Join AARP DC at Mosaic Theater's Intergenerational Matinee

AARP DC is incredibly proud to be a sponsor of Mosaic Theater Company’s 2025 Intergenerational Matinee Program. This program invites high school students and seniors to view a production and then hosts a post-show conversation with Mosaic’s artists and one another.

AARP DC is giving away 32 free tickets to the April 10th performance of cullud wattah. You must register in the Google doc below and receive confirmation to guarantee your free admittance. Please ensure you are able to attend before signing up.

Free performance of cullud wattah
WHEN: April 10th, 2025
TIME: 11:00am
WHERE: Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H St. NE, Washington, DC 20002)
SIGN UP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfj96u3H5B0mPT9klmXV1f-56JWfRaU6oJF2O5V3MsvsXHD8A/viewform?usp=header

About the show:

cullud wattah
by Erika Dickerson-Despenza
directed by Danielle A. Drakes

It is 2016 and it has been 936 days and counting since Flint, Michigan, has had clean water. Third-generation General Motors employee Marion finds herself on the cusp of a promotion until her sister begins participating in protests accusing the company of poisoning the water. Forced to confront their past and weigh their limited options for the future, the family finds their tight-knit unit threatened by more than just the toxicity of the water.

This powerful new play by Princess Grace Award winner Erika Dickerson-Despenza deconstructs the linear passage of time to ponder the choices we make for the sake of our survival. cullud wattah’s “lively and warmhearted characters” honor the people behind the headlines (New York Times). The play won the 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

Obie Award-Winner Lizan Mitchell takes on the role of Big Ma with Kelly Renee Armstrong as Marion, Ezinélia Baba as Plum, Andreá Bellamore as Ainee and Khalia Muhammad as Reesee.