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Folger Theatre

201 East Capitol Street, SE Washington DC 20003
Phone:
202-544-7077
Website:
http://www.folger.edu/
Capacity:
250

Events at this venue were rated 4.4 by 900 members.

The Folger’s Elizabethan Theatre, modeled after the innyard theatres popular in Shakespeare’s day, hosts more than 40,000 audience members each year. It presents a full calendar of performances and programs, from the Helen Hayes Award-winning Folger Theatre productions and Folger Poetry readings to early music concerts by the Folger Consort and family activitie.

The Folger Shakespeare Library, located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest and finest collection of Shakespeare materials and to major collections of other rare Renaissance books, manuscripts, and works of art.

The Folger opened in 1932 as a gift to the American nation from Henry Clay Folger and his wife Emily Jordan Folger. It is administered by a Board of Governors under the auspices of Amherst College, Henry Folger’s alma mater.

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Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Taming-shrew-main
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Shakespeare's classic comedy The Taming of the Shrew pits the spirited Katherine against the fortune-seeking Petruchio, who has agreed to woo and marry her as a favor to his old friend Hortensio, who is in... Learn More.

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Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Garysnyder-050912
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Beat Generation legend and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder comes to Folger Theatre for a Folger Poetry Board Reading. A University of California-Davis professor who once palled around with Jack... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Penfaulkner
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Awarded annually to the best American fiction work of the year, the coveted PEN/Faulkner Award, America's largest peer-juried award for fiction, will be presented to author Julie Otsuka (The Buddha in the... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Peanuts-032712
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The prestigious PEN/Faulkner Fiction Reading series welcomes best-selling novelists Gary Shteyngart (Super Sad True Love Story) and Adam Ross (Mr. Peanut) to the Elizabethan Theater of the Folger Shakespeare... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Folger-consort-033012
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Folger Consort presents a concert revealing the music of 15th-century Burgundy, which for a time was the musical center of Europe with its culture that treasured artistic creativity and expression. The show'... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Songbird-021512
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Folger Consort's Robert Eisenstein and Christopher Kendall and joined by soprano Michele Kennedy, harpsichordist Joseph Gascho, and violinist Risa Browder on a program exploring the work of Baroque-era... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Eavanboland
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Poet and author Eavan Boland, who has published 10 volumes of poetry and directs the creative writing program at Stanford University, will read from her works at Folger Theatre as part of the O. B. Hardison... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Gaming-table
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This lively, plot-driven comedy filled with strong women characters, gambling addictions, clever banter, romantic mismatches and more comes from an unlikely source -- Susanna Centlivre's Restoration Era play... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Folger-tilarmazzeo-020812
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Best-selling authors Tilar Mazzeo and Stacy Schiff come to Folger Theatre as part of the PEN/Faulkner Reading series. Presented in conjunction with Folger Shakespeare Library's celebration of women writers,... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Dagoberto
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Authors Dagoberto Gilb and Benjamin Percy come to Folger Theatre for an installment of the PEN/Faulkner Reading series. A resident of Austin, Gilb is the executive director of the new CentroVictoria, a... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Mylagoldberg-122111
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The PEN/Faulkner Reading Series presents a trio of award-winning authors in a presentation of their acclaimed work, as part of Folger Shakespeare Library's celebration of women writers. Monique Truong is a... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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$45.00
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Piffaro-111011
4.9 by 17 members
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Folger Consort celebrates the holidays with O Magnum Mysterium, a festive concert of Christmas music from 16th-century Spain, including stunning works by Victoria, Morales, and Guerrero. The concert ranges... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Jengish-111011
4.0 by 1 member
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Celebrated novelists Gish Jen and Helen Simonson come to the historic Folger Theatre, located within the shadow of the Capitol, as part of the PEN/Faulkner Reading series. The acclaimed writers will read... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Arecelis
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Folger Theatre hosts its annual Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute, five days before the 181st anniversary of the iconic poet's birth. Part of the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series, this tribute to the reclusive... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Othello-folgers
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Othello and Desdemona have it all - true love, success and happiness. But "honest" Iago is a master of insinuation, a magician of deceit who does harm merely for the pleasure of it. One of the most... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Mark-kraushaar-101711
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As part of the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series at Folger Theatre, poets James Fenton and Mark Kraushaar will appear in conversation with moderator Joseph Harrison. The event celebrates Kraushaar's 2010 win of... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Adrianchris-101711
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Authors Emma Donoghue and Chris Adrian read from their works as part of this year's PEN/Faulkner Reading Series at Folger Theatre. Donoghue, a Dublin native, writes contemporary and historical fiction (Room... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Betts-main
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The PEN/Faulkner Foundation presents writers R. Dwayne Betts and Ta-Nehisi Coates in conversation with moderator E. Ethelbert Miller. Both Betts and Coates have written memoirs of their formative years... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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1567659-pinskyrobert-092811
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The first and only writer to be named to three terms as Poet Laureate of the United States, Robert Pinsky appears at Folger Theatre, inspired in part by the Folger exhibition Manifold Greatness: The Creation... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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$35.00
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Consort-2009-091911
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English composers Thomas Thomkins and Orlando Gibbons, and later Henry Purcell and John Blow, were inspired by the visionary, world-changing translation of the Bible completed under the sponsorship of King... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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1548251-jill-lapore
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A noted scholar and a staff writer for The New Yorker, Jill Lepore opens the Folger Institute's fall conference commemorating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible with this keynote lecture. Entitled... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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1521625-ireland-poetry
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The O.B. Hardison Poetry Series at Folger Shakespeare Library presents two of Ireland's most acclaimed contemporary poets in conversation. Paula Meehan is an award-winning Irish poet, playwright, and... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Cyrano-042211
4.8 by 93 members
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Folger Theatre premieres Michael Hollinger's new translation of Rostand's classic play. The now-familiar tale of large-nosed Cyrano, famed for his panache, and the handsome but tongue-tied Christian, who... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Hass-1
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A Pulitzer Prize-winner, former U.S. Poet Laureate and current UC-Berkley professor, poet Robert Hass has created a large and distinguished body of work. His Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005 collection... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Michael-hollinger-040111
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Playwright Michael Hollinger discusses his new translation and adaptation of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano. A past recipient of the Roger L. Stevens Award for New American Plays, Hollinger wrote the critically... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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1305645-naomishihabnye-033011
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Naomi Shihab Nye speaks at Folger Elizabethan Theatre as part of the O. B. Hardison Poetry Series. Her beautiful explorations of everyday life have earned her many awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship.... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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1305641-frenchcantatas-033011
4.0 by 1 member
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Folger Consort performs Fête d'Eté: French Cantatas and Suites, a concert of Baroque music from France. Pastoral themes were in fashion at the turn of the 18th century, and the concert features romantic... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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1278514-ronrash-030311
4.0 by 1 member
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Two talented Southern authors read from their current works in this PEN/Faulkner fiction reading at Folger Shakespeare Library. Dorothy Allison is most famous for her semi-autobiographical novel Bastard Out... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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1278513-joshferris-030311
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Two talented contemporary authors read from their current works in this PEN/Faulkner fiction reading at Folger Shakespeare Library. National Book Award finalist Joshua Ferris (Then We Came to the End) reads... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Karr-mary-030311
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The O.B. Hardison Poetry Series at Folger Shakespeare Library presents a reading by poets Mary Karr and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, along with a conversation with by Reb Livingston, poet and editor of No Tell... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Consort-2009-by-mig-dooley
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Acclaimed chamber music ensemble Folger Consort joins with the singer-instrumentalists of the Trefoil trio for a program featuring works by Italian composers written between about 1370 and 1440, including... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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1224535-naomi-ayala-011111
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Folger's O.B. Hardison Poetry Series welcomes poets Naomi Ayala, Valerie Martinez and J. Michael Martinez for a reading that showcases the range in contemporary Latino poetics. The evening will include an... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Comedyerrors-011411
4.6 by 22 members
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This hilarious comedy takes twin masters each named Antipholus, their twin servants both inconveniently named Dromio, and puts them together in the same city for the first time, setting off a chain of... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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1224375-kill-shakespeare-3
5.0 by 1 member
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Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery, the creators of the comic book series Kill Shakespeare, discuss their work at Folger. This epic adventure pits Shakespeare's greatest heroes (including Hamlet, Juliet,... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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1224373-mccauley-stephen-by-susan-wilson
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See novelists Elinor Lipman, Stephen McCauley and Cathleen Schine as part of the PEN/Faulkner reading series. Lipman is the author of nine novels, including Then She Found Me, which was adapted into a 2008... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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036680w3
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Authors Porochista Khakpour, Achy Obejas and Danzy Senna explore race, politics, family, and cultural dislocation in conversation as part of the PEN/Faulkner reading series. Khakpour's debut novel, Sons and... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Lucia-perillo-111710
5.0 by 1 member
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Poet Lucia Perillo will be the featured guest at Folger Theatre's tribute to Emily Dickinson's birthday. Perillo has published five books of poetry, most recently Inseminating the Elephant, which was a... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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The-autobiography-of-henry-viii-102010
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Author Margaret George reads from and discusses her book The Autobiography of Henry VIII. George wrote her book after becoming convinced that the sixteenth-century king was a victim of bad PR and decided to... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Henry8
4.3 by 62 members
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Power struggles both personal and political abound as England's King Henry VIII is torn between Queen Katherine, his mistress Anne Boleyn and the council of his advisors. Helen Hayes Award nominee Ian... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Verapavlova-102010
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Moscow-born Vera Pavlova is one of the best-selling poets in Russia and her work has been translated into eighteen languages. Pavlova's husband, interpreter and translator Steven Seymour, will join her on... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Thomascampbell-102010
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Thomas P. Campbell, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, draws on his acclaimed book, Henry VIII and the Art of Majesty: Tapestries at the Tudor Court, as he speaks about the 16th-century king's... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Samanthahunt-102010
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Lan Samantha Chang and Samantha Hunt read from new work at Folger Theatre. Award-winning Lan Samantha Chang has written two novels, All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost and Inheritance and is a creative writing... Learn More.

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1118116-matthew-ladd-100810
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Folger Theatre hosts a celebration of the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, awarded annually to a poet who has published no more than one poetry collection. 2009 recipient Matthew Ladd will be joined by prize... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Colummccann-091710
5.0 by 5 members
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Colum McCann is the best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning novel Let the Great World Spin, a powerful and sweeping look at New York in August 1974. His previous books include Zoli, a tale of... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Ed-hirsch-091710
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Poet Edward Hirsch, whose sense of wonder and joy has earned him critical acclaim, speaks with Judith Harris at Folger Theatre. In addition to such poetry collections as The Living Fire and Special Orders,... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Hamlet-041210
4.7 by 16 members
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Folger Theatre presents Shakespeare's classic tragedy Hamlet, with original music by Tony Award-winning musician Jack Herrick. Haunted by his murdered father's cry for revenge, Hamlet learns that certainty... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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887212-hamlet-ophelia-052110
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This Hamfest program features a discussion of the differences between the operatic and dramatic versions of Shakespeare's drama, concurrently running at Folger and the Washington National Opera. The stars of... Learn More.

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815493-whowroteshakes-031210
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Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro reads from and discusses his new book, Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? Exploring issues of class, audience and conspiracy theory, the Columbia professor's book... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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Folgerconsort-040510
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Folger Theatre presents Folger Consort: A Musical Banquet with tenor Mark Bleeke and multi-instrumentalists Charlie Weaver and Tom Zajac performing a 1610 anthology of songs for lute, voice and viol. This... Learn More.

Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)

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$25.00
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815492-ian-mcewan-031210
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One of the most acclaimed novelists working today, Ian McEwan is the bestselling author of thirteen books, including Atonement, Amsterdam and The Comfort of Strangers. He'll read from his forthcoming novel ... Learn More.

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815216-walter-mosley-031110
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Walter Mosley speaks at Folger Theatre as part of the PEN/Faulkner reading series. The best-selling author's mystery novels, including the popular Easy Rawlins series, have been translated into 21 languages... Learn More.

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Map and Directions

BY METRO:

Take Metro Red Line to the Union Station stop.
From Union Station, walk south on First Street, NE, toward the US Capitol for about five blocks.
Turn left on East Capitol Street.
Walk one block on East Capitol Street and cross Second Street, SE. The Folger is on the right, between Second and Third Streets.

By Metrorail Orange and Blue Lines:
Take Metro'S Orange or Blue Line to the Capitol South stop. Exit the Metro and take a right on C Street, SE.
Turn left on Second Street, SE.
Cross Pennsylvania Avenue, walk one block, and take a right on to East Capitol Street. The Folger is on the right, between Second and Third Streets, SE.

BY METROBUS:
Several Metrobus routes include bus stops within walking distance of the Folger, including bus routes along First Street, East Capitol Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and other major roads. For information about bus routes from your specific location, click here.

BY CAR:

The Folger does not have a visitor parking lot. Limited street parking is available near the Folger; allow time to find a parking space. During the day, paid parking may be available at the National Capital Bank on Pennsylvania Avenue, near Third Street. Paid parking is also available at Union Station, a short taxi ride from the Folger.

Visitors displaying the international symbol of accessibility may park in three spaces on East Capitol Street just before Third Street, outside the Elizabethan Theatre entrance. (To reserve one of these accessible spaces for use during a performance, please call the Folger Box Office ahead of time.)

The following directions help avoid potentially congested areas around the US Capitol.


By car from Virginia:

Take Route 395 to the Fourteenth Street Bridge. Stay in the middle lanes (do not branch left on Route 1). Continue on the expressway, passing exits for the US Capitol and South Capitol Street.
Take the exit for Sixth Street, SE. Turn left on Sixth Street, headed north.
Drive about six blocks to Pennsylvania Avenue.
Turn left on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Drive three blocks to Third Street, SE.
Turn right on Third Street.
The Folger is the second building on the left. To reach the front of the building, turn left on East Capitol Street.


By car from Maryland:

Start from Route 295, the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. To reach Route 295 from north of the city, take Beltway Exit 22 south; to reach Route 295 from the south, take Beltway Exit 2 north
Exit from Route 295 to Pennsylvania Avenue, traveling west toward Washington.
Drive about sixteen blocks on Pennsylvania Avenue to Third Street, SE.
Turn right on Third Street.
The Folger is the second building on the left. To reach the front of the building, turn left on East Capitol Street.


By car in Washington, DC, from the Rock Creek Parkway:

From the Rock Creek Parkway, merge onto Route 395N / the Southeast Expressway.
Pass the exits for the US Capitol and South Capitol Street.
Take the exit for Sixth Street, SE. Turn left on Sixth Street, headed north.
Drive about six blocks to Pennsylvania Avenue.
Turn left on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Drive three blocks to Third Street, SE.
Turn right on Third Street.
The Folger is the second building on the left. To reach the front of the building, turn left on East Capitol Street.


By car in Washington, DC, from Massachusetts Avenue:

Take Massachusetts Avenue past Union Station, traveling east.
Turn right on Fourth Street, NE.
Drive about five blocks.
Turn right on East Capitol Street.
The Folger is on the left side of East Capitol Street between Second and Third Streets.

From Out of Town



By air:
All three of the major airports serving metropolitan Washingtonâe"Reagan National Airport, Dulles International Airport, and Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) Airportâe"offer taxi and shuttle services to downtown Washington.



Washingtonâe(tm)s subway system, Metrorail, includes a stop at Reagan National Airport. The airport stop is on the Blue and Yellow Lines. Click here for information on Metro stops near the Folger .



By train:
Washingtonâe(tm)s main railroad station is Union Station, about five blocks from the Folger. Taxicabs are normally available at Union Station, and the Folger should be a short, inexpensive ride. To walk to the Folger from Union Station, follow the same route as for the Union Station Metro stop.

Handicap Information

The theater is wheelchair accessible. For wheelchair seating, please contact us to make arrangements.

Handicap seating is regularly available.

Please contact us after buying tickets by replying to your confirmation email to make arrangements.