Booking and details
Get TicketsDates Fri, Sep 25, 2026 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.
Measure for Measure director Psalmayene 24 engages in conversation on Shakespeare’s rarely staged comedy in this insightful pre-performance discussion that considers the themes within the play alongside the current Folger Theatre production. Moderated by production Associate Director Nadia Guevara.
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
Psalmayene 24
Psalmayene 24: Folger Theatre: Metamorphoses, Director (Helen Hayes Award Award for Outstanding Direction); The Reading Room Festival 2025, Panelist. Arena Stage: Tempestuous Elements (Director), Ruined (Actor), Cuttin’ Up (Actor), Anthems (Actor); Studio Theatre: The Colored Museum (Director), Good Bones (Director), Flow (Director), Pass Over (Director); Ford’s Theatre: Necessary Sacrifices: A Radio Play (Director); Mosaic Theater: Monumental Travesties (Playwright), Dear Mapel (Playwright/Actor), Les Deux Noirs (Playwright), Native Son (Director), Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence; Joe’s Movement Emporium: Out of the Vineyard (Playwright); Theater Alliance: The Blackest Battle (Playwright); Word Becomes Flesh (Director); Imagination Stage: The Freshest Snow Whyte (Playwright/Director), Cinderella: The Remix (Playwright/Director), P. Nokio: A Hip-Hop Musical (Playwright/Director), Zomo the Rabbit: A Hip-Hop Creation Myth (Playwright/Director); African Continuum Theatre Company: Free Jujube Brown! (Playwright/Actor). TV/Film: The Freewheelin’ Insurgents (Writer/Director/Actor); HBO’s The Wire (Actor). Helen Hayes and Imagination Award recipient.
Nadia Guevara**
Nadia Guevara (Director – Cymbeline) Folger Theatre: DC, I Love You. 1st Stage: Young Americans; Keegan Theatre: N; Imagination Stage: Cinderella: A Salsa Fairy Tale; American University: Fefu and Her Friends, Spring Awakening. Off-Broadway: Keen Company: Cell; Atlantic Theater Company: Caribbean MixFest; Latinx Playwrights Theatre / The New Group: The Invisible Hand of God Touched Me in a Bad Place; The Public Theatre: Apple Bottom; National Queer Theatre: The Survival, Criminal Queerness Festival; Red Bull Theatre: The Beast of Hungary, Short New Play Fest. Regional: University of Rochester: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; Texas Tech University: Water by the Spoonful; Dallas Theater Center; McCarter Theatre; New York Stage & Film. Awards: 2018 San Diego Critics Circle Actor of the Year; Drama League Stage Directing Fellowship. SDC Member. nadiaguevara.com
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