Ben Lauer

Read a few favorite quotes from actors who have  joined us on our Shakespeare Unlimited podcast. Lolita Chakrabarti, the late Glenda Jackson, Sir Derek Jacobi, Paterson Joseph, Adrian Lester, Sir Ian McKellen, Patrick Page, the late Antony Sher, Harriet Walter, and Stephan Wolfert offer their insights on everything from backstory to the famous bits to the question no actor should ask.

Plan a visit to a theater near you with our guide to summer Shakespeare across the United States.

We gathered tales of onstage mistakes, errors, and whoopsies from Shakespeare theaters across the US.

It’s the final week of the Folger’s Searching for Shakespeare festival!

This week, visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library to see a performance and visit the First Folio! Plus, the citywide scavenger hunt continues.

Our citywide Searching for Shakespeare festival continues! Check out this week’s programs and performances.

Read our round-up of performances at Shakespeare theaters across the United States this April, May, and June.

We’re celebrating Shakespeare in all 8 wards of DC. Check out this week’s programs and performances.

We ask theater artists across the country to tell us why it isn’t.

Sometimes it seems like January and February drag on forever. Thankfully, in 2023, there’s lots of thrilling theater to keep our spirits up. Here’s our round-up of performances from our theater partners across the United States this winter.

To celebrate releasing the 200th episode of the Folger’s Shakespeare Unlimited podcast, we revisit our five most popular episodes to date.