FOLGER THEATRE

201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003

Recent Washington, DC Discounts:

Special Offer: LEOPOLDSTADT at Shakespeare Theatre Company

Spotlight: MANDY GONZALEZ at Hylton Performing Arts Center

Special Offer: EXCEPTION TO THE RULE at Studio Theatre

The Reading Room Festival

1/30 - 2/2/2025

The Reading Room Festival returns for its third year, sharing staged readings, panel discussions, workshops, and community celebrations. This festival unites artists, critics, and scholars ...

The Love Birds: Chaucer’s A Parlement of Foules

2/14 - 2/16/2025

Geoffrey Chaucer’s charming and trenchant A Parlement of Foules contains the first reference to St. Valentine as patron saint of lovers. The 14th-century poet’s vision ...

A Room in the Castle

3/4 - 4/6/2025

How does a woman survive the court of Denmark? A Room in the Castle finds Ophelia, her handmaid, and her Queen Gertrude on the other ...

by Rachael F. Goldberg - February 23, 2024

'Where We Belong' is a beautiful production, with a gorgeous script and an entrancing quality that can be attributed to the best of theatrical experiences. It shares some hard truths, some heart-wrenching moments and realizations, and challenges perspectives, but the love and care that shines throug...

Photos: First Look At Madeline Sayet In WHERE WE BELONG At Folger Theatre

by A.A. Cristi - February 16, 2024

See first look photos of Where We Belong, written and performed by Madeline Sayet and directed by Mei Ann Teo. Where We Belong is on stage at Folger Theatre from February 15 through March 10, 2024. Tickets are $20-$84. ...

Past Shows

Metamorphoses

5/7 - 5/26/2024

Ovid’s classic stories of the loves, losses, and transformations of gods and mortals are reimagined for the 21st century in Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation. Juxtaposing the ...

Where We Belong

2/15 - 3/17/2024

Where We Belong returns to D.C. after a national tour! In 2015, a Mohegan theatre-maker moves to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare, grappling ...

The Merry Wives of Windsor

1/14 - 3/1/2020

Folger Theatre: The Merry Wives of Windsor...

The Merry Wives of Windsor: College Night

1/17

The Merry Wives of Windsor

1/14

Amadeus

11/5 - 12/22/2019

In the court of the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, Antonio Salieri is the established composer. Enter the greatest musical genius of all time: Wolfgang Amadeus ...

Amadeus: College Night

11/5

Henry IV, Part 1

9/3 - 10/13/2019

William Shakespeare; music: Palmer Hefferan; dir: Rosa Joshi....

1 Henry IV

9/3

The reign of King Henry the Fourth (who usurped Richard the Second) is threatened by disgruntled noblemen who feel he is treating them unfairly. The ...

Love's Labor's Lost

4/30 - 6/9/2019

Folger Theatre: William Shakespeare; dir: Vivienne Benesch....

Nell Gwynn

1/29 - 3/10/2019

Charting the rise of an unlikely theatrical heroine from her roots in Coal Yard Alley to her success as Britainâ€™s most celebrated actress and mistress ...

King John

10/23 - 12/2/2018

Shakespeare set King John in the early 13th century and compresses John's 17-year reign into a succession of tyrannical, bloody moments that begin with King ...

The Winter's Tale

3/13 - 4/22/2018

Suspicious that his wife Hermione has been unfaithful, King Leontes of Sicilia imprisons the queen, orders the death of her suspected lover, and banishes his ...

The Way of the World

1/9 - 2/11/2018

Theresa Rebeck; dir: Theresa Rebeck....

Antony and Cleopatra

10/10 - 11/19/2017

Antony and Cleopatra is a love story with the power to shatter nations. (Sound hyperbolic? Trust us, it’s not.) But reality has a way of ...

Timon of Athens

5/9 - 6/11/2017

In a high-risk world of quick profits and borrowed luxury, Timon is a financial god among men. But when the tides of monetary fortune turn, ...

As You Like It

1/24 - 3/5/2017

An idyllic Forest of Arden provides the lush backdrop for Shakespeare's glorious romantic comedy of courtiers, clowns, philosophers and provincials—all bewitched by the trials and ...

The Second Shepherds' Play

11/27 - 12/18/2016

adapt: Mary Hall Surface; dir: Mary Hall Surface....

The Second Shepherds' Play

11/27 - 12/18/2016

adapt: Mary Hall Surface; dir: Mary Hall Surface....

Sense and Sensibility

9/13 - 10/30/2016

"Sense and Sensibility" by Jon Jory, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen (February 17 – March 18, 2012) Fortune lost to fate. Romance lost ...

Sense and Sensibility

9/13 - 10/30/2016

"Sense and Sensibility" by Jon Jory, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen (February 17 – March 18, 2012) Fortune lost to fate. Romance lost ...

District Merchants

5/31 - 7/3/2016

adapt: Aaron Posner from Aaron Posner; dir: Michael John Garces....

William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)

4/21 - 5/8/2016

Reed Martin, Austin Tichenor; dir: Reed Martin, Austin Tichenor....

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1/26 - 3/6/2016

William Shakespeare; dir: Aaron Posner....

Pericles

11/13 - 12/20/2015

Sailors and pirates, nuns and hookers, innocent virgins and evil kings--seven actors play forty roles in Shakespeare's adventure tale about a shattered family trying to ...

texts&beheadings/ElizabethR

9/19 - 10/4/2015

Karin Coonrod; dir: Karin Coonrod. World Premiere...

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

5/12 - 6/21/2015

Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eye view of ...

Mary Stuart

1/27 - 3/8/2015

adapt: Peter Oswald from Friedrich Schiller; dir: Richard Clifford....

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

4/17 - 5/25/2014

Possibly Shakespeare’s earliest romantic comedy, The Two Gentlemen of Verona centers on Valentine and Proteus, loyal friends who are transformed into enemies thanks to their ...

Richard III

1/28 - 3/9/2014

Folger Theatre: William Shakespeare; dir: Robert Richmond....

Romeo and Juliet

10/15 - 12/1/2013

Folger Theatre: William Shakespeare; music: Carla Kihlstedt; dir: Aaron Posner....

Twelfth Night

4/30 - 6/9/2013

Folger Theatre: - William Shakespeare; dir: Robert Richmond....

Henry V

1/22 - 3/3/2013

Folger Theatre: - William Shakespeare; dir: Robert Richmond....

The Taming of the Shrew

5/1 - 6/10/2012

The Gaming Table

1/24 - 3/4/2012

Othello

10/18 - 11/27/2011

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WASHINGTON, DC SHOWS


		Season 18: CONSTELLATIONS and HEAD OVER HEELS Constellation Theatre Company (2/6 - 6/1)
		Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood Imagination Stage (12/11 - 2/8)
		Leopoldstadt Shakespeare Theatre Company (11/30 - 12/29)
		All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain STC's Klein Theatre (12/6 - 12/29)
		Capital City Symphony: Reflect & Revive Atlas Performing Arts Center (3/23 - 3/23)
		JigJam Hylton Performing Arts Center (3/14 - 3/14)
		Professor Woland's Black Magic Rock Show Spooky Action Theater (3/20 - 4/13)
		Versa-Style Street Dance Company: Rooted Rhythms Center for the Arts at George Mason University (2/15 - 2/15)
		The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - The Musical Journey Theater (12/20 - 12/29)
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FOLGER THEATRE

Recent Washington, DC Discounts:

The Reading Room Festival

The Love Birds: Chaucer’s A Parlement of Foules

A Room in the Castle

RELATED STORIES

Past Shows

Metamorphoses

Where We Belong

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor: College Night

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Amadeus

Amadeus: College Night

Henry IV, Part 1

1 Henry IV

Love's Labor's Lost

Nell Gwynn

King John

The Winter's Tale

The Way of the World

Antony and Cleopatra

Timon of Athens

As You Like It

The Second Shepherds' Play

The Second Shepherds' Play

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

District Merchants

William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Pericles

texts&beheadings/ElizabethR

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Mary Stuart

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Richard III

Romeo and Juliet

Twelfth Night

Henry V

The Taming of the Shrew

The Gaming Table

Othello