The Folger Spotlight

“I wanted to write a play that allowed these characters to speak in Jewish voices for the first time,” writes Mantell about Everything That Never Happened.

Learn more about what to expect for The Reading Room Festival’s “interactive interrogation” of Shakespeare’s Othello, Act III, scene iii, at Folger Theatre.

Carmen Pelaez shares how she was inspired by Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and why she set her play The Cuban Vote amid a political campaign in Miami.

Get into the festive spirit with this warming holiday beverage from DCanter.

Resources related to early modern family dynamics in preparation for our December book club discussion of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown.

Introductory information on the December 2023 Folger Book Club selection, a family story threaded with Shakespearean references.

Resources related to colonial America in preparation for our November Book Club discussion of Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit.

Introductory information on the November 2023 Folger Book Club selection, which looks at the first recorded murder in the Plymouth colony.

Resources related to Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare and horror in preparation for our October Book Club discussion of Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion.

Introductory information on the October 2023 Folger Book Club selection, a Romeo and Juliet adaptation set in the zombie apocalypse.

The second part of our September 2023 conversation with Erica Ciallela and Sara Schliep as part of our discussion of The Personal Librarian.

The first part of our September 2023 conversation with Erica Ciallela and Sara Schliep as part of our discussion of The Personal Librarian.