Announcing our 2024-2025 season!
Folger Theatre is bringing two of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays to the stage—Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night—and a retelling of Hamlet from the perspective of the women in the story by renowned playwright Lauren M. Gunderson. Secure your seats and get ready to experience our award-winning theatre alongside the Folger’s brand new amenities, like Quill & Crumb Café and our exhibition halls. It’s a whole new Folger that Thrillist calls “the hottest reopening in DC this summer.”
Below, explore details about the individual plays and subscription package options. Make your purchase online today, or contact the box office at (202) 544-7077 or folgerboxoffice@folger.edu for more information.
Explore the plays
Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell
October 1 – November 10, 2024
Shakespeare’s timeless story of star-crossed lovers is also a story of the politics of warring families and the violence that consumes them. When all the systems meant to protect and guide a pair of young lovers—familial, religious, and governmental—fail them, can they find a way to safeguard their future despite the chaos around them?
A Room in the Castle
By Lauren M. Gunderson
Directed by Kaja Dunn
March 4 – April 6, 2025
Commissioned and co-produced with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
How does a woman survive the court of Denmark? A Room in the Castle finds Ophelia, her handmaid, and Queen Gertrude on the other end of a wild prince’s antics and realizing just how dangerous life in this castle has become. A meditation on women helping women, what mothering a potential madman means, and what responsibility generations of feminists have to one another, A Room in the Castle rebrands the stories of the women of Shakespeare’s Hamlet into a drama with music and defiant hope for the future.
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Mei Ann Teo
May 13 – June 22, 2025
Viola washes up on the shore after losing her twin brother in a shipwreck. In disguise as her twin brother, she lands in the world of Duke Orsino. A playful interpretation of a beloved Shakespeare comedy that brings gender fluidity, mistaken identities, and what it means to move between worlds into a joyful discovery of love.
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