Folger Theatre

09/14/2024

Usher for the Folger and see the show on us! Volunteer usher registration is now open for the 2024-2025 season of Folger Theatre, Folger Consort, and the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series. Learn more about ushering and register at the link below.

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Join us online, on the road, or in Washington, DC.

09/06/2024

Folger Theatre is bringing two of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays to the stage—Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night—and a retelling of Hamlet from the perspective of the women in the story by renowned playwright Lauren M. Gunderson. It’s a whole new Folger that Thrillist calls “the hottest reopening in DC this summer.”

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Join us online, on the road, or in Washington, DC.

08/30/2024

Folger Theatre is bringing two of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays to the stage—Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night—and a retelling of Hamlet from the perspective of the women in the story by renowned playwright Lauren M. Gunderson. Get your seats and get ready to experience our award-winning theatre alongside the Folger’s brand new amenities, like Quill & Crumb Café and our exhibition halls. It’s a whole new Folger that Thrillist calls “the hottest reopening in DC this summer.”

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Join us online, on the road, or in Washington, DC.

08/28/2024

Throughout the centuries and across disciplines, Romeo and Juliet has inspired countless artists to create something new from Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed teenagers. Learn more about opening production at Folger Theatre and the Folger Book Club in the link below.

Looking for summer reading? Try a novel based on "Romeo and Juliet," from a San Diege restaurant feud to a zombie horror tale to a story about first love.

08/24/2024

Visit the Folger today at our table at the National Book Festival at the Convention Center! See you there!

08/23/2024

Join the Folger at the National Book Festival tomorrow August 24 at the Washington Convention Center. Don't miss the chance to learn about all that the Folger has to offer.

08/23/2024

Folger Theatre is bringing two of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays to the stage—Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night—and a retelling of Hamlet from the perspective of the women in the story by renowned playwright Lauren M. Gunderson. Secure your seats and get ready to experience our award-winning theatre alongside the Folger’s brand new amenities, like Quill & Crumb Café and our exhibition halls. It’s a whole new Folger that Thrillist calls “the hottest reopening in DC this summer.” Explore details about the individual plays and subscription package options below.

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Join us online, on the road, or in Washington, DC.

08/20/2024

The 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare, without which many of Shakespeare’s plays might have been lost, has always been at the heart of the Folger collection. A display of the 82 copies of the First Folio collected by Emily and Henry Folger, by far the largest First Folio collection in the world, is on display and accessible to the public for the first time at the heart of the Folger’s Shakespeare Exhibition Hall. Learn more in Shakespeare & Beyond.

Greg Prickman explains how advance news of the 1623 book we now call the  First Folio appeared a year earlier, in a catalog for a fair in Frankfurt, Germany.

08/18/2024

We are reaching that point in summer when we may lament, “summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” But, while enjoying the last dog days of summer, we reached out to our theater partners across the United States to see what’s onstage this August. What are you planning to see?

Read our round-up of August performances from Shakespeare theaters across the country.