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A Trifecta of Love for Faith, Community, and Brotherhood
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A Trifecta of Love for Faith, Community, and Brotherhood

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Director Nicole Brewer shares a first look at Julius X, which opens the Folger Theatre 2025-2026 season in September.

Henry V, Tupac, and the Power of Verse
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Henry V, Tupac, and the Power of Verse

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Playwright and Broadway star Jacob Ming-Trent discusses How Shakespeare Saved My Life, part of the Folger Theatre 2025-2026 season.

Folger Shakespeare Library’s "DC, I Love You" Brings Real Love Stories to Life in the District Neighborhoods of Mount Pleasant and Capitol Hill
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Folger Shakespeare Library’s "DC, I Love You" Brings Real Love Stories to Life in the District Neighborhoods of Mount Pleasant and Capitol Hill

Folger Shakespeare Library today announced that tickets are now available for DC, I Love You, a community-driven, site-specific performance set against the backdrop of Washington, DC’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood and throughout the public spaces of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Q&A with Twelfth Night director Mei Ann Teo
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Q&A with Twelfth Night director Mei Ann Teo

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Director Mei Ann Teo shares the vision for Folger Theatre’s production of Twelfth Night. Shakespearean original practice, the soulful pop of local icon composer Be Steadwell, and an ensemble proposition all inform a production that Teo describes as “hilarious, sexy, and devastating.”

Play on!: An interview with "Twelfth Night" composer Be Steadwell
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Play on!: An interview with "Twelfth Night" composer Be Steadwell

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Folger Theatre’s Twelfth Night begins performances May 13. Composer Be Steadwell shares how The Cure, Elizabethan traditional ballads, the underground club scene in Berlin, and queer ball culture all inspire the songs for this production.

Folger Theatre Closes Its 2024-25 Season with a Sexy, Joyful Twelfth Night Directed by Mei Ann Teo
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Folger Theatre Closes Its 2024-25 Season with a Sexy, Joyful Twelfth Night Directed by Mei Ann Teo

Press release: April 10, 2025

Folger Theatre Announces Upcoming 2025-26 Season of Plays
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Folger Theatre Announces Upcoming 2025-26 Season of Plays

Press release: April 8, 2025

The Hamlet variations
Shakespeare and Beyond

The Hamlet variations

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Austin Tichenor

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is having a moment—actually two, with A Room in the Castle and The Comedy of Hamlet! (a prequel) exploring Shakespeare’s characters before, during, and after the events of his greatest tragedy.

Folger Theatre Presents the World Premiere of Lauren M. Gunderson’s A Room in the Castle
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Folger Theatre Presents the World Premiere of Lauren M. Gunderson’s A Room in the Castle

Press release: January 28, 2025

Folger Theatre Announces Lineup of Events for Third Annual Reading Room Festival
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Folger Theatre Announces Lineup of Events for Third Annual Reading Room Festival

Press release: January 9, 2025

Folger Theatre Announces Plays and Playwrights for Third Annual Reading Room Festival, a Four-Day Celebration of Staged Readings in Conversation with Shakespeare
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Folger Theatre Announces Plays and Playwrights for Third Annual Reading Room Festival, a Four-Day Celebration of Staged Readings in Conversation with Shakespeare

Press release: December 5, 2024

Staging Puerto Rican Culture: Speaking Spanish and English in Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare and Beyond

Staging Puerto Rican Culture: Speaking Spanish and English in Romeo and Juliet

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Carla Della Gatta

Carla Della Gatta explores how bilingual staging methods help evoke Puerto Rican culture for the Capulet women in Folger Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet.

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