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District Merchants Costume Design
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District Merchants Costume Design

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District Merchants costume designer Meghan Raham previously designed the sets for the Folger Theatre productions of The Conference of the Birds and Romeo and Juliet. Learn about her design process for this “Uneasy Comedy” below, and join us for District Merchants starting May 31. Research and design sketches…

Gravedigger's Tale On The Road in South Carolina
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Gravedigger's Tale On The Road in South Carolina

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Louis Butelli

Actor Louis Butelli is traveling the world in Gravedigger’s Tale as part of the First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare tour. Read an update from his travels below! Hello, friends! Many thanks, as always, for following along as Folger Theatre’s “Gravedigger’s…

The Reduced Shakespeare Company at the Folger
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The Reduced Shakespeare Company at the Folger

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Katharine Pitt

When the Reduced Shakespeare Company starts performances of William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged)  at the Folger on April 21, it will not be their first outing on the Folger stage. Austin Tichenor, Reed Martin, and Teddy Spencer The RSC has…

Gravedigger’s Tale On the Road in Mississippi
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Gravedigger’s Tale On the Road in Mississippi

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Louis Butelli

Actor Louis Butelli is traveling the world in Gravedigger’s Tale as part of the First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare tour. Read an update from his travels below! Hello, friends! It’s your very own Gravedigger, Louis Butelli writing you. I recently…

Gravedigger's Tale On the Road in Florida
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Gravedigger's Tale On the Road in Florida

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Louis Butelli

Actor Louis Butelli is traveling the world in Gravedigger’s Tale as part of the First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare tour. Read an update from his travels below! Louis Butelli Hello again from your intrepid Gravedigger, Louis Butelli! Activities for Folger…

Midsummer Illustrated Quotes
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Midsummer Illustrated Quotes

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Check out these beautifully illustrated quotes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream! You can find more images of quotes from Shakespeare’s plays on the Folger Pinterest page. A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Folger, now extended though March 13!

A Midsummer Night's Dream Costume Design
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Costume Design

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Costume Designer Devon Painter previously designed productions of Cyrano, Macbeth, and Measure for Measure at the Folger before turning her talents to A Midsummer Night’s Dream this season. You can see costume renderings from her past Folger productions on her website. From Devon – From the…

A Midsummer Night's Dream Set Design
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Set Design

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Set Designer Paige Hathaway previously designed Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Folger, and returns this season with A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Learn more about her design for Shakespeare’s sylvan romance below. From Paige – My design process for the set of Midsummer started…

Midsummer Director's Notes
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Midsummer Director's Notes

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Aaron Posner

Midsummer Director Aaron Posner Some gifts just keep on giving… A Midsummer Night’s Dream was a gift to me when I got to play Oberon (in a, perhaps, 45 minute version) costumed in the shredded greenlining of my mother’s old…

Midsummer Dramaturg's Notes
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Midsummer Dramaturg's Notes

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Michele Osherow

Folger Dramaturg Michele Osherow. There’s a fascination with dreams in Shakespeare, though Midsummer is the only play to announce one in its title. What’s odd is that aside from Hermia’s unnerving vision in the forest, no dreams are dreamt. Instead,…

Midsummer Synopsis
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Midsummer Synopsis

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Purchase a Folger edition of Midsummer at the Gift Shop. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, residents of Athens mix with fairies from a local forest, with comic results. In the city, Theseus, Duke of Athens, is to marry Hippolyta, Queen…

Midsummer Cast
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Midsummer Cast

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