Booking and details
Dates Wed, Nov 29, 2023, 6:30pm
Tickets $25 with discounts for Folger Members and Subscribers
Join Folger Shakespeare Library Director Michael Witmore as he engages in a lively discussion with Karen Ann Daniels, Artistic Director, Folger Theatre, about the opening production of Folger Theatre’s homecoming season.
Learn more about the decision to open the season with Shakespeare’s late romance, what draws us to this fantastical story of transformation and forgiveness, and how it relates to our “What’s Your Story?” season.
Michael Witmore
Michael Witmore is the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library. His books include Landscapes of the Passing Strange: Reflections from Shakespeare, with Rosamond Purcell (W.W. Norton, 2010), Shakespearean Metaphysics (Continuum, 2009), Pretty Creatures: Children and Fiction in the English Renaissance (Cornell University Press, 2007), Childhood and Children’s Books in Early Modern Europe, 1550-1800 (Routledge, 2006), and Culture of Accidents: Unexpected Knowledge in Early Modern England (Stanford University Press, 2001).
Karen Ann Daniels
Karen Ann Daniels is the Director of Programming/Artistic Director of Folger Theatre. A native San Diegan, she is an accomplished actor, director, playwright, vocalist, musician, and community organizer. Prior to joining the Folger, she was director of the Mobile Unit at The Public Theater in NYC, producing tours around all five boroughs of NYC bringing the tools of theater to incarcerated community through Mobile Unit In Corrections (MUiC).
This event is part of the Shakespeare Everywhere Festival, Oct 7 – Dec 31, 2023. The Folger joins artistic and cultural institutions across the District to produce 12 Shakespeare shows in 12 weeks.