Folger Theatre, Washington D.C., DC Videos

Tony Thomas on Choreographing “Metamorphoses” at Folger Theatre
We talk with Tony Thomas, choreographer of Folger Theatre's "Metamorphoses," about working with an all-Black cast and creating water with sound and movement. Metamorphoses must close June 23! Get your tickets at folger.edu/meta. #FolgerMeta

Folger Faves with Psalmayene 24
A few Folger Faves from Psalmayene 24, director of "Metamorphoses." Get your tickets today at folger.edu/meta. #FolgerMeta

Metamorphoses: First Rehearsal
Our first day of rehearsals for Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of "Metamorphoses" featured a solar eclipse! Seems like a good omen to us. Take a peek behind the scenes, then book your tickets at folger.edu/meta. #FolgerMeta

The Reading Room Festival returns starting January 25! Plays. Parties. Panels. What are you most excited for? Visit folger.edu/readingroom to see the full schedule and book your passes. #ReadingRoomFest

Join us in person and online for Not Just Another Day Off at the Folger.

Tamilla Woodard on "The Winter's Tale"
"This play is so much about now, about what it means to be dissevered, the one from the other, and to find our way back to each other." Director Tamilla Woodard shares her insights into Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale." There's only one more week to catch Folger Theatre's hit production. Book your tickets now at folger.edu/winter.

Finding your way at the Folger
Coming to catch The Winter's Tale?" We've changed a few things since the last time you visited the Folger. Here’s how to grab your tickets and get to the theater when you join us for the show. #FolgerWintersTale

Pursued: A Winter's Tell-All
Finally, the Bear speaks. The Winter's Tale is coming to Folger Theatre this October. Visit https://bit.ly/3pcAsVT to subscribe to our first season back in our newly renovated home. #ExitPursued #FolgerWintersTale

Visiting a First Folio!
Renea visits one of the Folger's 82 First Folios. Fun fact: for a time, this copy was part of a public library collection in Plymouth, England. Imagine checking a First Folio out of your library! Learn more about the First Folio at https://bit.ly/3Gy8Tfr. #FolgerFinds

Happy closing to "Our Verse in Time To Come"
A huge thank you to the artists behind "Our Verse in Time to Come" and to the 1,200 people came to see it at DC Public Library locations and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. What's next? Check out our upcoming season at folger.edu/theater .

Announcing Folger Theatre's 2023/24
What's your story? Our 2023/24 story tells tales of spiritual, physical, and emotional transformation. Subscribe now at https://bit.ly/44y66gm.

Limited Engagement - 7 performances only! Inspired by the words and works of Shakespeare, past and present collide in this thought-provoking new play that asks which stories are preserved and which are lost to history. Told through music, hip-hop, and Shakespeare, and featuring a live DJ—this world premiere is one you won’t want to miss. On stage at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, April 25-30. Tix & info at www.folger.edu/whats-on/our-verse-in-time-to-come-woolly-mammoth/

Our Verse in Time to Come continues shows for TWO more weeks. Check out the story of the play and then join us at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company April 25-30. More info at https://www.folger.edu/whats-on/our-verse-in-time-to-come-woolly-mammoth/

Our citywide SEARCHING FOR SHAKESPEARE festival, including the world premiere of "Our Verse in Time to Come" is in full swing and runs throughout the month of April in all 8 wards of the District. More info at www.folger.edu/searching

The Reading Room - Rehearsals Begin
Getting ready to start rehearsals for Folger Theatre's The Reading Room today! #readingroomfest Folger Theatre Folger Shakespeare Library

New theater for a new year! Folger Theatre Artistic Director Karen Ann Daniels speaks about The Reading Room festival featuring staged readings of new plays by Lauren Gunderson, Al Letson, Karen Ann Daniels and Malik Work, and Reynaldo Piniella and Emily Lyon, all inspired by or in conversation with Shakespeare. #ReadingRoomFest

SOUND UP! Watch the video - and see the show of the summer at the National Building Museum. Folger Theatre's "majestic and enchanting" (BroadwayWorld) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM is live on stage through August 28. Tix & Info at (202) 544-7077 or folger.edu/theatre

Folger ENCORES: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Celebrating A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare at the Folger Shakespeare Library. In this ENCORES finale, images of items from the Folger Collection of art and manuscripts depicting A Midsummer Night’s Dream are exhibited alongside videos and photographs from Folger Theatre and Folger Consort performances of the play.

Folger ENCORES: Stile Antico
In 2020, the Great Nave of the Washington National Cathedral provided the perfect setting for Folger Consort to perform the transcendent music of the late Italian Renaissance. These concerts, featuring British vocal ensemble Stile Antico, shone a light on the rich history of music by woman composers. With compositions by Raffaella Aleotti and purportedly, Leonora d’Este. the daughter of the infamous Lucrezia Borgia, these selections illustrate how music would have sounded in cloisters during the Renaissance.

Folger ENCORES: Celebrating 45 years of the Graywolf Press with Poet Danez Smith
The O.B. Hardison Poetry Series, co-sponsored with Graywolf Press, presented Graywolf's 45th Anniversary: Ilya Kaminsky, Danez Smith, and Fanny Howe in 2019. The three poets, who publish with Graywolf Press, read their work in celebration of the press’s 45th anniversary and the opening of the 51st season of the O.B. Hardison Poetry series. Poet Regie Cabico introduces Danez Smith who reads four vibrant and provocative works. This reading includes mature language and situations.