Skip to main content
15 results from Folger Spotlight on

Ian Merrill Peakes

Ian Merrill Peakes: Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
Folger Spotlight

Ian Merrill Peakes: Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

Posted
Author
Ian Merrill Peakes

Ian Merrill Peakes Actor Ian Merrill Peakes (The Player) shares his final thoughts about the Folger Theatre production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.  Learn more about Ian at the Folger and read his previous posts.  We close Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead this…

Ian Merrill Peakes: Keeping It Real Over the Long Haul
Folger Spotlight

Ian Merrill Peakes: Keeping It Real Over the Long Haul

Posted
Author
Ian Merrill Peakes

Ian Merrill Peakes Actor Ian Merrill Peakes (The Player) shares his thoughts on the Folger Theatre production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.  Learn more about Ian at the Folger and read his previous posts.  So in this business, we perform…

Ian Merrill Peakes: R&G Previews and Opening
Folger Spotlight

Ian Merrill Peakes: R&G Previews and Opening

Posted
Author
Ian Merrill Peakes

Ian Merrill Peakes. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is officially open! Did that last Monday, to a full house of totally engaged and laughing patrons. Opening nights are a funny thing. It used to be that I hoped for opening night to…

Ian Merrill Peakes: R&G Tech
Folger Spotlight

Ian Merrill Peakes: R&G Tech

Posted
Author
Ian Merrill Peakes

Actor Ian Merrill Peakes (“The Player”) continues sharing his thoughts on the Folger Theatre production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead opening tonight!  Learn more about Ian at the Folger and read his previous posts.  So tech. Tech. Such a wonderful adventure. You spend…

Ian Merrill Peakes: Design Runs
Folger Spotlight

Ian Merrill Peakes: Design Runs

Posted
Author
Ian Merrill Peakes

Actor Ian Merrill Peakes (“The Player”) continues sharing his thoughts on the Folger Theatre production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead now in previews.  Learn more about Ian at the Folger and read his previous posts.  Hear me loud and clear: I love…

Ian Merrill Peakes: Working on Set
Folger Spotlight

Ian Merrill Peakes: Working on Set

Posted
Author
Ian Merrill Peakes

Actor Ian Merrill Peakes (“The Player”) continues sharing his thoughts on the Folger Theatre production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.  Learn more about Ian at the Folger and read his previous posts.  I have done (and it’s true,…

Ian Merrill Peakes: R&G Rehearsal
Folger Spotlight

Ian Merrill Peakes: R&G Rehearsal

Posted
Author
Ian Merrill Peakes

Ian Merrill Peakes. Hi there. My name is Ian Merrill Peakes and I’m playing “The Player” in this, the Folger’s production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. My job, over the next several weeks, is to give you a bit of…

Introducing Ian Merrill Peakes as the Folger's New Theater Blogger
Folger Spotlight

Introducing Ian Merrill Peakes as the Folger's New Theater Blogger

Posted
Author
Katharine Pitt

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead rehearsals are crackling along at the Folger and we’re delighted to announce that Ian Merrill Peakes will be joining the blog during the run of the show! He is playing “The Player” in R&G and will be bringing…

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead First Rehearsal
Folger Spotlight

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead First Rehearsal

Posted
Author
Katharine Pitt

On Monday the cast and crew of the Folger Theatre’s production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead gathered onstage in the theater for the first read-through of the play. Joined by Folger staff and guests, director Aaron Posner and our talented team of…

Macbeth at Carter Barron: The Sleeping and the Dead are but as (Motion) Pictures
Folger Spotlight

Macbeth at Carter Barron: The Sleeping and the Dead are but as (Motion) Pictures

Posted
Author
Katharine Pitt

The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures.’Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil.  (Macbeth, 2.2.58)Folger Theatre has been invited by the National Park Service to screen our 2008 production of Macbeth this Saturday at dusk in the Carter Barron…

Louis Butelli: Henry VIII in Alabama
Folger Spotlight

Louis Butelli: Henry VIII in Alabama

Posted
Author
Louis Butelli

Hello, readers of the Folger Theatre Production Diary! My name is Louis Butelli. I was a contributor here during Folger’s recent production of Othello, in which I played Roderigo. Last week, I was asked if I would put together a…

Spectator Sports
Folger Spotlight

Spectator Sports

Posted
Author
Louis Butelli

Hi, again! It’s your friend Louis here, blogging away like a champ! I just ran into the awesome Beth Emelson (Folger Theatre’s Assistant Artistic Producer) who mentioned to me that people actually seem to be reading this blog. I am…

1 2