory. Theatre Projects designed the centerpiece of the building—a flexible 265-seat theatre—which has been called “one of the best examples of the American courtyard theatre.” The intimate space can be arranged in thrust, arena, endstage configurations and its high-tech AV systems, lighting, and robust infrastructure support unrestricted creativity. With a two-tiered lobby, two cafés, multipurpose rehearsal/event space, classrooms, and support spaces, the building gives the theatre company room to grow and matches the group’s industrious, provocative spirit with a facility equally as fluid.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
ArchitectMcInturff Architects
AcousticianAcoustic Dimensions
UsersWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company
265
Construction typeNew construction
Theatre typeCourtyard theatre, Drama theatre, Flexible theatre
Concept design, theatre planning, and theatre equipment design and specification
Completion2005
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