DC, I Love You: Community Playwriting Workshops

Join playwright and Folger Resident Artist Katie Harroff for a series of workshops taking place in the Mt. Pleasant and Anacostia neighborhoods of Washington, DC, and at the Folger Shakespeare Library.   

At the workshops, artists will collaborate with participants in developing a site-specific romantic comedy inspired by real stories of romance and the DC community. In the workshop participants will gain playwriting skills and will support the greater development of an original production that will then be produced by the Folger in 2025. 

Each workshop will last two hours. Participants only need to attend one session.

Times and locations

• Anacostia Neighborhood Library

  • 1800 Marion Barry Ave SE, Washington, DC 20020
  • Sat, Nov 23, 1:30pm-3:30pm

• Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library

  • 3160 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20010
  • Sun, Nov 24, 1:30pm-3:30pm

• Folger Shakespeare Library (Folger Haskell Center)

  • 301 East Capitol St SE, Washington, DC 20003 (across 3rd St SE from the main library)
  • Sat, Nov 30, 1:30pm-3:30pm

About DC, I Love You

DC, I Love You is the second part of the three-part DC Amplified project which seeks to gather and uplift community stories within Washington, DC. In this phase, audience members are invited to enjoy an original performance experience where short plays inspired by real love stories are staged throughout the community businesses and neighborhoods where the events would actually take place. Audiences will be led to different locations in a block radius where each new location will reveal another scene in the journey of the play.