At The Playhouse at the National Building Museum
Folger Theatre is back in person, and we are preparing to see you soon.
We are busy creating the magical world of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and building a theater from the ground up inside the soaring atrium of the National Building Museum.
This once-in-a-lifetime production is full of yearning young lovers, mischievous fairies, and bumbling amateur actors colliding beneath the glowing moon. You will be swept away by 90-minutes of sheer delight and romance.
You’ll want to experience at least twice!
Make a plan to visit The Playhouse at the National Building Museum before the show (or make a day of it) and explore a wide variety of activities created specially to enhance your experience.
There is a life-sized immersive installation based on Joanna Robson’s pop-up book A Knavish Lad which is a part of the Folger Shakespeare Library collection.
There’s also an illustrative narration of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and costume displays and descriptions.
There are sword fighting demonstrations, scavenger hunts, guided backstage tours showing the art and mystery of stagecraft, and opportunities to get on stage and act Shakespeare’s words.
Design an Elizabethan city using found objects, build your own Shakespeare’s Globe-styled theater, learn about the intricacies of The Playhouse’s construction, and so much more.
Performance location: The National Building Museum, 401 F St NW
Read the Play | Visit Folger Shakespeare to view a detailed synopsis and read the Folger Shakespeare edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
For complete health and safety protocols, please visit folger.edu/covid-19-safety-protocols.
Who's Who
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Understudies
Cerra Cardwell
u/s Peter Quince and Philostrate
Jordan Essex
u/s Bottom
Izzy Gholl
u/s Helena and Hermia
Brit Herring
u/s Oberon and Theseus
Brooke Kemph
u/s Flute, Snout, and Snug
Shinji Elspeth Oh
u/s Starveling
Sabrina Sawyer
u/s Puck and Egeus
Khalid Taylor
u/s Lysander and Demetrius
Kathryn Zoerb
u/s Titania and Hippolyta
Produced in association with the National Building Museum and the University of South Carolina.
With special thanks to:
Share Fund
Season Sponsors
Maygene and Steve Daniels
Helen and David Kenney and Family
Neal T. Turtell
Production Sponsors
Nancy and Steve Howard
Robin and Roger Millay
Associate Sponsors
Timothy J. Carlton
Dr. David E. Johnson and Ms. Wendy Frieman
Peter and Mary Jay Michel
Gail Kern Paster
