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Our award-winning Folger Theatre, in our nation’s capital, bridges the arts and humanities through transformational performances and programming that speak inclusively to the human experience.
The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale
Shakespeare's astonishing romance is an exhilarating journey filled with emotional depth, extreme behavior, complex relationships—and a bear in pursuit.
Sun, Nov 5 – Sun, Dec 17, 2023
The Reading Room New Play Festival 2024
The Reading Room Festival
The Reading Room returns for its second season of public readings of world-premiere plays and Folger commissions inspired by the works of Shakespeare. Discussions with scholars, artists, and critics continue the conversation.
Thu, Jan 25 – Sun, Jan 28, 2024
Where We Belong
Where We Belong
In 2015, Mohegan theater-maker Madeline Sayet traveled to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare, where she found a country that refuses to acknowledge its ongoing role in colonialism.
Thu, Feb 15 – Sun, Mar 10, 2024
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
The classic tales of Ovid come to astonishing life in Mary Zimmerman's adaptation where gods and mortals experience love, loss, invention, and transformation.
Tue, May 7 – Sun, Jun 16, 2024