The Folger is dedicated to providing access to all our patrons. We endeavor to make everyone’s visit an enjoyable and seamless one. We are striving hard and learning how to make the Folger a place available to all.
Below are services and information currently provided. Please contact audienceservices@folger.edu if you have any questions, or if there is anything else we can do to make your experience enjoyable.
Accessible seating
Patrons who wish to reserve accessible seating may contact the box office at folgerboxoffice@folger.edu or (202) 544–7077. A box office associate will be happy to find the best seat location for you. Please let our staff know if you may need assistance entering the event venue.
Assisted listening devices
Our assisted listening devices, which work with headphones or with T-Coil wireless transmission, are available at most performances and events at no extra charge.
Open-captioned performances
Open-captioning makes live theater performances accessible by using a non-intrusive caption board at the front of the stage which scrolls the entire text of the production in real time.
For information about the best seat locations from which to see the caption board, contact the box office at folgerboxoffice@folger.edu or (202) 544–7077.
Folger Theatre’s open-captioned performances are generously sponsored by Vinton and Sigrid Cerf.
Open-captioning is available for Our Verse in Time to Come on Wednesday, April 26, 7:00pm at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Sign Language Interpretation
ASL interpretation is available for performances and events by advance request.
Please contact audienceservices@folger.edu to make a request, or for more information about interpreted performances and events.
ASL interpretation is available for the following performances of Our Verse in Time to Come, in partnership with and at DC Public Library:
Monday, April 3, 6pm at Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library
Tuesday, April 4, 6pm at Anacostia Neighborhood Library
Thursday, April 6, 7pm at Southwest Neighborhood Library
Thursday, April 20, 7pm and Saturday, April 22, 3pm at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
ASL Interpretation is available for Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture: Ian Smith on “Making Blackness” on Saturday, April 22, 5:30pm at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library