Remembering the best in D.C. theater in 2023
In early 2023, Woolly Mammoth Theatre served up the provocatively titled “seven methods of killing kylie jenner,” a lively 90-minute, two-hander about white privilege, queerness, body shaming, and friendship penned by Black British playwright Jasmine Lee-Jones.
For me, Woolly’s winter production kicked off a year of unexpected and fulfilling theater. Here’s just a sampling of many memorable instances.
In April, Mosaic Theater Company gave theatergoers a compelling production of lesbian playwright Mona Mansour’s “Unseen,” a beautifully written play about same sex romance and geopolitical conflict.
Imbued with heartbreak and humor, “Unseen” focuses on Mia, an American conflict photographer who wakes up in her off-and-on girlfriend Derya’s apartment in Istanbul with no idea of how she got there.
