Folger Theatre Announces Final Play of Upcoming All-Shakespeare Season: The Comedy of Errors

Folger Theatre announced the full season of Shakespeare plays and attached directors to be performed at the Folger Shakespeare Library, the playwright’s American home on Capitol Hill, for the 2026-27 season.

“Shakespeare has an extraordinary capacity to appeal to audiences of all backgrounds,” said Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper, Director of the Folger. “Each of the directors are sparking with creative ideas about how Shakespeare speaks to the world as it is today. Each director brings their unique talent to showcase the extraordinary range of Shakespeare’s work. I can’t wait for our audiences, familiar and new, to experience this multifaceted season of plays.”

One of DC’s most respected theater makers, four-time Helen Hayes Award winner Holly Twyford will make her Folger directorial debut with The Comedy of Errors (May 18–June 27, 2027). Twyford has performed in more than twenty Folger Theatre productions, receiving two of her Helen Hayes Awards for The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Romeo and Juliet, as well as more recent turns in the 2026 Reading Room Festival and collaborations with Folger Consort.

Also returning for the upcoming season will be Psalmayene 24, who won best director at the Helen Hayes Awards for directing Metamorphoses for Folger Theatre in 2024. Psalmayene 24 will open the season with Shakespeare's Measure for Measure (September 22–November 1, 2026).

Kate Whoriskey, acclaimed Broadway director and winner of the Drama League Award for Clyde’s, will make her Folger Theatre debut with Shakespeare’s Hamlet (March 2–April 11, 2027).

Season subscriptions for Folger Theatre are on sale now, starting at only $156, and may be purchased through the Folger Theatre Box Office at (202) 544-7077 or at folger.edu/subscribe-theatre. Single tickets will go on sale July 28, 2026.