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 (Director) Folger Theatre: Metamorphoses (Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Direction). Directing: Arena Stage: Tempestuous Elements; Studio Theatre: Purlie Victorious, The Colored Museum, Good Bones, Flow, Pass Over; Ford’s Theatre: Necessary Sacrifices: A Radio Play; Mosaic Theater Company: Young John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest (Librettist/Lyricist), Monumental Travesties (Playwright), Dear Mapel (Playwright/Actor), Les Deux Noirs (Playwright), Native Son (Director); Joe’s Movement Emporium: Out of the Vineyard (Playwright); Theater Alliance: Word Becomes Flesh (Director); Imagination Stage: Cinderella: The Remix (Playwright/Director); African Continuum Theatre Company: Free Jujube Brown! (Playwright/Actor). Television/Film: HBO’s The Wire (Actor). Helen Hayes Award and Victor Shargai Leadership Award recipient. @psalmayene24
Nadia Guevara**
Nadia Guevara (Associate Director) Folger Theatre: Cymbeline: A Telenovela Dramatic Western (Reading Room Festival 2026), DC I Love You: First Dates; Imagination Stage: Cinderella: A Salsa Fairy Tale; Keegan Theatre: N; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Merry Wives (Helen Hayes Award – Outstanding Ensemble). Regional: Dallas Theater Center, McCarter Theatre. NYC/Off-Broadway: Keen Company/Drama League: Cell; National Queer Theatre: The Survival; The Public: Apple Bottom; The New Group: The Capitalist and the Factory Worker. Additional credits with New York Stage and Film, Red Bull Theater, Latinx Playwrights Circle. Awards: Drama League Stage Directing Fellow, NALAC Fellow, Actor of the Year – San Diego Critics Circle. nadiaguevara.com
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