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Our citywide Searching for Shakespeare festival continues! Check out this week’s programs and performances.

Read our round-up of performances at Shakespeare theaters across the United States this April, May, and June.

We’re celebrating Shakespeare in all 8 wards of DC. Check out this week’s programs and performances.

We ask theater artists across the country to tell us why it isn’t.

Sometimes it seems like January and February drag on forever. Thankfully, in 2023, there’s lots of thrilling theater to keep our spirits up. Here’s our round-up of performances from our theater partners across the United States this winter.

To celebrate releasing the 200th episode of the Folger’s Shakespeare Unlimited podcast, we revisit our five most popular episodes to date.

King John (2022): Jessika D. Williams in “King John,” at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Photo by Jenny Graham. The fall harvest is ready, and this year, we’ve got a bumper crop of Shakespeare plays! If you’re in the mood for…

Find out what’s onstage at a Shakespeare theater near you in September.

This is the final week to visit The Playhouse or catch Folger Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the National Building Museum. But don’t worry: there’s still lots to do. This week, catch a reading of a new play, join a generative…

Photo: Lloyd Wolf There’s always something to do at The Playhouse. This week, join us for a free concert from the Bele Bele Rhythm Collective, learn about the history of potions and cocktails from mixologists and historians, and immerse yourself…

Read great tips for helping your kids have a blast watching their very first Shakespeare play.