Folger Theatre has revealed its 2026-27 season with three titles by the best-known playwright in the English language, William Shakespeare, to be performed at the Folger Shakespeare Library, his ...

The family-friendly Birthday Festival will return on April 18 and the Folger's inaugural Director's Resident Adjoa Andoh MBE will direct and star in the Macbeth Staged Reading WASHINGTON, March 27, ...

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Folger Theatre today announced its 2026-27 season with three titles by the best-known playwright in the English language, William Shakespeare, to be ...

The title page of one of the Folger’s First Folios. Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library Future titan of industry Henry Clay Folger Jr. lived the first part of his life in Dickensian poverty. Born ...

Oneika Phillips, Sabrina Lynne Sawyer, and Burgess Byrd in Folger Theatre's world premiere of A Room in the Castle, written by Lauren M. Gunderson, directed by Kaja Dunn, co-produced with Cincinnati ...

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Now premiering at Folger Theatre, A Room in the Castle focuses on the women: “The most brazen part of this whole play is I actually don’t give a shit about Hamlet.” Sign up for City Lights, our ...

As one of the most popular plays in the English language, Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” continues to appeal to audiences because of its timeless themes of grief, revenge and indecision, its complex, ...

In an exclusive interview, the playwright previews her latest girl-power drama, 'A Room in the Castle,' on stage at Folger Theatre March 4 to April 6. Chances are that if you spend time at the Folger ...

Where: Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE, Washington, D.C. When: March 4-April 6. Info: (202) 544-7077, folger.edu, $20-$84. To say that playwright Sarah Mantell is no fan of “The ...

The Folger Shakespeare Library may have missed an opportunity by not naming its new eatery As You Like it Cafe (as we suggested), but a cafe by any other name still looks as sweet. Quill & Crumb (that ...

“This printing press,” says Greg Prickman of the Folger Shakespeare Library. “We had it built for the space, so it’s not an artifact. People can handle it, and it helps us tell the story of the book.” ...