About Folger Theatre
The award-winning Folger Theatre in our nation’s capital bridges the arts and humanities through transformational performances and programming that speak inclusively to the human experience.
Our 2025-2026 Folger Theatre season features three incredible plays telling stories of struggle and power, of love and romance, and of personal journeys. It’s for the love of experiencing a good story staged in a captivating way before us that we all come to the theater.
Subscriptions are no longer on sale for the 2025-2026 season, but you can enjoy up to 30% savings on tickets with our flexible Folger 6Tix package.
Reading Room Festival
Join us in January for a four-day festival of staged readings, panel discussions, workshops, and community celebrations. All-access passes on sale now!
What’s on stage next
As You Like It
How Shakespeare Saved My Life
Leadership and mission
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Karen Ann Daniels, Folger Theatre continues its legacy through exciting interpretations and adaptations of Shakespeare and expands the classical canon through cultivating today’s artists and commissioning new work that is in dialogue with the concerns and issues of our time. Folger Theatre thrives both on its historical stage and in the community, engaging audiences wherever they happen to be.
The Folger has emerged as a wonderfully receptive staging ground for innovative approaches to the classics.–The Washington Post
Awards
Folger Theatre has been the recipient of 158 nominations and 31 awards for excellence in acting, direction, design, and production.
Past productions
From our 2025-2026 Folger Theatre Season
Julius X
From our 2024-2025 Folger Theatre Season
Romeo and Juliet
A Room in the Castle
Twelfth Night
From our 2023-2024 Folger Theatre Season
The Winter's Tale
Where We Belong
Metamorphoses
More past productions
Visit Folgerpedia for our full production archive.
The Reading Room Festival
The annual Reading Room Festival features staged readings, panel discussions, workshops, and community celebrations. This festival unites artists, critics, and scholars in a celebration of creative community, as they collaboratively explore the multifaceted nature of Shakespeare’s stories.
Who we are
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