Booking and details
Get TicketsDates Fri, May 21, 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.
The Comedy of Errors director Holly Twyford and Director of the Folger Institute Patricia Akhimie discuss Shakespeare’s touching and farcical comedy in this insightful pre-performance discussion that considers the themes within the play alongside the current Folger Theatre production. Moderated by the production dramaturg.
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. Patricia Akhimie
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Holly Twyford*
Holly Twyford (Escalus) Folger Theatre: Dark Lady: A Musical Theater Work (Reading Room Festival 2026), An English Garden (Folger Consort), The Love Birds: Chaucer’s A Parlement of Foules (Folger Consort), King John, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mary Stuart, The Taming of the Shrew, Orestes: A Tragic Romp, Arcadia, The Second Shepherds’ Play, Melissa Arctic, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Helen Hayes Award), Twelfth Night, Othello, As You Like It, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet (Helen Hayes Award), The Merchant of Venice. Over eighty productions at DC Area theater including: Shakespeare Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, Round House Theatre, and others. Awards & Affiliations: 4 Helen Hayes Awards, Emery Battis Award for Acting Excellence, Lunt-Fontanne Fellow, Studio Theatre Cabinet Member, Ford’s Associate Artist.
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