Rosalind and her cousin Celia are forced to leave the court where they find respite and adventure in nature, inevitably succumbing to the madness of love and delightfully unpredictable circumstances.
Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday at the Folger with fun, family-friendly activities and birthday cupcakes for all! Make an Elizabethan ruff, watch sword-fighting and printing press demonstrations, write sonnets, and more.
Adjoa Andoh MBE is most well-known among American audiences for her role as Lady Danbury in the Netflix TV show Bridgerton, but she is also a highly regarded Shakespearean actor and director. Learn more about the public events happening during her Director’s Residency at the Folger.
Tell Out My Soul: What’s The Story and Who’s Telling It?
In this personal reflection, Adjoa Andoh MBE shares how she built her impressive career as a theater maker, actor, and director. Andoh is the inaugural resident in the new Director’s Residency at the Folger.
Join the Folger for a free screening of the 2019 Shakespeare’s Globe production of Richard II. Adjoa Andoh MBE conceived, co-directed, and played the lead in the UK’s first all women-of-color production of this Shakespeare play.
A staged reading commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Federal Theatre Project’s production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth concludes Adjoa Andoh’s Director’s Residency at the Folger.
Folger Consort presents a program of Elizabethan songs and instrumental music interspersed with short readings of poems, garden descriptions, and advice from contemporary authors.
The 2026 O.B. Hardison Poetry Series Finale Reading
The Poetry season concludes with a finale reading by a poet chosen by a group of Folger Poetry supporters. This year's reader, Kwame Dawes, is Poet Laureate of Jamaica (2024-2027) and winner of the prestigious Windham/Campbell Award for Poetry.
Subscriptions are now on sale for Folger Theatre and Folger Consort’s 2026-2027 seasons! Dates and program titles will be announced this spring, but you can lock in the best seats (and a host of other benefits) by purchasing your subscription today.
Artist Talk and Performance with Alexander D'Agostino
Transformer DC and the Folger Shakespeare Library present a special performance event in conjunction with Something Wicked, an exhibition at Transformer by Folger Artistic Research Fellow Alexander D'Agostino.
Imagining Shakespeare: Mythmaking and Storytelling in the Regency Era
Displayed together for the first time since 1805, 14 paintings from the influential Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in London will be on view at the Folger, offering visitors the chance to consider both the stories Shakespeare created and the stories that were created about him.
In this small solo exhibition, artist Mandy Cano Villalobos harnesses the leftover materials of home, belonging, and cultural identity to draw attention to the lasting legacies of injustice and environmental damage that are a consequence of early modern colonization and empire building.
Explore our world-class collection and enjoy interactive experiences created for visitors of all ages and stages.
Our Shakespeare Exhibition Hall is devoted to the works of William Shakespeare then and there, here and now — including for the first time a display of all 82 copies of the Folger’s First Folios; and
In our Stuart and Mimi Rose Rare Book and Manuscript Exhibition Hall, you’ll discover exhibits of significant collection items that inspire the Folger’s work, deep dives into our vault, and special exhibitions.
Join us on Friday, April 24, for the annual Folger Gala—a celebratory evening to benefit the Folger and its many vital and creative programmatic offerings.
Family Workshop: Celebrations - Shakespearean Style
In honor of Shakespeare’s birthday, families will explore how celebrations appear in Shakespeare’s plays and share how they celebrate important moments in their own lives. Party hats and streamers not required, as we will make our own!
Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday at the Folger with fun, family-friendly activities and birthday cupcakes for all! Make an Elizabethan ruff, watch sword-fighting and printing press demonstrations, write sonnets, and more.
Families will take inspiration from the season to make connections with nature in Shakespeare’s plays and throughout the Folger itself. Then, head to the Folger’s gardens to compose an “Ode to the Folger Gardens,” using lines from Shakespeare and Rita Dove’s poetry!
Folger Book Club: 'The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf' by Isa Arsén
Two Shakespearean actors in an unconventional marriage head to New Mexico for a production of Titus Andronicus, only to be drawn into their own tangled drama.
