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If you have any questions, would like to arrange an interview or story, or request images, please contact us at press@folger.edu or 202-608-1703.
Colleen Kennedy
Senior Communications Manager
Melanie Bender Martin
Director of Marketing and Communications
Recent press releases
Folger Theatre Announces the Cast for Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
Press release: August 20, 2026
Folger Shakespeare Library Welcomes Twenty-Five School Teachers from Across the United States for Teaching Shakespeare Institute
Press release: August 19, 2026
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Paul Menzer Selected as Inaugural Folger Chair in Shakespeare Studies
Press release: June 24, 2026
Folger Board of Governors Elects Florence Cohen as Chair
Press release: June 23, 2026
Folger Shakespeare Library Names Wendy Lin as Chief Financial Officer
Press release: June 18, 2026
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Aaron T. Pratt as Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints
Press release: June 11, 2026
Folger Theatre Announces Final Play of Upcoming All-Shakespeare Season: The Comedy of Errors
Press release: June 9, 2026
Folger to Present Major Exhibition Surveying 450 Years of Black Women and Shakespeare
Press release: June 4, 2026
Folger Announces 2026-27 O.B. Hardison Poetry Series
Press release: June 2, 2026