The Folger Spotlight
About 'Homegoing'
Introductory information on the February 2024 Folger Book Club selection, a generational story spanning centuries.
Q&A with Austin Dean Ashford
Austin Dean Ashford shares more about his one-person show, “Rap Monologues,” which fuses hip hop history, humor, and a fresh perspective on the classics.
Q&A with Sarah Mantell
“I wanted to write a play that allowed these characters to speak in Jewish voices for the first time,” writes Mantell about Everything That Never Happened.
Q&A with Dr. John "Ray" Proctor III
Learn more about what to expect for The Reading Room Festival’s “interactive interrogation” of Shakespeare’s Othello, Act III, scene iii, at Folger Theatre.
Q&A with Carmen Pelaez
Carmen Pelaez shares how she was inspired by Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and why she set her play The Cuban Vote amid a political campaign in Miami.
Toast the Season with DCanter's Mulled Wine
Get into the festive spirit with this warming holiday beverage from DCanter.
'The Weird Sisters' Resource Guide
Resources related to early modern family dynamics in preparation for our December book club discussion of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown.
About 'The Weird Sisters'
Introductory information on the December 2023 Folger Book Club selection, a family story threaded with Shakespearean references.
'Beheld' Resource Guide
Resources related to colonial America in preparation for our November Book Club discussion of Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit.
About 'Beheld'
Introductory information on the November 2023 Folger Book Club selection, which looks at the first recorded murder in the Plymouth colony.
'Warm Bodies' Resource Guide
Resources related to Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare and horror in preparation for our October Book Club discussion of Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion.
About 'Warm Bodies'
Introductory information on the October 2023 Folger Book Club selection, a Romeo and Juliet adaptation set in the zombie apocalypse.