The play by the author of Big Love, True Love and bobrauschenbergamerica takes the ancient Chinese myth of the chalk circle and places it in the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Directed by Michael Rohd, artistic director of Sojourn Theatre (Portland, OR), the cast features Woolly Mammoth artistic director Howard Shalwitz and a Company Member reunion of Jessica Frances Dukes, Daniel Escobar, Naomi Jacobson, Sarah Marshall, Kate Eastwood Norris, Michael Russotto, and Michael Willis, with an ensemble of eight including Wyckham Avery. Opening is Nov. 1. Performances play to Nov. 29.

According to Woolly notes, "As the crotchety East German Chancellor Erich Honecker watches a play, students suddenly riot and the profiteers swoop in, including an investor named Warren Buffet. Amid the chaos, two women (an American socialite/tourist and a student rebel), launch a madcap chase to save an abandoned baby and outrun the vultures of both communism and capitalism. Their journey through Woolly's entire building comes full circle back to the stage — but can disgraced artistic director Heiner Muller help them reset the nation's moral compass?"

Artistic director Shalwitz stated, "Full Circle is unquestionably our centerpiece: a big, fun, meaty play that gives us a chance to re-unite much of our acting company with a favorite playwright, explore our beautiful space in new ways, honor the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and engage with our community in a timely conversation about economic justice and the role of the arts in an era of great transformation. It will be a thrill for me to be back onstage with so many good friends — and to be playing a fellow artistic director, Heiner Muller, one of the great theatre artists of the 20th century. I'm especially pleased to welcome director Michael Rohd, one of our nation's leading thinkers on site-specific work and the role of theatre in civic dialogue."

Full Circle is inspired by The Chalk Circle, a Chinese play written in the Yuan Dynasty, which inspired "The Chalk Circle" by the German poet Klabund, which inspired Bertolt Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle. Passages of the new play were inspired by or taken from the writings of Warren Buffet, Katherine Graham, the biography of Pamela Harriman, Heiner Muller, George Bataille, The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon.

The production and design team for Full Circle includes Shannon Scrofano (set and video design), Ivania Stack (costume design), Colin K. Bills (lighting design), Veronika Vorel (sound design), Jennifer Sheetz (properties) and Elizabeth Johnson (choreographer).

Woolly Mammoth is located at 641 D Street, NW (7th & D), in Washington, DC.

For more information visit www.woollymammoth.net.