Booking and details
Get TicketsDates Fri, Mar 5, 2027 at 6:30pm
Venue Founders' Room
Tickets $20 with discounts for Folger Members and Subscribers
Please note: Children under the age of 4 are not permitted.
Hamlet director Kate Whoriskey and Director of the Folger Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper discuss Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy in this insightful pre-performance discussion that considers the themes within the play alongside the current Folger Theatre production.
About Director Talks
Folger Director Talks are an exclusive opportunity to explore Shakespeare’s plays before seeing them in performance. Experts from the Folger Shakespeare Library offer insights into the plays’ historical and literary context alongside professional theatrical directors who have guided the play through the rehearsal and performance process. This engaging and revealing look at Shakespeare’s work offers multiple perspectives for how and why these plays continue to spark conversations today.
Panelists
Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper
Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper is the eighth director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. The Folger opened in 1932 as a home to the monumental collection of Shakespeare’s works and materials from the early modern world amassed by founders Henry and Emily Folger. Today, Dr. Karim-Cooper leads a staff of around 150 who continue to grow and care for the collection, provide opportunities for research and scholarship, program the Folger’s Elizabethan-style theatre, offer training and classes for educators and students, and operate museum galleries and a café. As the Folger approaches its second century, Dr. Karim-Cooper is positioning the organization as an international leader for practical applications of Shakespeare and the humanities in civic life.
Kate Whoriskey
Folger Theatre: debut. Broadway: Clyde’s (Outstanding Director – Drama League), Sweat, The Miracle Worker. Off-Broadway: Signature Theatre: Letters from Max, MCC Theater: All the Natalie Portmans, New York City Center: Songs for a New World (Encores! Off-Center), The Public Theater: Sweat (Outstanding Director nomination – Outer Critics Award), Manhatta, Ping Pong; Playwrights Horizons; Aubergine, Inked Baby; Fabulation: Lincoln Center Theater: Her Requiem; Second Stage Theatre: The Apiary, How I Learned to Drive, Cardinal; Theatre for a New Audience: Oroonoko: Manhattan Theatre Club: Ruined (Outstanding Director – Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel nomination), Tales from Red Vienna.
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