We all know that high schools, public or private, urban or rural, can be a more than a little messed up. And now that we’ve been through the gauntlet ourselves, we also lack the illlusion that our teachers were perfect, and now can see them more as the flawed human beings they inevitably are. The Faculty Room, now being staged at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, takes things a step (well, maybe a few steps) farther with…
Jun 01, 2006
DCist’s June Theater Preview
It’s June and while many houses are wrapping up their seasons rather than embarking on new productions, others are up to the task of bringing something for us to watch this month, though the summer theater season looks a bit heavier than the X-Men-like offerings the summer movie season brings each year. Dysfunctional student/teacher relationships are at the center of Woolly Mammoth Theater’s satirical The Faculty Room (June 5). Four men renounce women in favor…