Measure For Pleasure May 26, 2008

BY DAVID GRIMM
A period piece at Woolly? What’s going on? In David Grimm’s naughty Restoration comedy, Sir Peter Lustforth has had enough of his wife’s amorous ways and casts his eye on the virginal Hermione — setting off a series of chaotic chases and couplings among a womanizer, a transvestite, a puritanical dame and a helplessly romantic valet. Richly endowed with mistaken identities and abundant verbal delights, Measure for Pleasure is a saucy, silly, foul and filthy treat.

Directed by Howard Shalwitz
Featuring company members Kimberly Gilbert, Jennifer Mendenhall & Mitchell Hébert with Joel Reuben Ganz, Andrew Honeycutt and Matthew Montelongo

Tickets: $24-57 via 202-393-3939 or www.woollymammoth.net
Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm & 7pm

Pay-What-You-Can: Mon 5/26 & Tues 5/27, 8pm, tickets on sale at 6:30pm each evening, 2 per person, cash/check only.

Meet-the-Playwright: TBD. in discussion with Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz following certain shows. Discussions are FREE.

Official Website: http://www.woollymammoth.net/performances/show_measure_for_pleasure.php