Folger Theatre

Folger Theatre presents Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, bringing Ovid’s classic tales of gods and mortals to life
Press release: April 9, 2024

Folger Theatre presents acclaimed solo show "Where We Belong"
Press release: January 23, 2024

Folger Theatre announces artists and full program lineup for the second year of The Reading Room Festival
Press release: January 12, 2024

Folger Theatre to expand the second year of The Reading Room Festival
Press release: December 7, 2023

Dramaturg's Notes: The Winter's Tale, 2023
Dramaturg Michele Osherow shares reflections on the themes explored in Folger Theatre’s 2023 production of The Winter’s Tale.

Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale opens Folger Theatre’s homecoming season
Press release: September 26, 2023

Q&A: "Our Verse in Time to Come" playwrights Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels
Playwrights Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels share more the creation of Our Verse in Time to Come and spring boarding off Shakespeare.
This week at The Playhouse: August 22 - 28
This is the final week to visit The Playhouse or catch Folger Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the National Building Museum. But don’t worry: there’s still lots to do. This week, catch a reading of a new play, join a generative…
This week at The Playhouse, August 15 – 21
Photo: Lloyd Wolf There’s always something to do at The Playhouse. This week, join us for a free concert from the Bele Bele Rhythm Collective, learn about the history of potions and cocktails from mixologists and historians, and immerse yourself…
This week at The Playhouse: August 8 - 14
This week at The Playhouse, take an in-depth look at the Folger’s renovation with its designers, make your own miniature comic book, and jam out to tunes by Justin Trawick and the Common Good.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Insights from Folger Theatre dramaturg Michele Osherow
“Nowhere does Shakespeare attend more to theatrical enterprise and potential than in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” writes Michele Osherow, Folger Theatre’s resident dramaturg. “It makes the play irresistible to those who practice theatre and to those who crave its incomparable…

This week at The Playhouse: July 25 – 31
Every week, there’s something new happening at The Playhouse. Check out special events going on July 25 – 31.