Holly Twyford

Holly Twyford (Narrator) is excited to return to the Folger Shakespeare Library. She is proud to have performed in seventeen Folger Theatre productions, including a previous collaboration with Robert Eisenstein and the Folger Consort in Mary Hall Surface’s adaptation of The Second Shepherds’ Play. Holly has performed in over eighty productions in theaters in the Washington, DC area including Studio Theatre, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Theatre J, and Signature Theatre. A five-time Helen Hayes Award recipient, Holly was also honored with Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Emery Battis Award for Acting Excellence for her portrayal of Anna in Harold Pinter’s Old Times. She is proud to be a charter member of Studio Theatre’s Cabinet, a Ford’s Theatre Associate Artist, a Lunt-Fontanne Fellow, and especially a DC-based artist.