The World to Come

Dates : February 3, 2026 – March 1, 2026
Location : Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

WORLD PREMIERE

Theater J and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company present

February 3 – March 1, 2026

The World to Come

By Ali Viterbi

Directed by Howard Shalwitz

The residents of the SeaBreeze Hebrew Home for the Aging carry on as usual: knitting, playing Scrabble, fighting, and falling in love. As the apocalyptic outside world threatens their way of life, Fanny, Barbara, Ruth, and Hal fight to protect the community they’ve built together. Even while battling armored nurses, a wild ostrich, strange prophecies, and their ailing bodies, they find joy in each other’s company. THE WORLD TO COME is a surprising new epic that reveals how powerful friendship can be as a form of resistance. 

In this world premiere from Theater J and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by playwright Ali Viterbi – winner of the 2019 National Jewish Playwriting Contest – some of DC’s greatest performers will grace the stage with warmth, heartbreak and the sheer will to protect each other, even as the outside world crumbles.


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About the Production

Run Time: 2 hours

Content Disclosure:
This play includes strong language, mentions of racism, ageism, suicide, and the Holocaust in addition to depictions of violence, death, natural disaster, and sexual content.

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The World to Come

February 3 – March 1, 2026
At Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company