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Dates Mar 02 – Apr 11, 2027
Venue Folger Theatre
Please note: Children under the age of 4 are not permitted.
“To be or not to be?” Shakespeare’s most celebrated play returns to the playwright’s American home. Helmed by acclaimed Broadway director Kate Whoriskey, winner of the Drama League Award for Clyde’s, this bold and deeply considered production reexamines Shakespeare’s “poem unlimited” with fresh urgency and insight.
Haunted by the sudden death of his father and feeling alienated in the royal court, Hamlet becomes the ultimate anti-hero, a tortured prince who is by turns cruel and kind. A poet, lover, philosopher, and madman, Hamlet remains a character full of contradiction and meaning for each generation. This great revenge tragedy revolves around the complexities of human experience and—after 400 years—it remains as radical and profound as ever.
Subscribe to Folger Theatre’s 2026-2027 season to see three Shakespeare plays: Measure for Measure, Hamlet, and The Comedy of Errors.
Creative team
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.
Folger Theatre Sponsors
With special thanks to
Share Fund
The Shubert Foundation
Premiere Season Sponsors
Dr. Bill and Evelyn Braithwaite
Andrea “Andi” Kasarsky
Season Sponsors
Scott and Liz Vance
Contributing Sponsors
Keith and Celia Arnaud
Open-captioned Performance Sponsors
Vinton and Sigrid Cerf
Related event
Director Talk: Hamlet
Accessibility
The Folger wants every visitor to enjoy exploring our building, our programs, and our collection. We strive to provide access to all audiences. Please contact us at VisitorServices@folger.edu or (202) 544-7077 with questions or requests. More information
Relaxed performances
- Sunday, Mar 21, 2027 at 7:30pm
- Wednesday, Mar 24, 2027 at 2pm
Relaxed performances are designed to create a welcoming and comfortable environment for audiences that may receive and react to information in different ways. The content of the production is the same, but some elements of the environment are altered. Download our social narrative
Audio-described performance
- Saturday, Apr 3, 2027 at 2pm
Audio description (AD) is a narration service that attempts to describe the visual aspects of theatre and make the visual an auditory experience, with the goal of helping low vision and Blind audience members share in the experience of live theatre more fully.
Open-captioned performances
- Sunday, Apr 4, 2027 at 2pm
- Sunday, Apr 4, 2027 at 7:30pm
Open-captioning makes live theater performances accessible by using a non-intrusive caption board at the front of the stage which scrolls the entire text of the production in real time.
For information about the best seat locations from which to see the caption board, contact us at VisitorServices@folger.edu or (202) 544–7077.
Special performances
Student matinees
- Wednesday, Mar 10, 2027 at 10am
- Wednesday, Mar 17, 2027 at 10am
- Wednesday, Mar 31, 2027 at 10am
At a Folger student matinee, students are exposed to professional theater of the highest quality, developing and deepening a respect for and love of the arts. Learn more
Post-show discussion
Thursday, Mar 25, 2027 at 7:30pm
Join us after the performance for a free conversation with the cast, moderated by the production dramaturg.