Folger Theatre
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces 2024-25 Season, Bridging Exhibitions and Programming Under Theme Whose Democracy?
Press release: March 28, 2024
Folger Theatre presents acclaimed solo show "Where We Belong"
Press release: January 23, 2024
Folger Theatre announces artists and full program lineup for the second year of The Reading Room Festival
Press release: January 12, 2024
Dramaturg's Notes: The Winter's Tale, 2023
Dramaturg Michele Osherow shares reflections on the themes explored in Folger Theatre’s 2023 production of The Winter’s Tale.
Q&A: "Our Verse in Time to Come" playwrights Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels
Playwrights Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels share more the creation of Our Verse in Time to Come and spring boarding off Shakespeare.
This week at The Playhouse: August 22 - 28
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…
This week at The Playhouse, August 15 – 21
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…
This week at The Playhouse: August 8 - 14
This week at The Playhouse, take an in-depth look at the Folger’s renovation with its designers, make your own miniature comic book, and jam out to tunes by Justin Trawick and the Common Good.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Insights from Folger Theatre dramaturg Michele Osherow
“Nowhere does Shakespeare attend more to theatrical enterprise and potential than in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” writes Michele Osherow, Folger Theatre’s resident dramaturg. “It makes the play irresistible to those who practice theatre and to those who crave its incomparable…
This week at The Playhouse: July 25 – 31
Every week, there’s something new happening at The Playhouse. Check out special events going on July 25 – 31.
What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters this summer
Find out what’s onstage at Shakespeare theaters across the United States this summer.
ENCORES: 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' performed by Folger Theatre and Fiasco Theater (2014)
Folger Public Programs is pleased to present ENCORES, recalling the rich history of programming on the historic Folger stage. This week, we revisit a performance of ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ by Folger Theatre and Fiasco Theater (2014).